The Bottle & Fresh Horses is the second and final album by the alternative rock band the Refreshments, released in 1997.[3][4]
| The Bottle & Fresh Horses | ||||
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| Released | September 16, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Heartland rock[1] | |||
| Length | 51:53 | |||
| Label | Mercury[2] | |||
| Producer | Paul Leary | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Production
editThe album was produced by Paul Leary.[5]
Critical reception
editThe Washington Post thought that "new songs as 'Buy American' and 'Fonder and Blonder' aren't quite so droll as the material on last year's Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy, but they do have an appealing good humor that complements their exuberant melodies."[6] Trouser Press concluded that "'Heaven or the Highway Out of Town' and 'Good Year' are peppy little numbers, but it might as well be .38 Special playing them."[7]
Billboard wrote that "the band's comic slant takes a back seat to its highly underrated songwriting."[8] The San Antonio Express-News determined that "the music is carefully crafted, but it's also deadly serious—not to mention more country-and heartland-rock oriented."[9]
AllMusic called the album "one of the best forgotten gems of its time," writing that "the group dreamed up an earnest, dustier sound, blending heartland rock & roll with elements of country and power-pop."[1]
Track listing
editAll songs written by Roger Clyne and Paul "P.H." Naffah except where noted:
- "Tributary Otis" - 4:55
- "Preacher's Daughter" - 3:22
- "Wanted" - 3:34
- "Sin Nombre" - 5:27
- "Heaven or the Highway Out of Town" - 3:26 (Blush)
- "Buy American" - 4:01
- "Dolly" - 3:41
- "Good Year" - 3:15 (Blush)
- "Fonder and Blonder" - 4:07
- "Birds Sing" - 3:18 (Edwards)
- "Horses" - 4:19
- "Broken Record" - 3:42
- "Una Soda" - 4:46
References
edit- ^ a b c "The Bottle & Fresh Horses - The Refreshments | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Refreshments In Sold-Out Show At Outback's; Yeah, That Seems Fair | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com.
- ^ "The Refreshments Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ Reavy, Pat (August 30, 2012). "RCPM to revisit Refreshments' "forgotten gem" this weekend". Deseret News.
- ^ Thompson, Dave (November 12, 2000). "Alternative Rock". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
- ^ "THE REFRESHMENTS 'THE BOTTLE AND FRESH HORSES' MERCURY". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Refreshments". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Borzillo, Carrie (Aug 16, 1997). "Refreshments not 'Fizzy' anymore". Billboard. 109 (33): 13.
- ^ Johnson, Robert (November 14, 1997). "Refreshments get ... serious?". San Antonio Express-News. p. 13H.