The Good News and the Bad News

The Good News and the Bad News
Studio album by The Rainmakers
Released	1989
Recorded	December 1988 – February 1989
Studio	Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Pop rock
Length	40:44
Label	Mercury
Producer	Jeff Glixman, co-produced by Bob Walkenhorst
The Rainmakers chronology
Tornado (1987) The Good News and the Bad News (1989) Oslo-Wichita LIVE (1990)

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The Good News and the Bad News is the third studio album by The Rainmakers, released in 1989.

A remastered version of the album was released in 2010 with 7 additional bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks written by Bob Walkenhorst except where noted.

1. "Reckoning Day" – 3:10
2. "Hoo Dee Hoo" – 4:28
3. "Spend It on Love" – 2:54
4. "Battle of the Roses" – 4:08
5. "Wild Oats" – 3:17
6. "We Walk the Levee" – 4:14
7. "Thirty Days" – 4:08
8. "Knock on Wood" (Steve Phillips) – 3:18
9. "Dry Dry Land" – 3:31
10. "Shiny Shiny" – 2:52
11. "Johnny Reb" – 2:32
12. "Horn O Plenty" – 2:12

Bonus tracks on 2010 Remastered CD

1. "Frustration Train" (acoustic) – 5:11
2. "Renaissance Man" (acoustic) – 4:10
3. "Prove Me Wrong" (acoustic) – 4:18
4. "Downstream" (acoustic) – 3:04
5. "Johnny Reb" (acoustic) – 2:41
6. "Spend It on Love" (acoustic) – 3:05
7. "Shenandoah" (traditional American folk song) (acoustic) – 2:46

Personnel

The Rainmakers

• Bob Walkenhorst – lead vocals, guitar
• Rich Ruth – bass guitar, vocals
• Steve Phillips – lead guitar, vocals, lead vocal on "Knock on Wood"
• Pat Tomek – drums

Additional musicians

• Joanna Dean – vocals on "Dry Dry Land"
• Johnny Reno – saxophone on "Horn O Plenty", gang vocals on "Hoo Dee Hoo"