Shootout

Mother Hips | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 15, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002MBN
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #190,196 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Can't Sleep At All

2. Mother Hips

3. Honeydew

4. Collected Some Nerve

5. Single Spoon

6. So Much

7. Transit Wind

8. Shootout

9. Two River Blues

10. Engagement Ring

11. Whiskey On A Southbound

12. Picture Of Him

13. Emergency Exit

Editorial Reviews

1. I Can't Sleep At All 2. Mother Hips 3. Honeydew 4. Collected Some Nerve 5. Single Spoon 6. So Much 7. Transit Wind 8. Shootout 9. Two River Blues 10. Engagement Ring 11. Whiskey On A Southbound 12. Picture Of Him 13. Emergency Exit

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the Hips at the height of their powers!, August 3, 2005

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David Ledford (Oroville, Ca.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shootout (Audio CD)

Shootout is often overlooked, which is a crime, because not only may it be the best Mother Hips album (if not quite the best than certainly right up there) it is one of my favorite albums of the nineties. There are so many great songs on this album, it really is essential listening. You have "Single Spoon" very possibly the most sneaky and innocuous song about drug addiction and longing ever written. You have the exquisite "Mother Hips", one of the most beautiful and well crafted songs they have ever done, with it's perfect imagery of the innocence and wonder of young love, and Tim's voice has never sounded better than on this song. There is "Engagement Ring" a sad and lonely song that highlights the trajedy of short-lived love and it's unforseen after-effects to perfection. Then there is the spectacular "Picture of Him", which is really one of my all-time favorite songs. I swear they channeled Brian Wilson on this song, it sounds like Wilson wrote the song for them! As well as, if not even better than Neil Young's "Expecting to Fly", this song fully captures that beautiful and ethereal Pet Sounds vibe that so many great artists have been chasing for so long. Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of this OUT OF PRINT classic while you can still find one.

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, May 1, 2011

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Gasmask Emperor "gasmask" (Minneapolis,MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shootout (Audio CD)

On their third album, the Mother Hips released what I consider to be their finest effort. They are beginning to embrace that California country sound a bit more than the previous two releases. Full of songs about love gone wrong, drug addiction and longing, Shoot Out is one of those records that continues to amaze your ears and brain after years and years of repeated spins. It's part Gram Parsons, Black Crowes and CCR with a little of the Everly Brothers mixed in. If you don't have this record... buy it. Seriously. You won't be let down.