Brand New Year

Bottle Rockets

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 2004)
• Original Release Date: August 10, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: New West Records
• ASIN: B0001NBN7A
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #44,149 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Nancy Sinatra

2. Alone In Bad Company

3. I've Been Dying

4. Sometimes Found

5. Headed For The Ditch

6. Helpless

7. Let Me Know

8. Brand New Year

9. Dead Dog Memories

10. The Bar's On Fire

11. White Boy Blues

12. Gotta Get Up

13. Love Like A Truck

14. Another Brand New Year

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

If Grand Funk Railroad hadn't written a song called "We're An American Band," the Bottle Rockets would no doubt have stumbled onto the subject sooner or later. The band was fronted by singer/guitarist Brian Henneman, a Missouri native who formed his first band, Waylon Van Halen & the Ernest Tubbadours, in 1977 with friends Tom and Bob Parr. After a succession of names and a steady rise in musical competence, the threesome, then called Chicken Truck, began landing club dates both locally and in Illinois, where they became friends with the young Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy, who would later form Uncle Tupelo. When things with Chicken Truck went south, Henneman recorded a demo tape of new material, which Tupelo manager Tony Margherita began discreetly shopping around. After cutting a solo single backed by Farrar and Tweedy, Henneman re-formed his old band, with Mark Ortmann on drums, Tom Ray on guitar, and Robert Kearn on base, renaming the outfit the Bottle Rockets.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bottle Rockets shoot fot the stars, February 16, 2007

By	Richard Amery (Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

St. Louis roots rock band The Bottle Rockets are my latest favourite band with their CD brand New Year.
They open shows for Govt. Mule and besides, how can you not love a band with a song called Oh My God the Bar's on Fire (Somebody Save the Beer) or a song about Nancy Sinatra, especially when it has a great harmonized guitar lead riff.
Or for that matter, some of the best electric 12 string playing (Alone in Bad Company) since the Byrds flew high in the 60's.
There is lots of tasty blues tinged playing tinged with a bit of pop punk like the catchy Gotta Get Up and even some country on the infinitely rewindable Love Like a Truck.
And Let Me Know should have been a hit single when this CD was originally released in 1999. (It was rereleased in 2004 on a brand new record label.)
Throughout there are singable choruses and hooks that grab you by the ears and won't let go for an hour.
-- By Richard Amery

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Re-Issue of a Good CD, April 18, 2004

By	Bluematter "Bluematter" (Colorado) - See all my reviews

I've been aware of the Bottle Rockets ever since hearing $1000 dollar car on the Radio down in Sante Fe many years ago. They have the ability to cross country with rock to make a slice of Americana like few other bands. On this offering, they refer to parts of their vissual and audio past with songs like Nancy Sinatra and the Neil Young inspired Headed for the Ditch. The best songs, in my opinion on this CD are Love like a Truck and Sometimes Found. The order of the songs is not correct as listed here on Amazon. The Cd begins with a Acoustic version of Brand New Year and Ends with a Electric Version of the same song. Another nod to Neil Young perhaps in his putting together of Tonights the Night. All that being said this isn't their best work but it's better than most of the material being produced these days. Look for the Brooklyn Side for their Best work.

4.0 out of 5 stars Another winner!, June 24, 2004

By	Scott Fendley (Zionsville, IN USA) - See all my reviews

This is another great album from the Bottle Rockets. This is really what rock and roll is meant to be. They know how to cut loose and have a good time at what they are doing. Long live the Bottle Rockets!