Good Evening

Marshall Crenshaw | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 19, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000008EOH
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #212,917 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You Should've Been There

2. Valerie

3. She Hates to Go Home

4. Someplace Where Love Can't Find Me

5. Radio Girl

6. On the Run

7. Live It Up

8. Some Hearts

9. Whatever Way the Wind Blows

10. Let Her Dance

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars His Most Underrated Album, May 6, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Good Evening (Audio CD)

While Marshall Crenshaw's first two releases were self-contained efforts, built around his voice, guitar, and songwriting, and the rhythm section/backing vocals of Chris Donato and brother Robert Crenshaw, his third, Downtown, brought an assortment of studio hands on board without really sacrificing what makes him special. Following a return to a scaled-down configuration for Mary Jean & 9 Others, Good Evening, like Downtown, employs the services of various sidemen and backup vocalists - including Kenny Aronoff, Graham Maby, Syd Straw, Robert Crenshaw, and the BoDeans - and seems to be geared towards a more contemporary, marketable sound. Producers David Kershenbaum and Paul McKenna bring a veneer to his pop/rock, adding the occasional keyboard, steel guitar, fiddle, mandolin, and accordion, while Crenshaw, for the first time, brings in a handful of ringers (Sonny Landreth, David Lindley, and James Burton) to share lead guitar chores for the majority of the record. Furthermore, for the first time, he looks elsewhere for the bulk of the record's material, with half of the songs coming from other sources (two seemingly written to order), and three of the remaining five being collaborations. Still, he slips naturally into the words and music of artists such as Richard Thompson, John Hiatt, the Isley Brothers, and Bobby Fuller, bringing as much of himself to these tunes as he does to his own. Whatever the reason for the delegation of work on Good Evening, the choices are good ones, and it works to varying degrees. Good Evening, which was his final recording for Warner Brothers, may not reach the heights of the first three, but there's a spark here that was missing last time out. - Brett Hartenbach, All Music Guide

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bittersweet....., November 4, 2005

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Steve O. "S.O." - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good Evening (Audio CD)

Good Evening is not a great album...but it's certainly better than "What's In The Bag?" I must admit, I like Good evening and put it on semi-frequently...but it brings sadness because it was Marshall's last major release album with Warner Brothers. Marshall's heart was just not into Good Evening at all...it was more of a record company obligation album than anything else. Marshall has admitted he hates this one. But, all in all it's pretty damned good. Marshall released one semi-major release with MCA Records after this and then he went the underground release route. It's a shame because he had the talent and the chops to be a the next Buddy Holly...but I think somewhere along the way he lost his direction and vision. He's too old to be Buddy Holly now...but I think if he embraced what made him so popular in 82-87 he's be able to put out another Classic Crenshaw album. Good luck Marshall...keep believing.

Steve O.

4.0 out of 5 stars Lost beautiful album, November 20, 2010

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James Simon (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good Evening (Audio CD)

If you took the trouble to look this album up on Amazon, you obviously appreciate great pop and rock. Good Evening certainly falls into that category even if it's not as strong as his 1982 debut. Part of it is that many of these songs were not written by Marshall. Still he does an excellent gorgeous version of Diane Warren's "Some Hearts" (sorry Ms. Underwood, Marshall kicked your Idol ass), and a lovely version of John Hiatt's "Somewhere Love Won't Find Me". Still it contains songs that have become staples of Crenshaw's songbook like "You Should've Been There" and "Valerie". It's great to see Wounded Bird reissue the last of the Warner Bros. albums and makes a solid and welcomed addition to the Crenshaw catalog.