No Kinda Dancer

Robert Earl Keen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 21, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sugarhill
• ASIN: B000000EXF
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #172,059 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #41 in Music > Indie Music > Rock > Singer-Songwriters

Track Listings

1. No Kinda Dancer

2. The Front Porch Song

3. Between Hello and Goodbye

4. Swervin' in My Lane

5. Christabel

6. Willie

7. Young Lovers Waltz

8. Death of Tail Fitzimmons

9. Rolling By

10. The Armadillo Jackal

11. Song for Kathy [#]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Keen foundation, September 21, 1998

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Mike Wright ([e-mail] (New Braunfels, Tx) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Kinda Dancer (Audio CD)

This is the quintessential Robert Earl, from thence all things come. This rough CD has all the themes that have become so familiar to his fans from the lighthearted "Swervin' in My Lane," to the intense "Armadillo Jackal," he takes the listener through the gamut of emotions, as he does on every album

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome., December 22, 2000

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Amy K. Ewert (Saguache, Colorado USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Kinda Dancer (Audio CD)

This album is fantastic the whole way through with not one weak cut. However, one song rises above and is utterly transcendent. "Willie" is one of the greatest songs ever to come out of Texas, or anywhere for that matter. It is an absolute masterpiece of conciseness, gorgeous melody, and literary metaphor of the highest caliber.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A sign of great things to come, March 19, 2003

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"psychodj" (Durango, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Kinda Dancer (Audio CD)

I've been a longtime REK fan, but keep coming back to this album. His earlier, acoustic stuff is his best -- songs that stand the test of time, stark arrangements that amplify his dark lyrics. "Rollin' By" and "Willie" show a young songwriter who is well on his way to penning modern Texas classics. From the sly humor of "Swerving in My Lane" to the dying cackle of the driver in "Armadillo Jackal," this one's a must. This album started the progression that kept going through "West Textures" and "Gringo Honeymoon" and today's louder REK albums.