Audio CD review:
Scud Mountain Boys - The Early Year: Pine Box & Dance the Night Away

Scud Mountain Boys - The Early Year: Pine Box & Dance the Night Away

Band: Scud Mountain Boys Title: The Early Year: Pine Box & Dance the Night Away Rating: Release Date: 22 April, 1997 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Silo 2: Reservoir 3: Glacier Bay 4: Peter Graves' Anatomy 5: Freight Of Fire 6: Sweet Sally 7: Oklahoma 8: Don't Know How To Tell Her 9: Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves 10: There Is No Hell (Like The Hell On This Earth) 11: Wichita Lineman 12: Please, Mr. Please 13: Down In Writing 14: Closing Time 15: Freight Of Fire 16: One Hand 17: Letter To Bread 18: Television 19: (She Took His) Picture 20: Where's The Playground, Susie 21: Combine 22: Blood And Bones 23: Silo 24: Sangre De Cristo 25: Kneeling 26: Fiery Coffin 27: Helen

Editoral Review Like contemporaries Wilco, Son Volt, and Palace, they come to country via rock & roll, intertwining the styles in their own distinct way. Collected here as a double-CD set, this Northampton, Massachusetts, band's first two independent releases (Pine Box and Dance the Night Away) testify to the power of sparseness, subtlety, and song craft. The 27-song set (including a few brilliantly chosen covers) fuses pop sensibilities with lazy strumming, mandolin, pedal-steel, and a 2 a. m. smoke- and whiskey-soaked haze. The sound is understated, fitting for a band that played live perched on barstools, huddled around an old Tiffany lamp. By turns hauntingly bittersweet and foot-tappingly catchy, this collection is as warm as an old quilt, with just as much character. --Donovan Finn .. You can see a complete list of all Scud Mountain Boys discography, or go back to the Scud Mountain Boys tabs