This Time Around (Green on Red album)

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This Time Around
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Studio album by
Released1989
Genre Rock
Label China
Producer Glyn Johns
Green on Red chronology
Here Come the Snakes
(1989)
This Time Around
(1989)
Live at the Town and Country Club
(1989)

This Time Around is an album by the American band Green on Red, released in 1989. [1] [2] It was first released in the United Kingdom. [3] The band supported the album with a European tour. [4] This Time Around was a commercial disappointment. [5]

Contents

Production

Recorded in ten days, the album was produced by Glyn Johns. [6] [7] It was recorded by band members Dan Stuart and Chuck Prophet, backed by studio and guest musicians. [8] Spooner Oldham played organ on the album; Bernie Leadon contributed on guitar. [9] [10] "You Couldn't Get Arrested" is about the travails of a drug addict. [9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [14]
The State Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Vancouver Sun Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]

The Vancouver Sun stated that "Dan Stuart has taken it upon himself to be the chronicler of the Great American Nightmare—the white trash world of the underclass." [9] Trouser Press wrote that Green on Red "keep messing around in old Stones turf, but the resonant Memphis mood that made sense of the previous LP is in short supply here." [16] The Los Angeles Times deemed This Time Around the band's "leanest, meanest album yet." [13] The Austin American-Statesman opined that "the sound is reminiscent of classic-era Rolling Stones." [17]

AllMusic wrote that, "by this time Stuart's drunken-loser schtick has worn thin." [11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."This Time Around" 
2."Cool Million" 
3."Rev. Luther" 
4."Good Patient Woman" 
5."You Couldn't Get Arrested" 
6."Quarter" 
7."Foot" 
8."Hold the Line" 
9."Pills and Booze" 
10."We're All Waiting" 

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