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The Mavericks fully hit their stride with their third album, 1994's What a Crying Shame, in which the band's blend of rootsy country and vintage pop sounds finally found the balance they'd been searching for. While producer Don Cook gave the band a significantly glossier sound than that of their first two albums, with a hefty number of guest musicians (and guest songwriters) on board, remarkably enough the Mavericks' personality wasn't subsumed in the process; if anything, the high-priced help seemed to have prodded the boys into playing at the top of their game. Raul Malo's keening tenor gets a superb workout on "I Should Have Been True" and the title cut (the latter of which boasts a guitar hook Roger McGuinn would have been proud to come up with), while "Pretend" and "There Goes My Heart" are honky tonk floor-fillers of the first order. Robert Reynolds and Paul Deakin are a rhythm section who can give these songs the nervy drive of a rock band without betraying the Mavericks' country leanings, and they give the covers of "All That Heaven Will Allow" and "O What a Thrill" a taut foundation most contemporary Nashville acts lack. Truth to tell, What a Crying Shame doesn't have a single dud track, and offers encouraging proof that it's still possible to make an engaging and idiosyncratic country album while signed to the Nashville division of a major label...and the best news is, the band managed to turn that accomplishment into a hat trick over the next few years.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Paul Cotton, ComposerLyricist - The Mavericks, MainArtist - Don Kirby Cook, Producer
℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Raul Malo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kostas, ComposerLyricist - The Mavericks, MainArtist - Paul Deakin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Reynolds, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Kirby Cook, Producer
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JERRY DALE MCFADDEN, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Raul Malo, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kostas, ComposerLyricist - The Mavericks, MainArtist - Paul Deakin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Kane, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Reynolds, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Kirby Cook, Producer
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stan Lynch, ComposerLyricist - Raul Malo, ComposerLyricist - The Mavericks, MainArtist - Don Kirby Cook, Producer
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Al Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Raul Malo, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Mavericks, MainArtist - Paul Deakin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Reynolds, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Kirby Cook, Producer
℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Raul Malo, ComposerLyricist - Kostas, ComposerLyricist - The Mavericks, MainArtist - Don Kirby Cook, Producer
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bruce Springsteen, ComposerLyricist - Raul Malo, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Mavericks, MainArtist - Paul Deakin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Reynolds, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Kirby Cook, Producer
℗ 1993 MCA Nashville
PETE ANDERSON, ComposerLyricist - Kostas, ComposerLyricist - The Mavericks, MainArtist - Don Kirby Cook, Producer
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jesse Winchester, ComposerLyricist - Raul Malo, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Mavericks, MainArtist - Paul Deakin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Reynolds, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Don Kirby Cook, Producer
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harlan Howard, ComposerLyricist - Kostas, ComposerLyricist - The Mavericks, MainArtist - Don Kirby Cook, Producer
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Raul Malo, ComposerLyricist - The Mavericks, MainArtist - Don Kirby Cook, Producer
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
The Mavericks fully hit their stride with their third album, 1994's What a Crying Shame, in which the band's blend of rootsy country and vintage pop sounds finally found the balance they'd been searching for. While producer Don Cook gave the band a significantly glossier sound than that of their first two albums, with a hefty number of guest musicians (and guest songwriters) on board, remarkably enough the Mavericks' personality wasn't subsumed in the process; if anything, the high-priced help seemed to have prodded the boys into playing at the top of their game. Raul Malo's keening tenor gets a superb workout on "I Should Have Been True" and the title cut (the latter of which boasts a guitar hook Roger McGuinn would have been proud to come up with), while "Pretend" and "There Goes My Heart" are honky tonk floor-fillers of the first order. Robert Reynolds and Paul Deakin are a rhythm section who can give these songs the nervy drive of a rock band without betraying the Mavericks' country leanings, and they give the covers of "All That Heaven Will Allow" and "O What a Thrill" a taut foundation most contemporary Nashville acts lack. Truth to tell, What a Crying Shame doesn't have a single dud track, and offers encouraging proof that it's still possible to make an engaging and idiosyncratic country album while signed to the Nashville division of a major label...and the best news is, the band managed to turn that accomplishment into a hat trick over the next few years.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:46
- Main artists: The Mavericks
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen*
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 1994 Geffen Records ℗ 1994 Geffen Records
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