Still (BoDeans album)

Still
Studio album by BoDeans
Released	March 4, 2008
Genre	Alternative
Label	He and He Records[1]
Producer	T-Bone Burnett[2]
BoDeans chronology
Resolution (2004) Still (2008) Mr. Sad Clown (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Still is a full-length studio album by the BoDeans, released in 2008.[4][5] It peaked at number 194 on the Billboard 200.[6] It peaked at number 30 on the Top Independent Albums chart.

Reception

Mark Deming, writing for AllMusic, stated: "The scrappy enthusiasm that fueled the BoDeans' best music has given way to a more measured and mature sound in the 21st century, but Sam Llanas and Kurt Neuman are still capable of rocking a bit when they feel like it (cue up 'Lucille' for a taste), and the emotional ardor that's always made itself known in their songwriting is as clear and present as ever... Still is well worth a listen for BoDeans fans, but it falls a few notches short of what these guys can do when they're hitting their stride."[3] The Austin Chronicle called the album "a dozen inimitable tracks that veer from suburban psychedelia to folk-rock, taking off on 'Pretty Ghost', a swirling, guitar-based meditation on celebrity and fantasy."[2] Paste wrote that the BoDeans "settle into the durable, sometimes predictable bar rock they do best."[7]

Track listing

All songs by Kurt Neumann and Sam Llanas

1. "Pretty Ghost"
2. "Round Here Somewhere"
3. "Willin'"
4. "Lucille"
5. "The First Time"
6. "Everyday"
7. "Waste a Lifetime"
8. "Breathe"
9. "Wonder Wonder"
10. "Hearing"
11. "Found Me a Reason"
12. "Arms"

Personnel

BoDeans

• Kurt Neumann – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, percussion, bongos on "Arms"
• Sam Llanas – vocals, acoustic guitar

Additional personnel

• Kenny Aronoff - drums, bongos on "Pretty Ghost"
• Noah Levy - drums (tracks #5, #8, #9, #10)
• Jay Bellerose - drums and percussion (tracks #8, #12)
• Bukka Allen - accordion, Hammond B3, harmonium
• Eric Holden - bass
• T Bone Burnett - guitar (track #10)

References

1. Miller, Jay N. "BoDeans one of rock's most enduring gems". Ionia Sentinel - Standard-Ionia, MI.
2. "BoDeans: Still Album Review". www.austinchronicle.com.
3. Deming, Mark. "Still - BoDeans". AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
4. "BoDeans | Biography & History". AllMusic.
5. "Not Fadeaway". Milwaukee Magazine. May 1, 2008.
6. "Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
7. "The BoDeans: Still". pastemagazine.com. June 30, 2008.