Countrysides (album)

Countrysides

Studio album by Cracker

Released

October 7, 2003

Recorded

???

Genre

Alternative country

Length

???

Label

BMG

Producer

David Lowery
John Morand

Cracker chronology

O' Cracker Where Art Thou?
(2003)

Countrysides
(2003)

Greatest Hits Redux
2006

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Blender	^[2]

Countrysides is Cracker's sixth studio album. According to EntertainmentOne, the album has sold 18,342 copies as of 2008.^[3]

Track listing

"Truckload of Art" (Terry Allen) - 3:42
"Duty Free" (Ike Reilly) - 5:53
"Up Against the Wall Redneck Mothers" (Ray Wylie Hubbard) - 4:09
"Sinaloa Cowboys" (Bruce Springsteen) - 3:53
"Family Tradition" (Hank Williams, Jr.) - 4:42
"Bottle Let Me Down" (Merle Haggard) - 4:40
"Reasons to Quit" (Merle Haggard) - 3:29
"Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room" (Dwight Yoakam) - 3:46
"Ain't Gonna Suck Itself" (David Lowery) - 5:49

Before the release of the album, Cracker had been touring under the name "Ironic Mullet" at various dive bars across the American South, and even Alaska. The songs, while mostly covers, they felt came to reflect on the political climate the country was facing at the time.

Personnel

David Lowery – vocals, guitar
Johnny Hickman – lead guitar, vocals
Brandy Wood – bass, vocals
Frank Funaro – drums

References

Cracker

David Lowery Johnny Hickman Bryan Howard CoCo Owens Thayer Sarrano Pistol Stoessel Davey Faragher Bruce Hughes Bob Rupe Brandy Wood Victor Krummenacher Sal Maida Phil Jones Michael Urbano Joey Peters David Lovering Johnny Hott Charlie Quintana Frank Funaro Kenny Margolis

Studio albums	Cracker (1992) Kerosene Hat (1993) The Golden Age (1996) Gentleman's Blues (1998) Forever (2002) Countrysides (2003) Greenland (2006) Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey (2009) Berkeley to Bakersfield (2014)

Singles/EP's	"Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)" (1992) "Tucson" (1993) "Low" (1993) "Get Off This" (1994) "Euro-Trash Girl" (1994) "I Hate My Generation" (1996) "Nothing To Believe In" (1996) "The Good Life" (1998) "The World Is Mine" (1998) "Shine" (2002) "Merry Christmas, Emily" (2002) "Something You Ain't Got" (2006) "Give Me One More Chance" (2006) "Everybody Gets One For Free" (2006)

Compilations	The Virgin Years (1995) Garage D'Or (2000) Hello, Cleveland! Live at the Metro (2002) O' Cracker Where Art Thou? (2003) Get On With It: The Best of Cracker (2006) Greatest Hits Redux (2006)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, December 13, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.