A Man Under the Influence

A Man Under the Influence
Studio album by Alejandro Escovedo
Released April 24, 2001 (2001-04-24)
Genre Roots rock
Length 50:09
Label Bloodshot Records
Producer Chris Stamey
Alejandro Escovedo chronology
Bourbonitis Blues
(1999)
A Man Under the Influence
(2001)
By the Hand of the Father
(2002)

A Man Under the Influence is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Alejandro Escovedo, released on April 24, 2001 on Bloodshot Records. It was produced by Chris Stamey. A deluxe edition was released on November 15, 2009.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Austin Chronicle[3]
Pitchfork Media8.3/10[4]
Q[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Slant Magazine[1]
Spin7/10[7]
Robert Christgau[8]

Billboard wrote that A Man Under the Influence was "the best studio performance Escovedo has ever delivered".[9] Similarly, Joshua Klein wrote in The A.V. Club that the album "could be Escovedo's best yet",[10] and James Mann said in PopMatters that the album was "far and away his best work".[11]

Several critics also commended Stamey's production on the album: Joe Tangari wrote in Pitchfork that on the track "Velvet Guitar", his production "keeps [the five guitarists on that track] all in their respective places, avoiding a sloppy mess."[4] Additionally, Raoul Hernandez wrote in The Austin Chronicle that Stamey "deserves credit for the LP's overall cohesion of sound",[3] while Michael Barclay of Exclaim! wrote that Stamey's production "captures the mood perfectly".[12]

Conversely, Robert Christgau of The Village Voice selected "Wave" and "Castanets" as "choice cuts", indicating good songs "on an album that isn't worth your time or money."[8]

Track listing

  1. "Wave"
  2. "Rosalie"
  3. "Rhapsody"
  4. "Across the River"
  5. "Castanets"
  6. "Don't Need You"
  7. "Follow You Down"
  8. "Wedding Day"
  9. "Velvet Guitar"
  10. "As I Fall"
  11. "About This Love"

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Keefe, Jonathan (November 15, 2009). "Alejandro Escovedo: A Man Under the Influence: Deluxe Bourbonitis Edition Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  2. Deming, Mark. "A Man Under the Influence – Alejandro Escovedo". AllMusic. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Hernandez, Raoul (April 27, 2001). "A Man Under the Influence". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Tangari, Joe (April 24, 2001). "Alejandro Escovedo: A Man Under the Influence". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  5. "Alejandro Escovedo: A Man Under the Influence". Q (178): 108. July 2001.
  6. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 282–83. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
  7. Moon, Tom (April 2001). "Alejandro Escovedo: A Man Under the Influence". Spin. 17 (4): 162. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  8. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (June 10, 2003). "Consumer Guide: Eating Again". The Village Voice. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  9. "A Man Under the Influence". Billboard. May 19, 2001. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  10. Klein, Joshua (April 19, 2002). "Alejandro Escovedo: A Man Under The Influence". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  11. Mann, James (April 23, 2001). "Alejandro Escovedo: A Man Under the Influence". PopMatters. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  12. Barclay, Michael (April 30, 2001). "Alejandro Escovedo: A Man Under the Influence". Exclaim!. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
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