 Original
release 1985
Cd release 1988
Produced by John Croslin and John Viehweg
(DB RECS) (DB 75)
This, The Reivers first full-length album, was a great amalgamation
of rock and folk with a little bit of an "alternative" edge.
It attracted a fair amount of attention in the music press,
and received primarily good reviews. As with much of their
future work, the lyrics were somewhat impressionistic, as
opposed to straight stories. Unlike their subsequent releases,
the drumming here was very frenzied, which helped to create
a unique band sound. With vocals shared by John Croslin and
Kim Longacre, the songs run the gamut from all out rockers
like "Araby" and "Sound and the Fury" to acoustic folk like
the spirited "Freight Train Rain".
 Songs:
(no individual songwriting credits given, except for the three
cover songs)
Araby (2:30)
Cowboys (2:30)
Legendary Man (4:30)
Blue Eyes (2:58) (c. 1945- no author given)
She Digs Ornette (2:43)
Things Don't Change (4:01)
Translate Slowly (2:56) (Cd version
deletes 5 second synthesizer fadeout...why it was there in
the first place, I don't know- since there's no synthesizer
in the song...)
Sound and the Fury (2:35)
Without My Sight (3:00)
I Knew (4:35)
Freight Train Rain (2:20)
Hill Country Theme (2:30) (Glenn Paxton)
Electra (3:05) (Cd bonus track; originally on Zeitgeist
E.P.)
Wherehaus Jamb (1:52) (Cd bonus track; originally on
Zeitgeist E.P.)
Walking The Cow (2:37)(Daniel Johnston) (Cd bonus track)
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