Cataract (Walkabouts album)

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Cataract
Cataract Cover Walkabouts album.jpg
Studio album by
The Walkabouts
ReleasedMarch 01, 1989[1]
GenreAlternative rock, alternative country
Length38:56
LabelSub Pop
ProducerThe Walkabouts, , Ed Brooks
The Walkabouts chronology
See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens
(1988) 		Cataract
(1989) 		Rag & Bone
(1990)

Cataract is the second studio album by American alternative country band The Walkabouts released on March 1, 1989 through Sub Pop Records.

Track listing[]

All tracks written by The Walkabouts.

  1. "Whiskey xxx" – 2:56
  2. "Hell's Soup Kitchen" – 3:24
  3. "Whereabouts Unknown" – 3:01
  4. "End-In-Tow" – 3:23
  5. "Bones of Contention" – 4:38
  6. "Home as Found" – 2:38
  7. "Smokestack" – 3:04
  8. "The Wicked Skipper" – 1:38
  9. "Drille Terriers" – 2:24
  10. "Specimen Days" – 3:44
  11. "Long Black Veil" – 5:01
  12. "Goodbye (to all That)" – 3:05

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Release history[]

Date Label Format Catalog
March 1, 1989 Sub Pop Records LP SP031[1]
April 4, 1990 Glitterhouse Records CD (reissue with EP Rag & Bone) GR 0085[2]

Personnel[]

Additional musicians
  • – violin on "Whereabouts Unknown"
  • – slide guitar on "Home as Found"
  • – trombone on "Smokestack"
  • – backup vocals on "Drille Terriers"
Technical personnel
Additional personnel
  • William Forsythe – cover photo "Eddy and Dashdown", September 23, 1933
  • Ben Thompson – cover design

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[3]
Spinpositive[4]
Dave Thompson7/10[5]

Harold DeMuir wrote for "Trouser Press Record Guide, 4th Ed." that "The full-length 'Cataract' resonates with rueful Americana on such tracks as 'Whiskey XXX', "Hell's Soup Kitchen" and 'Long Black Veil' (not the traditional song), marking The Walkabouts as a distinctive band with loads of potential.".[6]

In The Walkabouts entry of "The Trouser Press Guide to 90's Rock: The All-New Fifth Edition of The Trouser Press Record Guide" Scott Schinder wrote "Cataract and the six-song Rag & Bone (combined as Rag & Bone Plus Cataract, a single CD bearing the EP's original artwork) are more distinctive, mining a richly shadowy strain of Americana.".[7]

In a review for the Backlash magazine Ransom Edison wrote "... Compared to The Walkabouts' debut album, last year's 'See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens,' 'Cataract' is a more refined and consistent effort, pushing the folk influence even further yet exploring a greater variety of musical approaches. ...".[8]


References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sub Pop, The Walkabouts, Cataract". Sub Pop Records. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Glitterhouse, The Walkabouts, Rag & Bone/Cataract". Glitterhouse Records. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
  3. ^ Ankeny, Jason. Rag & bone/Cataract, The Walkabouts at AllMusic. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
  4. ^ Coley, Byron (August 1989). "Underground". Spin. p. 85. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  5. ^ Thompson, Dave (1 November 2007). Alternative Rock: The Best Musicians and Recordings. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 807. ISBN 9780879306076. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  6. ^ "The Walkabouts". Trouser Press. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
  7. ^ "Trouser Press, Guide to 90's Rock: The Walkabouts". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
  8. ^ "Backlash magazine, The Walkabouts, Cataract". Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
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