Rave On!! | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1993 | |||
Studio | The Soundshop (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
Genre | Country rock, Southern rock | |||
Length | 39:25 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Producer | The Kentucky Headhunters | |||
The Kentucky Headhunters chronology | ||||
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Rave On!! is the third studio album released by the Southern American country rock band The Kentucky Headhunters. It was the first album recorded after the departure of brothers Ricky Lee Phelps and Doug Phelps, whose positions were replaced with lead vocalist Mark S. Orr and bass guitarist Anthony Kenney (who is the cousin of brothers Fred and Richard Young). The album produced three singles: "Honky Tonk Walkin'", "Blue Moon of Kentucky" and "Dixie Fried".
Three covers are included: "Dixie Fried" (originally by Carl Perkins), "My Gal" (originally by The Lovin' Spoonful) and "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (originally by Bill Monroe).
The album was reissued in December 2006 by CBUJ.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | C−[2] |
AllMusic's Brian Mansfield felt that the band's novelty wore off on this record, noting that Mark Orr uses a "Southern rock wail" over the less than idiosyncratic original tracks, concluding that "they've devolved into a redneck boogie group."[1] Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly critiqued that the band replaced "their garage funk in the backwoods brine of classic country" and are "content to sprinkle down-home seasoning on warmed-over blues" on this album, concluding with: "Does this once-stunning band have a future? In "Underground", they evoke James Dean to be cool, a sure sign they're only a bargain bin away from oblivion."[2]
All tracks are written by The Kentucky Headhunters (Anthony Kenney, Greg Martin, Mark S. Orr, Fred Young, and Richard Young) except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Dixie Fried" | Carl Perkins, Howard Griffin | 2:10 |
2. | "Just Ask fo' Lucy" | The Kentucky Headhunters, Lonnie Mack | 3:02 |
3. | "Honky Tonk Walkin'" | 3:46 | |
4. | "Redneck Girl" | 2:25 | |
5. | "Dizzie Miss Daisy" | 3:36 | |
6. | "Celina Tennessee" | The Kentucky Headhunters, Bobby N. Richey | 2:48 |
7. | "The Ghost of Hank Williams" | The Kentucky Headhunters, Jimmy Gardner | 4:08 |
8. | "Freedom Stomp" | 2:54 | |
9. | "Muddy Water" | 4:33 | |
10. | "My Gal" | John Sebastian, Erik Jacobsen | 2:40 |
11. | "Blue Moon of Kentucky" | Bill Monroe | 2:23 |
12. | "Underground" | 5:08 |
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[3]
The Kentucky Headhunters
Additional musicians
Production
Imagery
Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 22 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 102 |
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