Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Jayhawks: Bunkhouse 1989 Blue Earth: Twin/Tone: 1992 Hollywood Town Hall: 192 11 American: 1995 Tomorrow the Green Grass: 92 41 1997 Sound of Lies: 112 61 2000 Smile: 129 60 2003 Rainy Day Music: 51 70 2011 Mockingbird Time: 38 2 92 Rounder: 2016 Paging Mr. Proust: 75 51 Thirty Tigers: 2018 Back Roads and Abandoned Motels: Legacy Recordings ...
Hollywood Town Hall is the third studio album by American rock band The Jayhawks. It peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and number 192 on the Billboard 200 . The cover art for the album was shot in Hollywood Township, Carver County, Minnesota by British photographer Andrew Catlin .
The band continued to record as the Jayhawks, adding Kraig Johnson on guitar. Johnson, another Minneapolis musical fixture, had played in the seminal SST band Run Westy Run, Iffy and Golden Smog. [4] The Jayhawks released Sound of Lies in 1997, with Louris composing most of the songs and allowing all of his influences a share in the proceedings ...
In his review for AllMusic, Mark Deming contrasts the early Jayhawks sound with their later work and noted "though it captures some strong and confident performances from a fine band, it's clear they were still a few years away from finding the sound that would make Blue Earth and Hollywood Town Hall some of the most memorable music to come from the first wave of alt-country."
Rainy Day Music is the seventh studio album by American rock band The Jayhawks, released on April 8, 2003. It debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 51, selling 19,000 copies that week. [ 1 ]
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Mark Deming wrote "If you've never had the pleasure of listening to the Jayhawks, this collection is a marvelous place to start, and fans will be reminded of just how much good music this group made, and how well it has stood the test of time."
John Duffy of AllMusic noted that "the general shift in direction may alienate a few long-term fans, but much like friends Wilco achieved with their adventurous Summerteeth, Smile's modern touches may bring even more people into the band's orbit", concluding that "what never changes on the Jayhawks' albums, it seems, are the blissful melodies and well-constructed tunes, and that may just be ...
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Jason Ankeny wrote that "if Hollywood Town Hall is inarguably the Jayhawks' best album, Tomorrow the Green Grass runs a very close second", noting that the album's "eclectic approach pointed the way to the sound and style of the fine records the Louris-led version of the band would go on to make ...