Spend a Night in the Box

Spend a Night in the Box
Studio album by
The Reverend Horton Heat
ReleasedMarch 21, 2000
StudioPedernales Studios, Spicewood, Texas
GenreRockabilly[1][2]
Length49:45
LabelTime Bomb
ProducerPaul Leary
The Reverend Horton Heat chronology
Holy Roller
(1999) 		Spend a Night in the Box
(2000) 		Lucky 7
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Courier-News[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
Ottawa Citizen[6]

Spend a Night in the Box is the sixth album by The Reverend Horton Heat.[7][8] It was released by Time Bomb Recordings in 2000.[9]

Production

The album, produced by Paul Leary, was recorded at Pedernales Studios, in Texas.[1][10] Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath played a 1954 Gibson ES-175 on the album.[11]

Critical reception

Exclaim! called the album "good, basic, well-produced country and swing-influenced rockabilly."[1] The Austin Chronicle panned the "Gap-ready numbers like 'Sleeper Coach Driver' and 'Hand It to Me'," writing that "one Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is more than enough."[12] Trouser Press wrote that "The Rev relocated his songwriting mojo for an album full of tasty rockabilly, swinging grooves and good old-fashioned stomp."[2] CMJ New Music Report deemed it "a skillfully choreographed saloon rumble of an album."[10]

Track listing

All songs written by Jim Heath except as noted.

  1. "Spend a Night in the Box" – 3:07
  2. "Big D Boogie Woogie" – 2:55
  3. "Sleeper Coach Driver" – 3:24
  4. "The Girl in Blue" – 3:52
  5. "Sue Jack Daniels" – 3:31
  6. "Hand It to Me" – 3:23
  7. "I'll Make Love" – 2:20
  8. "It Hurts Your Daddy Bad" – 4:04
  9. "The Bedroom Again" – 3:22
  10. "King" – 2:41
  11. "Whole Lotta Baby" – 3:42
  12. "The Millionaire" (Heath/Churilla) – 3:56
  13. "Unlucky in Love" – 4:33
  14. "The Party in Your Head" – 3:55

Personnel

  • Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath - guitar & vocals
  • Jimbo Wallace - upright bass
  • Scott Churilla - drums
  • Tim Alexander - piano (on "Sleeper Coach Driver"), piano and organ (on "Hand It to Me"), accordion and bajo quinto ("Unlucky in Love")
  • Paul Leary - producer, mixer
  • Stuart Sullivan - mixer, engineer
  • Scott J. Weiss - management
  • Jolie Clemens - artwork
  • Jennifer Broussard - photography

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
US Heatseekers (Billboard) 23[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Reverend Horton Heat Spend A Night In The Box | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca.
  2. ^ a b "Reverend Horton Heat". Trouser Press. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. ^ Spend a Night in the Box at AllMusic
  4. ^ Junior, Chris M. (30 Mar 2000). "ALBUM REVIEWS". Courier-News. p. D8.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. pp. 863–864.
  6. ^ Blanchfield, Mike (15 July 2000). "Soundtracks". Ottawa Citizen. p. K7.
  7. ^ "Pop review". the Guardian. September 20, 2000.
  8. ^ "The Reverend Horton Heat | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  9. ^ Terlesky, John (5 May 2000). "REV. HORTON HEAT THINKS OUTSIDE THE ROCK BOX". The Morning Call. p. D12.
  10. ^ a b "Must Hear". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. February 28, 2000 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Russell, Rusty. "Reverend Horton Heat: Back to burnin' basics". Guitar Player. 34 (7): 33–34.
  12. ^ "Reverend Horton Heat Spend a Night in the Box (Time Bomb)". www.austinchronicle.com.
  13. ^ "Heatseekers". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 8, 2000 – via Google Books.