Here Come The Derailers

Derailers

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 11, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00005NP7R
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #138,572 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Vocalist Tony Villanueva and guitarist Brian Hofeldt hail from Oregon, made their musical mark playing the Bakersfield sound in Austin, and with Here Come the Derailers set their sights on Nashville. Music City ace Kyle Lehning replaces roots-rock vet Dave Alvin in the producer's chair, yielding a sound with a little less spit and a little more polish than previous Derailers records. Fully half the disc's dozen tracks are drawn from other pens, including country hit-maker Kostas's "More of Your Love" and three Jim Lauderdale cuts that don't quite meet his usual standard of excellence. The Derailers fare better when speaking for themselves--"Bar Exam" and "There Goes the Bride" are fun novelty numbers, and Hofeldt's "I See My Baby" is a satisfying excursion into classic pop--and even when they shut their mouths entirely, as on the instrumental "Country A Go-Go," a dandy guitar duel. --Anders Smith Lindall

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Here Come The Derailers by The Derailers

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Austin honky-tonkers regain footing and climb a few steps, September 11, 2001

By	hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

After waxing a pair of albums that provided the best Bakersfield Sound thrills this side of Buck Owens' classic 60s recordings, the Derailers branched out with Dave Alvin as producer on 1999's "Full Western Dress." The result suggested the broader influences the band would strive to integrate as their outlook widened. While "Full Western Dress" was a bit forced in spots, with a few style choices fitting less than perfectly, this year's model has no such tailoring snafus.

Working with veteran producer Kyle Lehning (Randy Travis, George Jones, and others), the Derailers neatly mix their Bakersfield base with pop influences that include 60s sounds from Britain to the surf coast of California to Nashville Countrypolitan. The resulting release has the quality and naturalness of their first albums, successfully rendering the wider scope first mapped out on "Full Western Dress."

Standout tracks include the instrumental "Country A Go-Go, " neatly mixing surf and soul instrumentals with country twang, and a stellar, slinky cover of Charlie Rich's "Mohair Sam." Guitarist/vocalist Tony Villaneuva's "My Angel's Gettin' Tired" explores the extended repercussions of the bottle, Jim Lauderdale's "All the Rage in Paris" gives a nostalgic, inside look at regional stardom, and Brian Hofeldt borrows Roy Orbison's dramatic sound for his original composition, "I See My Baby."

Some may wish the Derailers would simply repeat their Bakersfield sounds indefinitely, but the band obviously has bigger plans, and the artistic vision to back it up. Happily, even as their stylistic range expands, the heart and soul of their music remains intact.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Here come the Derailers, September 19, 2001

By	Mr. Tradition (Nashville, TN. USA) - See all my reviews

The Derailers(Tony Villanueva, Brian Hofeldt, Ed Adkins & Mark Horn) are my favorite band and it distresses me to a degree that this is the first introduction many people will hear of them with this CD, their first release on Lucky Dog, a division of Sony. Instead of being produced by Dave Alvin, this CD was produced by Kyle Lehning of Randy Travis fame and the results are quite dissapointing in spots. Lehning obiviously tried to change The Derailers into something commercial in some subtle and not so subtle ways, and it took away greatly from what makes The Derailers the best retro/country/rockabilly band anywhere. There are some good songs on the CD such as the honky tonkin "Bar Exam, the Poignant "You know what she's like" and a bit of classic Derailer style fun pokes thru on "Your guess is as good as mine". The CD has more than it's share of filler and ideas that don't just quite work like the heavily Roy Orbison influenced "I see my baby", and a poor remake of Charlie Rich' "Mohair Sam". "Country a go-go" is a cool instrumental. The guys are singing and playing better than ever here, and they are the best live band i've ever seen bar none dymanics wise. There are several Jim Lauderdale penned tunes here, which is cool, but a few more written by The Derailers would have been nice. By the way Lauderdales newest CD, The Other Sessions, is head and shoulders about this offering. The Nashville BS machine was in full force here, and while it's yet to ruin The Derailers, it certianly hampered them quite a bit on this CD. I strongly suggest that anyone interested in The Derailers check out their earlier CD's such as "Jackpot", "Reverb Deluxe", and even the all over the musicial map "Full Western Dress", and save your money for "Here come the Derailers" for after you become hooked on them. Bottom line, not a bad CD, but could have been alot better. I'd compare it to eating a delicious steak dinner prepared by a master chef in a dining room full of screaming kids. The screaming kids in this case being the clueless Nashville music row brigade who hates country music and will supress and even kill it every chance they get. Mr. Tradition

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ignore All Naysayers, November 30, 2001

By	"susanjb" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

(...) The Derailers are one of the most fun bands to see live that I have ever seen (and I have seen a lot of shows in my 35 years). Their CDs are solidly good, this one being no exception. If you want serious, soul-searching singer-songwriter music, you have plenty of other places to go. But if you want genuinely fun music - played fabulously well (Hofeldt is a killer guitar player) and delivered with a ton of heart and soul -- the Derailers is the band for you. The music is nostalgic and draws from many obvious twangy influences. Yet it is original and modern and no kind of copy. Do not miss the chance to see them live if/when they come to your town.