Watch Your Step | ||||
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Compilation album by | ||||
Released | 1982 | |||
Recorded | 1971–72 | |||
Studio | Eldorado Recording Studios, Los Angeles | |||
Label | Rounder [1] | |||
Producer |
Bruce Bromberg
[1] Dennis Walker | |||
Ted Hawkins chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Robert Christgau | A− [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Line of Best Fit | 7/10 [5] |
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Tom Hull – on the Web | B+ (
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Watch Your Step is a 1982 album by Ted Hawkins, a collection of previously recorded songs. [2] [8]
At the time of the album's release, Hawkins was a guest of the California Medical Facility in Vacaville. [9]
Trouser Press wrote: "Teaching a mighty acoustic lesson in roots music, Hawkins inhabits that secular place just outside the churchyard where gospel, folk and soul meet." [10] Robert Christgau wrote that "these little dramas of passion, tenderness and betrayal are stamped with the sin-and-redemption of a lived life." [3] The New Rolling Stone Record Guide wrote that "soul and blues fans need to hear this, if only to restore their faith in the dying art of emotional conviction." [6]
All songs were written by Theodore Hawkins, Jr. (i.e. Ted Hawkins); who also sang and played guitar on all of them. [11]
According to an early vinyl release: [11]
Watch Your Step | ||||
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Compilation album by | ||||
Released | 1982 | |||
Recorded | 1971–72 | |||
Studio | Eldorado Recording Studios, Los Angeles | |||
Label | Rounder [1] | |||
Producer |
Bruce Bromberg
[1] Dennis Walker | |||
Ted Hawkins chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Robert Christgau | A− [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Line of Best Fit | 7/10 [5] |
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Tom Hull – on the Web | B+ (
![]() ![]() ![]() |
Watch Your Step is a 1982 album by Ted Hawkins, a collection of previously recorded songs. [2] [8]
At the time of the album's release, Hawkins was a guest of the California Medical Facility in Vacaville. [9]
Trouser Press wrote: "Teaching a mighty acoustic lesson in roots music, Hawkins inhabits that secular place just outside the churchyard where gospel, folk and soul meet." [10] Robert Christgau wrote that "these little dramas of passion, tenderness and betrayal are stamped with the sin-and-redemption of a lived life." [3] The New Rolling Stone Record Guide wrote that "soul and blues fans need to hear this, if only to restore their faith in the dying art of emotional conviction." [6]
All songs were written by Theodore Hawkins, Jr. (i.e. Ted Hawkins); who also sang and played guitar on all of them. [11]
According to an early vinyl release: [11]