No Way (album)

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No Way
Run On - No Way.jpg
Studio album by
Run On
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1997
RecordedOctober 1996 in Idful Studios, Chicago, Illinois
GenreIndie rock, art rock
Length46:30
LabelMatador[1]
ProducerRun On[2]
Run On chronology
Start Packing
(1996) 		No Way
(1997) 		Scoot
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[3]
The Austin Chronicle3.5/4 stars[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide5/5 stars[2]

No Way is the second album by Run On, released in 1997 through Matador Records.[5][6]

Critical reception[]

Tucson Weekly called the album "phenomenal," writing that "Run On delivers avant-garde pop of a ... dark sensibility with a sophisticated, technically educated and carefully orchestrated approach."[7] The Austin Chronicle praised the "lo-fi production, mudfuzz guitar with tom-tom driven Delta rhythms, graveyard violin, and Sue Garner's dusty-road clarion call (hubby Rick Brown and guitarist Alan Licht also sing), all wrapped around hooky pop songs."[4] Guitar Player wrote that Alan Licht surrounds Garner's vocals "with ominous clouds of droning feedback, supporting the song's melodic flow for two or three verses before unleashing a short, furious storm of groans, squeals and rapid-fire hammer-ons."[8] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote that the "nine originals [span] the indie-pop spectrum from the impossibly quirky 'As Good As New' to the heartbreaking violin-fueled lament, 'Anything You Say'."[9]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Run On, except "Road" by Nick Drake and "Sinner Man" which is traditional.

No.TitleLength
1."Something Sweet"2:59
2."Lab Rats"2:40
3."As Good as New"4:36
4."Look"2:33
5."Bring Her Blues"3:21
6."Half of Half"3:42
7."Anything You Say"3:54
8."Road"1:41
9."Days Away"5:15
10."Out for a Walk"3:14
11."Ropa Vieja"3:10
12."Sinner Man"9:25

Personnel[]

Run On
Production and additional personnel
  • Hugh Hamrick – painting
  • Rod Hui – mixing on "Something Sweet", "Road" and "Sinner Man"
  • Brent Lambert – mastering
  • Casey Rice – engineering, mixing

References[]

  1. ^ "Run On – No Way – This Day In Matador History".
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 963.
  3. ^ Phares, Heather. "No Way". AllMusic. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Record Reviews". www.austinchronicle.com.
  5. ^ "Run On | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^ Schinder, Scott (2007). "Run On". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  7. ^ "Tucson Weekly: Soundbites (October 2 - October 8, 1997)". www.tucsonweekly.com.
  8. ^ "Run on: Alan Licht's meat candy". Guitar Player. 31 (6): 20. Jun 1997.
  9. ^ "The Buzz". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: E5. 17 Sep 1997.

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