State of Our Union

Long Ryders | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Prima
• ASIN: B000003IW8
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #507,521 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Looking For Lewis And Clark

2. Lights Of Downtown

3. WDIA

4. Mason-Dixon Line

5. Here Comes That Train Again

6. Years Long Ago

7. Good Times Tomorrow Hard Times Today

8. Two Kinds Of Love

9. You Just Cant Ride The Boxcars Anymore

10. Capturing The Flag

11. State Of My Union

12. If I Were A Bramble And You Were A Rose (Bonus Track)

13. Southside Of The Story (Bonus Track)

14. Child Bride (Bonus Track)

15. Christmas In New Zealand (Bonus Track)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic album from a classic band, August 17, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: State of Our Union (Audio CD)

"State of Our Union" might not be the best effort by Long Ryders, but it still qualifies for one of the best albums of the 80's. Great guitar rock with a strong roots feeling. And great lyrics. Long Ryders is on the top of the list "Great Bands You've Never Heard Of" - alongside with bands like Del Lords, Plimsouls and Del Fuegos.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best country rock band ever, December 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: State of Our Union (Audio CD)

Conceptually, this is awesome front-to-back. Taking song-by-song, it's not the Long Ryders' best efffort, but for the most underrated, unheard band of the 80s, this is still strong. The title cut, "Looking for Lewis and Clark," is perhaps the best song of the 80s. I'm not kidding. If you're reading this, you're probably either 1) A Long Ryders fan (there are, at last count, 6 of us) or 2) You happened upon this accidentally. If you fall into category 2, buy "Native Sons" first, and if you like it, come to this one. Seriously, though, the Ryders had their fingers on the pulse of the everyman. Sure, John Mellencamp and The Boss are touted as the great middle-America dudes as far as carrying the flag for the 80s disenfranchised. But this album goes deeper: reaching back to the Depression, the late 1800s, anywhere, to show how the s**t had come down in the Reagan era. Plenty of references to truck driving, train riding, race car watching, prison-time serving, and whatnot. This is really folk rock at its finest. If you can't understand what I'm talking about, get this album and listen to it. Then grab your napsack and your copy of the Constitution and a harmonica and hit the road. You won't be disapppointed.

5.0 out of 5 stars Sid Griffin, not Steve Wynn, November 23, 2010

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A. Hoosier - See all my reviews

This review is from: State of Our Union (Audio CD)

A correction to the "editorial review" above: it was Sid Griffin, not Steve Wynn, that fronted The Long Ryders.

Steve Wynn never "fronted" The Long Ryders, but he did have a fine band called The Dream Syndicate at this time.

Also, the Danny & Dusty - The Lost Weekend LP, also released this same year, featured members of Dream Syndicate, The Long Ryders and Green on Red.