Countrysides [Enhanced]

Cracker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 7, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Reincarnate Music
• ASIN: B0000CDL6W
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,908 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Truckload of Art

2. Duty Free

3. Up Against the Wall Redneck Mothers

4. Sinaloa Cowboys

5. Family Tradition

6. The Bottle Let Me Down

7. Reasons to Quit

8. Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room

9. Ain't Gonna Suck Itself

10. Ironic Mullet [Quicktime Movie]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kick Ass!, July 16, 2004

By 

Clyde Spicer (Alva, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Countrysides (Audio CD)

Folks, I love Cracker. And I love alt-country music, like the recently disappeared Americana channel on DirecTV. Damn them! Why does all the good stuff disappear, while Rap and Easy Listening lives on forever? I dunno.

Nevertheless, while Cracker is being seriously ironic, the music still kicks ass. Especially after four or five drinks. The only reason they don't get five stars for this disk is that they don't have "Okie From Muskogee" on the CD itself, only on the video, and then only part of it. Sorry, guys. It takes "Okie From Muskogee" to get five stars. "Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down" and "Up Against The Wall Redneck Mothers" is only worth four stars.

But I loved "It Ain't Gonna Suck Itself" which is probably worth an extra 1/2 star, so we'll give you 4-1/2.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Cracker But Not Really Country, January 13, 2004

By 

Tim K. (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Countrysides (Audio CD)

If you're a Cracker fan buy this record. It's got lots of tongue in cheek lyrics, up-tempo catchy tunes and classic Cracker wit. Perhaps the only negative is the length. Nine tracks is short even by old-school standards (I haven't yet watched the Ironic Mullets Quicktime - maybe this makes up for it).

I'm a little confused because aside from the title, this album is no more "country" than anything else Cracker has produced. True, they cover and twist the lyrics around on a couple of country classics like "Up Against the Wall Redneck Mothers" and "Family Tradition," but the Countrysides renditions don't sound anymore country than say "Sweet Thistle Pie" or "Dixie Babylon" off the Golden Age album.

Buy this album because Cracker is a fantastic, underrated band that more people should enjoy. Just don't expect Hank Williams Jr. to look down with approval when you hit play.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Could of been more twisted, but tasty nonetheless, December 22, 2003

By 

Christopher Owen (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Countrysides (Audio CD)

As alt country goes, this is near the top. A forgotten band (by radio and sales standards) doing what they want without a label putting their hands in the pot. In conjunction with "O Cracker Where Art Thou" Cracker has reinvented themselves, with more emphasis on the country/bluegrass side of rock and roll. If David Lowery injected a little more Camper Van experimentation into his songs they could (and well may) find a much larger audience, and become revered for their innovations and longevity.