The Wallflowers (album)

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The Wallflowers
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 25, 1992
Recorded1991–1992
Genre
Length69:29
Label Virgin
Producer Paul Fox, Andrew Slater, The Wallflowers
The Wallflowers chronology
The Wallflowers
(1992)
Bringing Down the Horse
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Calgary Herald B+ [3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [4]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
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The Wallflowers is the Wallflowers' debut album, released on August 25, 1992, on Virgin Records. The song "Ashes to Ashes" was released as a single from the album a week before the album's release. [7]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jakob Dylan, except "After the Blackbird Sings" composed by Dylan, Peter Yanowitz, Tobi Miller, Barrie Maguire and Rami Jaffee.

  1. "Shy of the Moon" – 3:17
  2. "Sugarfoot" – 5:28
  3. "Sidewalk Annie" – 5:18
  4. "Hollywood" – 7:02
  5. "Be Your Own Girl" – 5:16
  6. "Another One in the Dark" – 6:31
  7. "Ashes to Ashes" – 5:00
  8. "After the Blackbird Sings" – 4:49
  9. "Somebody Else's Money" – 8:26
  10. "Asleep at the Wheel" – 4:49
  11. "Honeybee" – 9:14
  12. "For the Life of Me" – 4:16

Personnel

Personnel adapted from The Wallflowers liner notes [8]

The Wallflowers

Charts

Chart performance for The Wallflowers
Chart (1993)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [9] 154

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