The Good News and the Bad News

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The Good News and the Bad News
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Studio album by
the Rainmakers
Released1989
RecordedDecember 1988 – February 1989
StudioCherokee, Los Angeles, California
Genre Rock
Length40:44
Label Mercury
Producer Jeff Glixman, Bob Walkenhorst
The Rainmakers chronology
Tornado
(1987)		The Good News and the Bad News
(1989)		 Oslo-Wichita LIVE
(1990)

The Good News and the Bad News is the third studio album by the American band the Rainmakers, released in 1989. [1] [2] "Spend It on Love" was released as a single. [3] The band supported the album by touring with the Doobie Brothers. [4]

Contents

A remastered version of the album was released in 2010 with seven additional tracks.

Production

The album was primarily produced by Jeff Glixman. [5] Bob Walkenhorst chose to forgo obvious messages in his lyrics. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Chicago Tribune concluded: "What sounded like a good bunch of musicians who played some pretty thoughtful music has evolved into a band of unquestionable conscience and substance." [8] The Toronto Star noted the "honest, unabashedly familiar guitar crunch that runs the same catalogue of riffs favored by Georgia Satellites and several thousand others." [9] The Kingston Whig-Standard wrote that "the sound is a mixture of twangy electric and thumping acoustic guitars." [10] The Times opined that "the album showcases some fine songwriting, and an old-fashioned, passionate commitment to the rock'n'roll craft." [11]

Track listing

All tracks written by Bob Walkenhorst except where noted.

  1. "Reckoning Day" – 3:10
  2. "Hoo Dee Hoo" – 4:28
  3. "Spend It on Love" – 2:54
  4. "Battle of the Roses" – 4:08
  5. "Wild Oats" – 3:17
  6. "We Walk the Levee" – 4:14
  7. "Thirty Days" – 4:08
  8. "Knock on Wood" (Steve Phillips) – 3:18
  9. "Dry Dry Land" – 3:31
  10. "Shiny Shiny" – 2:52
  11. "Johnny Reb" – 2:32
  12. "Horn O Plenty" – 2:12

Bonus tracks on 2010 remastered CD

  1. "Frustration Train" (acoustic) – 5:11
  2. "Renaissance Man" (acoustic) – 4:10
  3. "Prove Me Wrong" (acoustic) – 4:18
  4. "Downstream" (acoustic) – 3:04
  5. "Johnny Reb" (acoustic) – 2:41
  6. "Spend It on Love" (acoustic) – 3:05
  7. "Shenandoah" (traditional American folk song) (acoustic) – 2:46

Personnel

The Rainmakers

Additional musicians

References

  1. ↑ Mitchell, Justin (June 24, 1989). "Here's thinking-man's music you can dance to". Windsor Star. Scripps Howard Service. p. C5.
  2. ↑ Givens, Rob (September 1989). "Popular Music: The Rainmakers". Stereo Review. Vol. 54, no. 9. p. 134.
  3. ↑ Scott, Jane (June 26, 1989). "The opening act, the Kansas-based Rainmakers...". The Plain Dealer.
  4. ↑ Johns, Jeff (June 30, 1989). "Opening the show...". The Buffalo News. p. G45.
  5. ↑ Righi, Len (June 30, 1989). "Rainmakers' Lyrics Have Fans Pouring in to Hear the Message". The Morning Call. p. D1.
  6. ↑ King, Louise (August 24, 1989). "Rainmakers: Long Way from Kansas City in Just Six Years". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 9G.
  7. ↑ The Good News and the Bad News at AllMusic
  8. 1 2 Silverman, David (June 29, 1989). "Rave recordings". Chicago Tribune. p. 11M.
  9. ↑ Potter, Mitch (July 7, 1989). "Rainmakers The Good News and the Bad News". Toronto Star. p. E16.
  10. ↑ Burliuk, Greg (October 7, 1989). "The Good News and the Bad News The Rainmakers". Magazine. The Kingston Whig-Standard. p. 1.
  11. ↑ Sinclair, David (July 1, 1989). "Out with the frills, in with the skills – Rock Records". Features. The Times.
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