| Sundown | ||||
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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | June 1982, The Automatt, San Francisco | |||
| Genre | Cowpunk, new wave | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Slash | |||
| Producer | David Kahne | |||
| Rank and File chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Sundown is the debut album by Los Angeles cowpunk band Rank and File, released in 1982 on Slash Records.
Critic Robert Christgau gave it an "A−" in his Consumer Guide, [2] while Trouser Press called the album "effortlessly enjoyable," citing its "tuneful and tasty pop numbers, which also benefit from pretty harmonies and confident playing." [3] It was voted one of the best albums of the year in the Village Voice's influential Pazz & Jop critics poll. [4]
In 2003, Rhino Handmade, an imprint of Rhino Entertainment, compiled Sundown, the band's second album, Long Gone Dead , and bonus tracks on a CD entitled The Slash Years.
On its own, Sundown was reissued on CD in 2005 by Collectors' Choice Music.
Again on its own, Sundown was reissued on vinyl by Drastic Plastic Records in 2020. [5]
All songs by Chip Kinman and Tony Kinman except as indicated.
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