Setting the Woods on Fire

This article is about the 1994 album. For the 1952 single, see Settin' the Woods on Fire.
Setting the Woods on Fire
Studio album by
the Walkabouts
Released1994
Recordedby Ed Brooks at Ironwood Studios & Hanzek Audio, January/February 1994, mixed at Robert Lang Studios
GenreRock[1]
Length63:12
LabelCreative Man/Cargo[2]
ProducerEd Brooks, the Walkabouts
The Walkabouts chronology
Satisfied Mind
(1993) 		Setting the Woods on Fire
(1994) 		Devil's Road
(1996)

Setting the Woods on Fire is a studio album by the Walkabouts.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Calgary HeraldB+[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]

Jason Ankeny, for AllMusic, wrote: "A sweeping, stately record, it owes a great deal to the Stones' Exile on Main St."[1] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album "a strong collection of original material."[5] Trouser Press called it "consistently ace," writing that "strong tunes like 'Firetrap', 'Good Luck Morning' and the rousing, horn-driven 'Hole in the Mountain' [are] given a spiky, full-bodied grace."[6] Uncut deemed it an "underselling classic" that "captures perfectly [the band's] haunted experimentalism."[7] CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that the album's "disposition is pensive and vaguely ominous throughout."[8]

Track listing

All songs by the Walkabouts (c)1994, Fire & Skill Publishing (BMI), administrated worldwide by Bug Music Inc.

  1. Good Luck Morning – 4:13
  2. Firetrap – 5:39
  3. Bordertown – 5:51
  4. Feeling No Pain – 5:12
  5. Old Crow – 4:26
  6. Almost Wisdom – 4:45
  7. Sand and Gravel – 6:34
  8. Nightdrive – 5:38
  9. Hole In The Mountain – 3:49
  10. Pass Me On Over – 4:10
  11. Up In The Graveyard – 6:12
  12. Promised – 6:33

Performers

The Walkabouts

  • Glenn Slater - piano, organ, accordion, loops
  • Michael Wells - bass guitar, harmonica
  • Terri Moeller - drums, percussion, backup vocals
  • Carla Torgerson - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, cello
  • Chris Eckman - vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, lyrics

Additional musicians

  • Larry Barrett - mandolin (11,12), lap steel (4,5)
  • Bruce Wirth - violin (7)
  • Andrew Hare - pedal steel (12)

Tiny Hot Orchestra Horns

horn section on track 9
  • Zach Permeson - trombone (9)
  • Mark Condelaria - tenor sax (9)
  • Marcus Membrane - trumpet (9)
  • "Dutch Beef" Sout - tenor sax (9)

References

  1. ^ a b c Jason Ankeny (1994). "Setting The Woods On Fire, The Walkabouts > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
  2. ^ "WALKABOUTS' EUROPEAN SUCCESSES WIN IT SOME RESPECT BACK AT HOME". Seattle Post-Intelligencer: 9. 13 Jan 1995.
  3. ^ "The Walkabouts | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "RECENT RELEASES". The Calgary Herald: B10. 28 May 1995.
  5. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 477.
  6. ^ "Walkabouts". Trouser Press. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  7. ^ "The Walkabouts - Watermarks: Selected Songs 1991-2001". March 31, 2003.
  8. ^ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. September 25, 1995 – via Google Books.