The Jayhawks (album)

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The Jayhawks
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Studio album by
the Jayhawks
Released1986
Recorded Minneapolis, MN
Genre Alt-country, country rock
Length37:54
Label Bunkhouse Records [1]
Producer Charlie Pine
The Jayhawks chronology
The Jayhawks
(1986)		 Blue Earth
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
American Songwriter 4/5 [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Pitchfork 6/10 [5]

The Jayhawks is a 1986 album by The Jayhawks. [6] [7] [8] It is also known as the Bunkhouse Tapes. [2] The 1986 pressing was limited to 2,000 copies. [3]

Contents

History

Out of print for many years, the album was digitally remastered from reel-to-reel and reissued by Lost Highway Records on May 18, 2010. [9] The re-release features an eleven-page booklet designed by Mark Olson.

"Falling Star" is available on Music From The North Country - The Jayhawks Anthology .

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Mark Deming contrasts the early Jayhawks sound with their later work and noted "though it captures some strong and confident performances from a fine band, it's clear they were still a few years away from finding the sound that would make Blue Earth and Hollywood Town Hall some of the most memorable music to come from the first wave of alt-country." [2] Entertainment Weekly wrote that "the songs sometimes bland out, but Mark Olson and Gary Louris’ vocal harmonies still shine." [10] Trouser Press wrote that "the band stakes out its derivative style with so much spirit that it almost sounds original." [11]

Track listing

All songs by Mark Olson, except 1, 2 and 4 by Gary Louris and Mark Olson.

  1. "Falling Star"
  2. "Tried and True Love"
  3. "Let the Critics Wonder"
  4. "Let the Last Night be the Longest (Lonesome Morning)"
  5. "Behind Bars"
  6. "Cherry Pie"
  7. "The Liquor Store Came First"
  8. "People in This Place on Every Side"
  9. "Misery Tavern"
  10. "(I'm Not in) Prison"
  11. "King of Kings"
  12. "Good Long Time"
  13. "Six Pack on the Dashboard"

Personnel

Additional musicians

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References

  1. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 592.
  2. 1 2 3 Deming, Mark. "The Jayhawks > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "The Jayhawks: The Bunkhouse Album « American Songwriter". May 18, 2010.
  4. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 598.
  5. ↑ "The Jayhawks: The Jayhawks". Pitchfork.
  6. ↑ "The Jayhawks | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ↑ Iwasaki, Scott (May 27, 2010). "Jayhawks' 'Bunkhouse' on CD". Deseret News.
  8. ↑ Guides (Firm), Rough (October 25, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN   9781858284576 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ "Looking back at the Jayhawks of 1986". Star Tribune.
  10. ↑ "The Jayhawks". EW.com.
  11. ↑ "Jayhawks". Trouser Press. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
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