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1.
Wrong (Buie/Cobb)-2:39
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The album starts off with an acoustic,
mid-tempo song with a country feel. |
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2.
Cold
Turkey Tenn. (Nix)- 3:12 |
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The pace picks up with this rocking,
up-tempo song about the "hot time" appeal of a small Southern town..
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3.
Will
I Live On? (Nix/Daughtry)-2:46
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A
beautiful ballad features singer Ronnie Hammond's first breakout
vocal performance articulating some eternal questions. |
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4.
A
Livin Lovin Wreck (Blackwell)-3:08 |
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The
tempo picks up and shifts repeatedly within this song that also
includes harmonica and piano breaks. |
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5.
Superman
(Bramblett)-3:20 |
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Another slower paced song starts
as ballad and shifts into blues. |
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What
You Gonna Do About It? (Buie/Hammond)-2:54 |
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This moderately paced tune musically
mirrors the ups and downs of relationships.. |
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Conversation (Buie/Cobb)-3:23
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This classic ballad features Hammond's
ponderings about a relationship gone bad over a subtle but beautiful
musical background. |
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8.
Redneck (South)-3:43
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The opening harmonic wail leads into
a punchy, up-tempo look at the particular qualities of a certain
type of Southerner who receives his proper sendoff. |
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9.
Make Me Believe It (Buie/Hammond/Nix)-3:12
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A slower paced song that ebbs and
flows while examining the search for love. |
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10.
Back Up Against The Wall (Buie/Cobb)-3:17
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The
title song is the high point of the album. It's a loping rocker
that shows off the band's musical chops and reaches a new level
of group energy.
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11.
It
Must Be Love (Nix/Cobb/Daughtry)-4:007
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The
closer is a slower, bluesy song that drives the album home and lets
the guitars break out for a glimpse of things to come.
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The
11 songs on this album present a mix of up-tempo tunes and ballads-an
approach that would become a cornerstone of the group's future
success. The pace overall is slower and more restrained than where
the group would go with future albums. But it is a beautiful timepiece
of a group of talented musicians playing quality songs and working
together to establish their collective sound. There's a mix of
tempos, both between songs and within individual tunes, which
the band would refine on future records. Two of the songs, the
rocking Back Up Against the Wall and the reflective
Conversation, would become staples of the band's
live set. Eight original songs feature songwriter/producer Buddy
Buie's writing in partnership with other members of the band,
and three covers are highlighted by a version of Joe South's Redneck.
