| Wacoworld | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1999 | |||
| Studio | Kingsize Soundlabs | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Bloodshot [1] | |||
| Producer | Ken Sluiter, Waco Brothers | |||
| The Waco Brothers chronology | ||||
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Wacoworld is an album by the Chicago-based band the Waco Brothers, released in 1999. [2] [3]
Wacoworld's songs were written by Jon Langford and Dean Schlabowske. [4] Poi Dog Pondering's horn section played on some of the album's tracks. [5]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [6] |
| Chicago Sun-Times | [7] |
| Robert Christgau | A− [8] |
| (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | [9] |
| The Tampa Tribune | [10] |
No Depression wrote that Schlabowske's "heavy, blue-collar vocal presence is a delight, especially on the soon-to-be-abducted-by-aliens weeper 'Hello to Everybody' and the outlawish 'Red Brick Wall'." [11] Robert Christgau thought that Langford and Schlabowske "sing so lustily that the band's indifference to the niceties of country as it exists in history is of no consequence." [8] The Washington Post opined that "forays into blues and Western swing aren't enough to keep Waco World interesting when Langford's distinctive songs yield to Schlabowske's merely competent ones." [12]
CMJ New Music Report decided that "the entire album brims with rough-hewn vocals, twangy electricity, and a cool, literary bent." [13] Spin deemed it "flesh'n'blood country-western insurgence." [14] The North County Times called Wacoworld "crack insurgent country." [15]
AllMusic lamented that "the English cowboy gag is wearing thin." [6]
All tracks composed by the Waco Brothers
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pigsville" | |
| 2. | "Hello to Everybody" | |
| 3. | "Fire Down Below" | |
| 4. | "Red Brick Wall" | |
| 5. | "The Hand That Throws the Bottle Down" | |
| 6. | "Regrets" | |
| 7. | "Train Back in Time" | |
| 8. | "Day of the Dead" | |
| 9. | "Broken Down Row" | |
| 10. | "Good for Me" | |
| 11. | "Corrupted" | |
| 12. | "Northwoods" | |
| 13. | "Famous Last Words" |
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