The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy is an album by American rock band The Minus 5. Their final release of new material for Hollywood Records, it was released in 1997. The album was met with positive reception from critics.
The musicians making up The Minus 5 overlapped with the auxiliary touring members of R.E.M. and Tuatara; the musicians recorded The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy alongside Mark Eitzel's West.[2] The opportunity to record and tour with the material spurred Scott McCaughey to finish off songs that Peter Buck had started writing two years prior.[3] The revolving door of performers supported all their releases (including Tuatara's Breaking the Ethers)[4] with The Magnificent Seven Vs. the United States tour in 1997.[5] This album was the first release from Hollywood Records imprint Malt Records.[6]
The album has received positive reviews from critics, with Album of the Year characterizing consensus as a 90 out of 100, based on two reviews.[8] The editorial staff of AllMusic Guide gave the album four out of five stars, with reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine writing that it was an improvement over their first full-length, Old Liquidator, with catchy songwriting and "charmingly ragged pop-rock".[1] The review in No Depression concurred with the charming nature of the songwriting, tying it stylistically to 1960s pop music and concluding that McCaughey's first major label album is deserved.[9] In Entertainment Weekly, Steven Mirkin compared the sound to Merseybeat acts and gave the album an A for "casually perfect crystalline pop".[7]
Commercial performanceedit
The album reached 58 on CMJ New Music Monthly's Alternative Radio Airplay in August 1997.[10] In 2003, McCaughey claimed in an interview that the album had only sold 5,000 copies, compared to the greater commercial success of some of the musicians who played on the album.[11]
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The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy is an album by American rock band The Minus 5 Their final release of new material for Hollywood Records it was released in 1997 The album was met with positive reception from critics The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoyStudio album by The Minus 5ReleasedMay 5 1997 1997 05 05 Recorded1996StudioIronwood Litho Seattle Washington United StatesJohn amp Stu s SeattleJohn Keane Studios Athens Georgia United StatesLowBeat SeattleEgg SeattleWater Music Hoboken New Jersey United StatesGenreAlternative rockpop rock 1 Length41 02LabelHollywoodProducerScott McCaugheyThe Minus 5 chronologyThe Emperor of the Bathroom 1995 The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy 1997 My Chartreuse Opinion 1997 Contents 1 Recording and release 2 Critical reception 3 Commercial performance 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 6 References 7 External linksRecording and release editThe musicians making up The Minus 5 overlapped with the auxiliary touring members of R E M and Tuatara the musicians recorded The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy alongside Mark Eitzel s West 2 The opportunity to record and tour with the material spurred Scott McCaughey to finish off songs that Peter Buck had started writing two years prior 3 The revolving door of performers supported all their releases including Tuatara s Breaking the Ethers 4 with The Magnificent Seven Vs the United States tour in 1997 5 This album was the first release from Hollywood Records imprint Malt Records 6 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 Entertainment WeeklyA 7 The album has received positive reviews from critics with Album of the Year characterizing consensus as a 90 out of 100 based on two reviews 8 The editorial staff of AllMusic Guide gave the album four out of five stars with reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine writing that it was an improvement over their first full length Old Liquidator with catchy songwriting and charmingly ragged pop rock 1 The review in No Depression concurred with the charming nature of the songwriting tying it stylistically to 1960s pop music and concluding that McCaughey s first major label album is deserved 9 In Entertainment Weekly Steven Mirkin compared the sound to Merseybeat acts and gave the album an A for casually perfect crystalline pop 7 Commercial performance editThe album reached 58 on CMJ New Music Monthly s Alternative Radio Airplay in August 1997 10 In 2003 McCaughey claimed in an interview that the album had only sold 5 000 copies compared to the greater commercial success of some of the musicians who played on the album 11 Track listing editAll songs written by Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey except where noted The Rest of the World 3 10 Cross Every Line 4 01 Empty Room 3 42 Wasted Bandage 3 04 Boeing Spacearium Buck McCaughey and Robert Pollard 3 27 My Mummy s Dead John Lennon 2 30 Moonshine Girl 3 20 Popsycle Shoppe 2 47 Wouldn t Want to Care 2 56 Spidery Moon 2 42 Bullfight 4 15 Hate Me More 5 08Personnel editThe Minus 5 Jon Auer Admiral Boot Chris Ballew Mr MacAfee Peter Buck Streetsinger guitar associate production John Crist Calliope Bird Dave Dederer Daughter Jason Finn The Constable John Keane Mr Dawes Jr recording at John Keane s Studio Barrett Martin Santouri Scott McCaughey Buck McCoy guitar vocals production mixing mastering recording at LowBeat Mike McCready Winthrop Christy McWilson Miss Polly Robert Pollard Ancient Roomer vocals on Boeing Spacearium recording in Dayton Pony Nigel Ken Stringfellow Martha Additional personnel Matt Bayles engineering at Litho Art Chantry artwork Ed Brooks recording at Litho mixing executive production associate production Mark Downey choreography Rob Grenoble recording at Water Music Mark Guenther mastering Hammi Hammerschmidt layout Nadine McCaughey artwork Floyd Reitsma assistant engineering Jason Rowe engineering at Ironwood Todd Rundgren recording at Location Neverland Robert Seidenberg choreography Kevin Suggs recording at John amp Stu s Conrad Uno recording at Egg Kevin Wilson paintingReferences edit a b c Erlewine Stephen Thomas The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy The Minus 5 AllMusic Guide Retrieved April 25 2020 Wilonsky Robert June 12 1997 Power Trio Phoenix New Times Retrieved April 25 2020 Phalen Tom April 28 1997 Eclectic Band Tuatara Kicks Off Tour at Crocodile Cafe The Seattle Times Retrieved April 25 2020 Rosen Craig March 1 1997 Epic s Tuatara Breaks Boundaries Billboard Vol 109 no 9 p 16 ISSN 0006 2510 Himes Geoffrey May 31 1997 The Magnificent Seven Buck Stops Here The Washington Post Retrieved April 25 2020 Newman Melinda April 12 1997 Fresh Fellow Starts Malt Records Zombie Has Something to Crow About Billboard Vol 109 no 15 p 12 ISSN 0006 2510 a b Mirkin Steven May 9 1997 The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy Entertainment Weekly Retrieved April 25 2020 The Minus 5 The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy Album of the Year Retrieved April 25 2020 Minus 5 The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy No Depression July 1 1997 Retrieved April 25 2020 Top 75 CMJ New Music Monthly 48 46 August 1997 ISSN 1074 6978 McGuire Matt April 11 2003 Minus 5 the Sum of Excellent Parts The Chicago Tribune Retrieved April 25 2020 External links editOfficial website nbsp The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy at Discogs list of releases The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy at MusicBrainz list of releases The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy at Rate Your Music Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy amp oldid 1213147778, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
