Lived to Tell

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Lived to Tell
Studio album by
Eleventh Dream Day
Released1991
GenreAlternative rock
LabelAtlantic Records[1]
ProducerPaul McKenna
Eleventh Dream Day chronology
Borscht
(1990) 		Lived to Tell
(1991) 		Two Sweeties
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[2]
Austin American-Statesman3.5/4 stars[3]
Calgary HeraldB+[4]
Robert ChristgauA-[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[6]
Entertainment WeeklyB[7]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide3/5 stars[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 stars[9]

Lived to Tell is an album by the American alternative rock band Eleventh Dream Day, released in 1991.[10][11] Like the band's other two Atlantic Records albums, Lived to Tell was a commercial disappointment.[12]

Production[]

Produced by Paul McKenna, the album was recorded in Cub Run, Kentucky, in a studio that had been built in an old barn.[3][6] All four band members contributed to the songwriting.[13]

Critical reception[]

Entertainment Weekly wrote that the band "sport a wild instrumental attack, oblique lyrics, and a sturdy, unflinching belief in the healing effects of a silky, soaring guitar."[7] Robert Christgau thought that "a notable guitar sound evolves into an undeniable band sound, roots/trad sonics (steel and slide under lead) and rhythms (buried hints of r&b strut and shuffle) just barely keeping their balance."[5] Trouser Press opined that some songs "waver instead of stampede; for the first time, the band seems to know where they’re going, and that takes some joy out of the ride."[1] The New York Times wrote: "When the tempos are fast and the guitarists strum at top speed, the songs emerge in a passionate rush. But when songs grow more leisurely, collegiate pretensions emerge; songs called 'Daedalus' and 'It's All a Game' are just the clichés their titles promise."[14] The Chicago Tribune deemed Lived to Tell "an album that ranks as one of the best ever made by a Chicago band."[15]

AllMusic wrote that "[Rick] Rizzo and Beveridge Bean make a fantastic pair of front singers, strong without being overbearing, on joint harmonies hitting something not far off from the brilliant combination of X's John Doe and Exene Cervenka."[2]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."Rose of Jericho"3:42
2."Dream of a Sleeping Sheep"3:15
3."I Could Be Lost"3:38
4."It's Not My World"4:58
5."You Know What It Is"3:41
6."Frozen Mile"4:22
7."Strung Up and/or Out"3:14
8."North of Wasteland"3:16
9."It's All a Game"4:32
10."Trouble"2:41
11."There's This Thing"4:00
12."Daedalus"3:41
13."Angels Spread Your Wings"2:54

Personnel[]

  • Janet Beveridge Bean - drums, vocals
  • Baird Figi - guitar
  • Douglas McCombs - bass
  • Rick Rizzo - guitar, vocals

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Eleventh Dream Day". Trouser Press. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Lived to Tell - Eleventh Dream Day | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b McLeese, Don (31 Jan 1991). "Eleventh Dream Day offers musical catharsis". Austin American-Statesman. Onward. p. 18.
  4. ^ Muretich, James (3 Feb 1991). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald. p. F5.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Robert Christgau: CG: Eleventh Dream Day". www.robertchristgau.com.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 3: MUZE. pp. 254–255.CS1 maint: location (link)
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Lived to Tell". EW.com.
  8. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 384.
  9. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 223.
  10. ^ "Eleventh Dream Day | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  11. ^ "Spins". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. March 1, 1991 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Petrusich, Amanda (August 19, 2008). "It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music". Farrar, Straus and Giroux – via Google Books.
  13. ^ Robins, Wayne (27 Jan 1991). "Four Dream Day Believers". Newsday. Part II. p. 15.
  14. ^ Pareles, Jon (17 Feb 1991). "RECORDINGS VIEW: Gazing Into an Opaque Crystal Ball". The New York Times. p. A26.
  15. ^ Kot, Greg (31 Jan 1991). "Eleventh Heaven". Chicago Tribune. Tempo. p. 9.
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