Snakebite: Blacktop Ballads & Fugitive Songs | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 13, 2004 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 68:27 | |||
Label | redFLY | |||
Producer | Stan Ridgway | |||
Stan Ridgway chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Snakebite: Blacktop Ballads & Fugitive Songs is an album by Stan Ridgway. [3] [4] It was released in 2004 through redFLY Records. [5]
After the deaths of two former Wall of Voodoo bandmates, Ridgway wrote "Talkin' Wall of Voodoo Blues Pt. 1", a reflection on the band's history. [6]
PopMatters called the album "full of the sort of lyrical darkness that's been a hallmark of Ridgway's material since the get-go." [7] The Monterey County Weekly wrote: "To accompany his off-kilter lyrics, Ridgway plays music that evokes country blues artists, Tom Waits and arty electronic bands from the ‘80s. Throughout the album, strange instruments accentuate Ridgway’s surreal stories." [8] The Stranger wrote that "the dusty, atmospheric songs of Snakebite bristle and twitch with stringed instruments." [5] The Times of Northwest Indiana called it "perhaps [Ridgway's] finest overall collection to date," writing that "like the best of Ridgway's eclectic oeuvre, the 16 songs nestled into this 'Three Act' album are musical vignettes populated by a twisted cast of darkly-hue characters most everyone can relate to in some way." [9]
All tracks are written by Stan Ridgway, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Into the Sun" | 3:29 | |
2. | "Wake Up Sally (The Cops Are Here)" | 3:02 | |
3. | "Afghan/Forklift" | 4:49 | |
4. | "King for a Day" | 5:26 | |
5. | "Your Rockin' Chair" | 3:43 | |
6. | "Monsters of the Id" ( Mose Allison) | Mose Allison | 4:04 |
7. | "Running With the Carnival" | 4:39 | |
8. | "Our Manhattan Moment" ( Stan Ridgway, Pietra Wexstun) | Stan Ridgway, Pietra Wexstun | 5:19 |
9. | "Crow Hollow Blues" | 2:28 | |
10. | "That Big 5-0" | 2:47 | |
11. | "God Sleeps in a Caboose" | 5:37 | |
12. | "Throw It Away" | 3:16 | |
13. | "My Own Universe" | 3:33 | |
14. | "Classic Hollywood Ending" | 3:54 | |
15. | "Talkin' Wall of Voodoo Blues Pt. 1" | 5:55 | |
16. | "My Rose Marie (A Soldier's Tale)" | 5:19 |
Snakebite: Blacktop Ballads & Fugitive Songs | ||||
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![]() | ||||
Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 13, 2004 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 68:27 | |||
Label | redFLY | |||
Producer | Stan Ridgway | |||
Stan Ridgway chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Snakebite: Blacktop Ballads & Fugitive Songs is an album by Stan Ridgway. [3] [4] It was released in 2004 through redFLY Records. [5]
After the deaths of two former Wall of Voodoo bandmates, Ridgway wrote "Talkin' Wall of Voodoo Blues Pt. 1", a reflection on the band's history. [6]
PopMatters called the album "full of the sort of lyrical darkness that's been a hallmark of Ridgway's material since the get-go." [7] The Monterey County Weekly wrote: "To accompany his off-kilter lyrics, Ridgway plays music that evokes country blues artists, Tom Waits and arty electronic bands from the ‘80s. Throughout the album, strange instruments accentuate Ridgway’s surreal stories." [8] The Stranger wrote that "the dusty, atmospheric songs of Snakebite bristle and twitch with stringed instruments." [5] The Times of Northwest Indiana called it "perhaps [Ridgway's] finest overall collection to date," writing that "like the best of Ridgway's eclectic oeuvre, the 16 songs nestled into this 'Three Act' album are musical vignettes populated by a twisted cast of darkly-hue characters most everyone can relate to in some way." [9]
All tracks are written by Stan Ridgway, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Into the Sun" | 3:29 | |
2. | "Wake Up Sally (The Cops Are Here)" | 3:02 | |
3. | "Afghan/Forklift" | 4:49 | |
4. | "King for a Day" | 5:26 | |
5. | "Your Rockin' Chair" | 3:43 | |
6. | "Monsters of the Id" ( Mose Allison) | Mose Allison | 4:04 |
7. | "Running With the Carnival" | 4:39 | |
8. | "Our Manhattan Moment" ( Stan Ridgway, Pietra Wexstun) | Stan Ridgway, Pietra Wexstun | 5:19 |
9. | "Crow Hollow Blues" | 2:28 | |
10. | "That Big 5-0" | 2:47 | |
11. | "God Sleeps in a Caboose" | 5:37 | |
12. | "Throw It Away" | 3:16 | |
13. | "My Own Universe" | 3:33 | |
14. | "Classic Hollywood Ending" | 3:54 | |
15. | "Talkin' Wall of Voodoo Blues Pt. 1" | 5:55 | |
16. | "My Rose Marie (A Soldier's Tale)" | 5:19 |