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Smokin' Armadillos (album)

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Smokin' Armadillos
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 12, 1996 (1996-03-12)
GenreCountry
LabelCurb
ProducerChris Farren
Chuck Howard
Smokin' Armadillos
Smokin' Armadillos chronology
Out of the Burrow
(1993)
Smokin' Armadillos
(1996)
Strike the Match
(2003)

Smokin' Armadillos is the self-titled album of the American country music band Smokin' Armadillos. It was released in 1996 via MCG/Curb Records.

Content

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The album includes the singles "Let Your Heart Lead Your Mind" and "Thump Factor", which both entered the Hot Country Songs charts in 1996.[1] "My Girlfriend Might" and "I'm a Cowboy" were previously included on the band's 1993 EP Out of the Burrow.

Critical reception

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Dan Kuchar of Country Standard Time gave a mixed review, saying that the band's "publicists seem to want to portray them as a country-fied New Kids on the Block". He praised the variety of stylistic influences and musicianship, but thought that the band had "yet to establish a sonic trademark for themselves".[2] Jack Leaver of Allmusic rated it 3 stars out of 5, saying that the band "plays with an unbridled enthusiasm that serves the material well."[3]

Track listing

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  1. "Too Hot to Handle" (Steve Meeks) — 2:56
  2. "The Big Bad Beat (Of My Broken Heart)" (Al Carmichael, Gary Griffin) — 2:49
  3. "Miracle Man" (Al, Bird, Greg Barnhill) — 4:12
  4. "Thump Factor" (Tony Martin, Scott Meeks) — 2:45
  5. "Love of a Lifetime" (Scott Meeks) — 3:37
  6. "When Will I Ever Learn" (Scott Meeks) — 3:48
  7. "Let Your Heart Lead Your Mind" (Scott Meeks, Jason Theiste) — 3:30
  8. "The Legend of Wooley Swamp" (Charlie Daniels, Tom Crain, Joel DiGregorio, Fred Edwards, James W. Marshall, Charlie Hayward) — 4:24
  9. "Dance with a Brand New Partner" (Aaron Casida) — 3:33
  10. "Could I Have Made It Back Then" (Cassida, Scott Meeks, Rick Russell) — 4:16
  11. "I'm a Cowboy" (Josh Graham, B.J. Welle) — 4:22
  12. "My Girlfriend Might" (Graham) — 4:36

Personnel

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Compiled from liner notes.[4]

Musicians

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Smokin' Armadillos
Additional musicians

Production

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All tracks produced by Chuck Howard. "I'm a Cowboy" co-produced by Chris Farren and Smokin' Armadillos; adapted from original dance mix by Chris Farren.

Tracks 1, 5, 6, 7, 9-12 arranged by Smokin' Armadillos; additional arrangement on tracks 5, 7, 9, 10 by Birch Caffee.

Chart performance

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Album

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Chart (1996) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 37
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 24

Singles

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Year Single Peak chart
positions
US Country
1996 "Let Your Heart Lead Your Mind" 53
"Thump Factor" 68

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ Kuchar, Dan. "Smokin' Armadillos review". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  3. ^ Leaver, Jack. "Smokin' Armadillos review". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  4. ^ Smokin' Armadillos (CD insert). Smokin' Armadillos. Curb Records. 1996. 77748.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)