Hollywood Town Hall

Hollywood Town Hall
Studio album by The Jayhawks
Released September 15, 1992
Recorded Hollywood Sound and Pachyderm Studio
Genre Country rock, alt-country
Length 42:36
Label American Recordings
Producer George Drakoulias
The Jayhawks chronology
Blue Earth
(1989)		 Hollywood Town Hall
(1992)		 Tomorrow the Green Grass
(1995)

Hollywood Town Hall is a 1992 album by alt.country pioneers The Jayhawks. It peaked at #11 on the Billboard Heatseekers and #192 on the Billboard 200. The cover art for the album was shot in Hollywood Township, Carver County, Minnesota.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chicago Tribune[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Entertainment WeeklyA[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
NME7/10[7]
Pitchfork Media8.3/10[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]
Select4/5[11]

David Browne of Entertainment Weekly, in a positive review, wrote that despite noticeable musical influences from The Everly Brothers, The Rolling Stones, and Neil Young on the album, "there's nothing nostalgic about the passion and desperation in every syllable of singer-songwriter Mark Olson's voice — or in the band’s effortless mix of sawdust harmonies and craggy electric guitars."[5] Music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a "neither" rating,[12] indicating an album that "may impress once or twice with consistent craft or an arresting track or two. Then it won't."[13]

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Ned Raggett called Hollywood Town Hall "one of the more unlikely major label releases of 1992" and described it as "accessible enough for should-have-been success but bowing to no trends" and "something made for the group's own satisfaction that connects beyond it as well."[2]

Track listing

All songs by Mark Olson and Gary Louris except "Wichita" by Olson, Louris and Marc Perlman.

  1. "Waiting for the Sun" – 4:19
  2. "Crowded in the Wings" – 4:55
  3. "Clouds" – 4:51
  4. "Two Angels" – 4:04
  5. "Take Me with You (When You Go)" – 4:50
  6. "Sister Cry" – 4:08
  7. "Settled Down Like Rain" – 3:00
  8. "Wichita" – 5:26
  9. "Nevada, California" – 4:05
  10. "Martin's Song" – 2:58
  11. "Leave No Gold" – 5:46 (bonus track on European CD)

2011 expanded reissue track listing

All songs by Mark Olson and Gary Louris except "Wichita" by Olson, Louris and Marc Perlman.

  1. "Waiting for the Sun" – 4:19
  2. "Crowded in the Wings" – 4:56
  3. "Clouds" – 4:51
  4. "Two Angels" – 4:04
  5. "Take Me with You (When You Go)" – 4:50
  6. "Sister Cry" – 4:08
  7. "Settled Down Like Rain" – 3:00
  8. "Wichita" – 5:26
  9. "Nevada, California" – 4:05
  10. "Martin's Song" – 2:57
  11. "Leave No Gold" – 5:48 (previously commercially unavailable in the U.S.)
  12. "Keith And Quentin" – 2:37 (previously commercially unavailable in the U.S.)
  13. "Up Above My Head" – 2:36 (previously commercially unavailable in the U.S.)
  14. "Warm River" – 3:23 (previously unreleased)
  15. "Mother Trust You To Walk To The Store" – 3:53 (previously unreleased)

Personnel

Additional musicians:

Production notes

References

  1. ↑ Photos and history of front cover art. Retrieved September 26, 2011
  2. 1 2 Raggett, Ned. "Hollywood Town Hall – The Jayhawks". AllMusic. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  3. ↑ Van Matre, Lynn (November 12, 1992). "Jayhawks: Hollywood Town Hall (Def American)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-857-12595-8.
  5. 1 2 Browne, David (September 25, 1992). "Hollywood Town Hall". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  6. ↑ Hochman, Steve (October 18, 1992). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ "The Jayhawks: Hollywood Town Hall". NME: 37. October 3, 1992.
  8. ↑ Deusner, Stephen M. (January 20, 2011). "The Jayhawks: Hollywood Town Hall [Expanded Edition] / Tomorrow the Green Grass [Legacy Edition]". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  9. ↑ "The Jayhawks: Hollywood Town Hall". Rolling Stone: 70. October 29, 1992.
  10. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 423–24. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
  11. ↑ Perry, Andrew (December 1992). "The Jayhawks: Hollywood Town Hall". Select (30): 76.
  12. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: The Jayhawks". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  13. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Key to Icons". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  14. 1 2 3 Drakoulias, George (2011). Hollywood Town Hall (booklet). The Jayhawks. American Recordings. pp. 9–11. 88697 72731 2.

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