Smoking in the Fields | ||||
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Released | 1989 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | RCA [1] | |||
Producer | Dave Thoener | |||
The Del Fuegos chronology | ||||
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Smoking in the Fields is an album by the American band the Del Fuegos, released in 1989. [2] [3] It was the band's final studio album. [4] [5]
The album peaked at No. 139 on the Billboard 200. [6] Its first single was "Move with Me Sister". [7] The Del Fuegos supported the album by touring with James McMurtry. [8]
Smoking in the Fields was produced by Dave Thoener. [9] It was made without original members Woody Giessmann and Warren Zanes, who had left the band. [10] Magic Dick and Rick Danko made guest appearances. [11] The album was recorded in Woodstock, New York, from a pool of around 30 songs. [7]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Robert Christgau | C+ [13] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Trouser Press wrote: "Secret weapon harp demon Magic Dick ... sends out waves of soulful moaning on some of the songs as horns and tasteful strings gussy up others; the lively variety show of smoking R&B, Stonesy guitar rock, rugged pop and whiskey-scarred soul ... scores on all four fronts." [14] Robert Christgau deemed the album "clubland nostalgia." [13] The Los Angeles Times determined that "the raw rock attack of the band's early days is back," and labeled the album "their richest and most varied." [15]
The Washington Post called "I'm Inside You" a "dire carnal-love ballad." [16] The Boston Globe considered Smoking in the Fields to be "a hard-rock triumph." [17] The Toronto Star concluded that, "at their worst ('Down in Allen's Mills'), Del Fuegos sound like earnest Mellencamp imitators." [18] The Times lamented that "Dan Zanes has forsaken the slobbish, neo-Tom Waits drawl that used to make his singing so wondrously heroic." [19]
AllMusic wrote that "Zanes is in fine form with ragged voice throughout, yet this album remains a blueprint for how these generally well-written tunes probably sounded live in a smoky club, the band's natural habitat." [12]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Move with Me Sister" | |
2. | "Down in Allen's Mills" | |
3. | "I'm Inside You" | |
4. | "Headlights" | |
5. | "Breakaway" | |
6. | "Dreams of You" | |
7. | "The Offer" | |
8. | "Part of This Earth" | |
9. | "Stand by You" | |
10. | "Lost Weekend" | |
11. | "No No Never" | |
12. | "Friends Again" |
Smoking in the Fields | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1989 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | RCA [1] | |||
Producer | Dave Thoener | |||
The Del Fuegos chronology | ||||
|
Smoking in the Fields is an album by the American band the Del Fuegos, released in 1989. [2] [3] It was the band's final studio album. [4] [5]
The album peaked at No. 139 on the Billboard 200. [6] Its first single was "Move with Me Sister". [7] The Del Fuegos supported the album by touring with James McMurtry. [8]
Smoking in the Fields was produced by Dave Thoener. [9] It was made without original members Woody Giessmann and Warren Zanes, who had left the band. [10] Magic Dick and Rick Danko made guest appearances. [11] The album was recorded in Woodstock, New York, from a pool of around 30 songs. [7]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Robert Christgau | C+ [13] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Trouser Press wrote: "Secret weapon harp demon Magic Dick ... sends out waves of soulful moaning on some of the songs as horns and tasteful strings gussy up others; the lively variety show of smoking R&B, Stonesy guitar rock, rugged pop and whiskey-scarred soul ... scores on all four fronts." [14] Robert Christgau deemed the album "clubland nostalgia." [13] The Los Angeles Times determined that "the raw rock attack of the band's early days is back," and labeled the album "their richest and most varied." [15]
The Washington Post called "I'm Inside You" a "dire carnal-love ballad." [16] The Boston Globe considered Smoking in the Fields to be "a hard-rock triumph." [17] The Toronto Star concluded that, "at their worst ('Down in Allen's Mills'), Del Fuegos sound like earnest Mellencamp imitators." [18] The Times lamented that "Dan Zanes has forsaken the slobbish, neo-Tom Waits drawl that used to make his singing so wondrously heroic." [19]
AllMusic wrote that "Zanes is in fine form with ragged voice throughout, yet this album remains a blueprint for how these generally well-written tunes probably sounded live in a smoky club, the band's natural habitat." [12]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Move with Me Sister" | |
2. | "Down in Allen's Mills" | |
3. | "I'm Inside You" | |
4. | "Headlights" | |
5. | "Breakaway" | |
6. | "Dreams of You" | |
7. | "The Offer" | |
8. | "Part of This Earth" | |
9. | "Stand by You" | |
10. | "Lost Weekend" | |
11. | "No No Never" | |
12. | "Friends Again" |