Total Evaporation | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1991 | |||
Genre | Swamp rock, [1] roots rock | |||
Label | Epic [2] | |||
Producer | Jim Dickinson | |||
The Radiators chronology | ||||
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Total Evaporation is the fifth album by the Radiators, released in 1991. [3] The band and label parted ways before the year was over. [4] Total Evaporation sold more than 85,000 copies in its first six months of release. [5]
"Let the Red Wine Flow" was the first single. [6] The band supported the album with a North American tour. [7]
Recorded in Memphis, the album was produced by Jim Dickinson. [6] [8] Most of the songs were written by Ed Volker; he thought that the album incorporated a more pronounced soul influence. [9] [10] The Memphis Horns played on a few tracks. [11]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Calgary Herald | B+ [1] |
Chicago Tribune | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Orlando Sentinel | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
USA Today praised the "funk-bitten Mardi Gras stomp." [15] The Chicago Tribune wrote that "the band has yet to kick the homily habit or its reliance on funky rock retreads straight out of Little Feat and the Neville Brothers." [13] The Waterloo Region Record opined that, "as a kind of roots-rock with country tinges, this album has too many competitors to make it worthwhile." [16] The Houston Chronicle deemed the Radiators a "quintessential bar band," writing that the majority of the album was the "usual funky-blues flow." [17] The Oregonian noted that the "relaxed arrangements ... avoid the beer-commercial-boogie cliches." [18]
Total Evaporation | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1991 | |||
Genre | Swamp rock, [1] roots rock | |||
Label | Epic [2] | |||
Producer | Jim Dickinson | |||
The Radiators chronology | ||||
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Total Evaporation is the fifth album by the Radiators, released in 1991. [3] The band and label parted ways before the year was over. [4] Total Evaporation sold more than 85,000 copies in its first six months of release. [5]
"Let the Red Wine Flow" was the first single. [6] The band supported the album with a North American tour. [7]
Recorded in Memphis, the album was produced by Jim Dickinson. [6] [8] Most of the songs were written by Ed Volker; he thought that the album incorporated a more pronounced soul influence. [9] [10] The Memphis Horns played on a few tracks. [11]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Calgary Herald | B+ [1] |
Chicago Tribune | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Orlando Sentinel | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
USA Today praised the "funk-bitten Mardi Gras stomp." [15] The Chicago Tribune wrote that "the band has yet to kick the homily habit or its reliance on funky rock retreads straight out of Little Feat and the Neville Brothers." [13] The Waterloo Region Record opined that, "as a kind of roots-rock with country tinges, this album has too many competitors to make it worthwhile." [16] The Houston Chronicle deemed the Radiators a "quintessential bar band," writing that the majority of the album was the "usual funky-blues flow." [17] The Oregonian noted that the "relaxed arrangements ... avoid the beer-commercial-boogie cliches." [18]