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1989 studio album by Green on Red

Here Come the Snakes is an album by the American alternative rock band Green on Red, released in 1989.[2][3]

Production[edit]

Recorded in Memphis, the album was produced by Jim Dickinson and Joe Hardy.[4][5][6] Band members Dan Stuart and Chuck Prophet were backed by local musicians.[7] Stuart and Prophet used the Sam C. Phillips Recording Studio, where they worked with Roland Janes.[8]

“We Had It All” is a cover of the song made popular in part by Keith Richards.[9]

Critical reception[edit]

Trouser Press stated: “Again switching easily among rock, blues and country idioms, what’s left of Green on Red sounds relaxed and confident, a warm and boozy vehicle for Stuart’s amusingly wry regrets and social observations.”[4]Robert Christgau wrote that “Stuart reemerges on Jim Dickinson’s shoulder as Neil Young and Mick Jagger fried into one bar singer.”[12]

The Chicago Tribune opined that “things bottom out on ‘Tenderloin’, a roiling, bluesy affair with a spoken monolog about failed love that, if it were delivered from a barstool by a tavern patron, would lead any saloonkeeper to close up early.”[11] The Vancouver Sun noted that “Stuart is still at the top of his art—it’s just a little too disturbing for mass consumption.”[14] In 1990, The Times deemed Here Come the Snakes the best album of 1989, writing that Green on Red was “the most scandalously overlooked band of the last decade.”[15]

AllMusic wrote that “from the get-go, Prophet’s guitar is the cornerstone to the Let It Bleed mood that fires this record.”[10]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Chuck Prophet and Dan Stuart; except where noted..

Title Writer(s)
1. “Keith Can’t Read”   3:22
2. “Rock N Roll Disease”   3:08
3. “Morning Blue”   3:58
4. “Zombie for Love”   3:53
5. “Broken Radio”   3:52
6. “Change”   5:01
7. “Tenderloin”   5:02
8. “Way Back Home”   2:29
9. “We Had It All” Donnie Fritts, Troy Seals 3:33
10. “D.T. Blues”   2:52

Personnel[edit]

Green on Red

with:

  • René Coman – bass
  • Jim Dickinson – drums
  • Paul Ebersold – piano
  • Ed Kollis – harmonica
  • The Zombie Choir – vocals

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Encyclopedia of Record Producers. Billboard Books. 1999. p. 184.
  2. ^ “Green on Red Biography, Songs, & Albums”. AllMusic.
  3. ^ Smith, Mat (Apr 8, 1989). “Green On Red: Snake Charmers”. Melody Maker. 65 (14): 26.
  4. ^ a b “Green on Red”. Trouser Press. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 507.
  6. ^ III, Albin J. Zak (November 20, 2001). “The Poetics of Rock: Cutting Tracks, Making Records”. University of California Press – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Buckley, Peter (January 17, 2003). “The Rough Guide to Rock”. Rough Guides – via Google Books.
  8. ^ “Recording remains an adventure for Prophet”. The Commercial Appeal. 22 Oct 2010. p. G6.
  9. ^ Schoemer, Karen (Jun 1989). “Spins”. Spin. 5 (3): 102.
  10. ^ a b “Here Come the Snakes – Green on Red | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic” – via www.allmusic.com.
  11. ^ a b Popson, Tom (28 Apr 1989). “Indie LPs: Green on Red, Pylon and more”. Chicago Tribune. Friday. p. J.
  12. ^ a b “Robert Christgau: CG: Green on Red”. www.robertchristgau.com.
  13. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 886.
  14. ^ Mackie, John (25 Mar 1989). “Recordings”. Vancouver Sun. p. D2.
  15. ^ Sinclair, David (March 24, 1990). “A-Z Guide To Rock”. The Times. Features.


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