The Inevitable (album)

The Inevitable
Studio album by
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Released1995
StudioWavecastle, North Carolina
Genre
Length34:44
LabelMammoth
ProducerBrian Paulson
Squirrel Nut Zippers chronology
Roasted Right
(1994) 		The Inevitable
(1995) 		Hot
(1996)

The Inevitable is the first album by the Squirrel Nut Zippers, released in 1995.[1][2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Trouser Press wrote: "Vic Godard, Brian Setzer and other modern nostalgists have tiptoed through these tulips before, but none with the straight-faced charm lofted by this merry bunch of coconuts."[4]

Track listing

  1. "Lover's Lane" (Jimbo Mathus) – 3:03
  2. "Danny Diamond" (Ken Mosher) – 3:49
  3. "I've Found a New Baby" (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams) – 2:42
  4. "Anything But Love" (Don Raleigh) – 2:38
  5. "Good Enough for Granddad" (Mathus, Raleigh) – 2:17
  6. "Wished for You" (Mathus) – 2:14
  7. "La Grippe" (Mathus) – 3:10
  8. "Lugubrious Whing Whang" (Mathus) – 2:38
  9. "Club Limbo" (Tom Maxwell) – 2:56
  10. "Wash Jones" (Mathus) – 3:04
  11. "You're Driving Me Crazy" (Walter Donaldson) – 2:46
  12. "Plenty More" (Maxwell) – 3:27

Personnel

  • Jimbo Mathus – guitar, vocals
  • Katharine Whalen – banjo, vocals
  • Tom Maxwell – guitar, percussion, vocals
  • Ken Mosher – guitar, alto and baritone saxophone, vocals
  • Stacy Guess – trumpet
  • John Kempannin – violin
  • Don Raleigh – bass
  • Chris Phillips – drums, percussion
  • Steve Balcom – executive producer
  • Jay Faires – executive producer
  • Brian Paulson – engineer, mixing, producer

References

  1. ^ Menconi, David (2020). Step It Up and Go: The Story of North Carolina Popular Music, from Blind Boy Fuller and Doc Watson to Nina Simone and Superchunk. University of North Carolina Press. p. 169.
  2. ^ O'Hara, Gail (April 1995). "Review". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 20. p. 42.
  3. ^ "The Inevitable Squirrel Nut Zippers Review by Rick Anderson". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Squirrel Nut Zippers". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 June 2024.