Mavericks (Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey album)

Mavericks
Studio album by Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey
Released 1991
Recorded 1990, Hoboken, NJ
Genre Guitar pop, jangle pop
Length 46:07
Label Rhino
Producer Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey

Mavericks is a collaborative album by the two original singer/songwriters of jangle pop band the dB's, Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey. It was originally released in 1991 on Rhino Records and was re-released on January 15, 2008 by Collectors' Choice Music.[1] The reissue featured six previously unreleased tracks.[1] The album is noted for having a more acoustic and slower sound than Holsapple and Stamey's work with the dB's.[2][3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Entertainment Weekly(A)[2]
PopMatters(7/10) (reissue)[4]
No Depression(favorable) (reissue)[5]
Chicago Tribune[6]
Robert Christgau[7]
Blogcritics(favorable) (reissue)[8]

Initial

Upon its release, Mavericks received a very favorable review from Ira Robbins, who wrote in Entertainment Weekly that the album "resonates with emotional power." Robbins gave the album an A grade.[2] A more mixed review appeared in the Chicago Tribune, where Mark Caro gave the album 2.5 stars out of 4 and wrote that "A few of the songs sit there like pudding on a plate, but others... seep in over time."[6]

Retrospective

After the album was reissued in 2008, Michael Berick wrote in No Depression that Holsapple and Stamey "convey a sense of worldly experience in these songs,"[5] and Aarik Danielsen wrote in PopMatters that the album belongs "along the timeline of great heartland/jangle rock recordings of all-time".[4] Holsapple told Magnet in 2009 that people often told him they thought Mavericks was "beautiful".[9]

Track listing

  1. "Angels" (Stamey, Holsapple)
  2. "I Know You Will" (Holsapple)
  3. "Here Without You" (Gene Clark)
  4. "Close Your Eyes" (Stamey)
  5. "Anymore" (Holsapple)
  6. "I Want To Break Your Heart" (Stamey)
  7. "She Was The One" (Holsapple)
  8. "Geometry" (Stamey)
  9. "The Child in You" (Holsapple)
  10. "Lovers Rock" (Joe Strummer, Mick Jones)
  11. "Taken" (Holsapple)
  12. "Haven't Got The Right (To Treat Me Wrong)" (Stamey)

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey's 'Mavericks' Album Reissued with Bonus Tracks on Collectors Choice Music". PRWeb. 20 October 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Robbins, Ira (3 May 1991). "Mavericks Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 Deming, Mark. "Mavericks Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 Danielsen, Aarik (26 February 2008). "Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey: Mavericks". PopMatters. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  5. 1 2 Berick, Michael (January 2008). "Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey". No Depression. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  6. 1 2 Caro, Mark (25 April 1991). "Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey Mavericks". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1991). "Consumer Guide: Mavericks". Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Sherman, Bill (11 January 2008). "Music Review: Mavericks". Blogcritics. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  9. ↑ Cost, Jud (1 June 2009). "Q&A with Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey". Magnet. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
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