| Town & Country | ||||
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| Released | 1995 | |||
| Label | Watermelon | |||
| Producer | R. S. Field | |||
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Town & Country is an album by the American musician Webb Wilder, released in 1995. [1] [2] He is credited with the NashVegans. [3] Town & Country was Wilder's first album for Watermelon Records. [4] Wilder supported the album with a North American tour that included shows with Jason and the Scorchers. [5] [6]
Wilder decided to record an album of covers due to acquiring a new backing band. [7] Produced by R. S. Field, Town & Country was recorded in Nashville between November 1994 and January 1995, in a garage and using vintage equipment. [8] [9] [7] Wilder considered the album a celebration of regionalism and included a map detailing where the songs originated; he also thought it was his least slick album since his debut. [10] [11] "Talk Talk" is a cover of the Music Machine song. [12] "I Ain't Living Long Like This" is a cover of the Rodney Crowell song. [12] "My Mind's Eye" was written by the Small Faces. [8] "Original Mixed-Up Kid" was originally performed by Mott the Hoople. [6] "Nashville Bum" is a version of Waylon Jennings's first RCA single. [13] "To the Loving Public" includes a monologue devoted to Wilder's musical philosophy. [14]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [12] |
| Edmonton Sun |  [15] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [16] |
| Orlando Sentinel | [8] |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | [17] |
| Rolling Stone | [18] |
The Orlando Sentinel wrote that "Wilder's deep voice has a golden resonance on twangy numbers such as Waylon Jennings' 'Nashville Bum' and Harlan Howard's 'Too Many Rivers'." [8] Trouser Press determined that the album, "a wide-ranging collection of covers, works beautifully... Wilder's at his authoritative best." [3] Rolling Stone opined that Wilder "flat-out rocks... Suggesting a loopier Jason and the Scorchers, the Nash Vegans manhandle country rave-ups." [18]
The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "a well-played if mildly interesting spin around his various influences, but Wilder's wiseacre delivery works better in a bar than in repeated listenings on disc." [5] Stereo Review said that "Wilder's a gregarious type with a Foghorn Leghorn bellow of a voice, his band's equally adept at twang and thrash, and the songs they've chosen are, for the most part. worth reviving." [19] The Press-Telegram noted that the songs are delivered in "a big, bawdy, beefy style by a mess of expert musicians." [20]
AllMusic wrote that "the disc falters mostly by Webb's own high standards; overall, these sessions still make decent, high-volume highway accompaniment." [12]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Stay Out of Automobiles" | |
| 2. | "Nashville Bum" | |
| 3. | "Slow Death" | |
| 4. | "(I'm a) Lover Not a Fighter" | |
| 5. | "To the Loving Public" | |
| 6. | "Honky Tonk Hell" | |
| 7. | "My Mind's Eye" | |
| 8. | "Too Many Rivers" | |
| 9. | "Goldfinger" | |
| 10. | "Hissy-Fit" | |
| 11. | "Talk Talk" | |
| 12. | "Streets of Laredo (The Cowboy's Lament)" | |
| 13. | "Short on Love" | |
| 14. | "I Ain't Living Long Like This" | |
| 15. | "Original Mixed-Up Kid" | |
| 16. | "Rockin' Little Angel" |
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