Total Evaporation

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Total Evaporation
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Studio album by
The Radiators
Released1991
Genre Swamp rock, [1] roots rock
Label Epic [2]
Producer Jim Dickinson
The Radiators chronology
Zig-Zaggin' Through Ghostland
(1989)		Total Evaporation
(1991)		 Snafu 10-31-'91
(1992)

Total Evaporation is the fifth album by the Radiators, released in 1991. [3] The band and label parted ways before the year was over. [4] Total Evaporation sold more than 85,000 copies in its first six months of release. [5]

Contents

"Let the Red Wine Flow" was the first single. [6] The band supported the album with a North American tour. [7]

Production

Recorded in Memphis, the album was produced by Jim Dickinson. [6] [8] Most of the songs were written by Ed Volker; he thought that the album incorporated a more pronounced soul influence. [9] [10] The Memphis Horns played on a few tracks. [11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Calgary Herald B+ [1]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Orlando Sentinel Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [14]

USA Today praised the "funk-bitten Mardi Gras stomp." [15] The Chicago Tribune wrote that "the band has yet to kick the homily habit or its reliance on funky rock retreads straight out of Little Feat and the Neville Brothers." [13] The Waterloo Region Record opined that, "as a kind of roots-rock with country tinges, this album has too many competitors to make it worthwhile." [16] The Houston Chronicle deemed the Radiators a "quintessential bar band," writing that the majority of the album was the "usual funky-blues flow." [17] The Oregonian noted that the "relaxed arrangements ... avoid the beer-commercial-boogie cliches." [18]

Track listing

  1. "Soul Deep" (Ed Volker) — 4:34
  2. "Let the Red Wine Flow" (Volker, Dave Malone, Camile Baudoin) — 4:53
  3. "Total Evaporation" (Volker, Malone, Baudoin, Reggie Scanlan) — 5:33
  4. "Grain of Salt" (Volker) — 3:46
  5. "Molasses" (Malone, Volker) — 3:43
  6. "Solid Ground" (Volker) — 6:03
  7. "Never Let Your Fire Go Out" (Malone, Baudoin, Scanlan, Frank Bua) — 3:40
  8. "Everything Gets in the Way" (Volker) — 4:02
  9. "You Can't Take It with You" (Malone, Baudoin, Scanlan, Bua) — 5:06
  10. "Good as Gone" (Volker) — 4:31
  11. "Party 'Til the Money Runs Out" (Volker) — 2:09
  12. "Honey from the Bee" (Volker) — 3:58
  13. "I Want to Go Where the Green Arrow Goes" (Volker) — 5:25

Personnel

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  2. ↑ Abbott, Jim (15 Mar 1991). "In the Bin". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 40.
  3. ↑ Bream, Jim (29 Mar 1991). "Radiator fans can dance at Guthrie—in lobby". Star Tribune. p. 8E.
  4. ↑ Locey, Bill (13 Feb 1992). "Musical Anti-Freeze". Los Angeles Times. p. J4.
  5. ↑ Booth, Philip (September 13, 1991). "Big Easy's Radiators are hot". Tampa Bay Times. The Tampa Tribune. p. 18.
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  7. ↑ Lannert, John (13 Sep 1991). "This Weekend". Features Showtime. Sun-Sentinel. p. 32.
  8. ↑ Heim, Chris (29 Mar 1991). "The Radiators, Tuesday at Park West". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. N.
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  10. ↑ Mason, Rick (March 29, 1991). "Fishhead Funk". St. Paul Pioneer Press. p. 18B.
  11. 1 2 Gettelman, Parry (13 Sep 1991). "The Radiators". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 9.
  12. ↑ Total Evaporation at AllMusic
  13. 1 2 Heim, Chris (25 Apr 1991). "Recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
  14. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 573.
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