Say Goodnight to the World
| Say Goodnight to the World | ||||
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| Released | August 3, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Blues rock Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 35:27 | |||
| Label | Fat Possum[1] | |||
| Producer | Robbie Lee, Dax Riggs | |||
| Dax Riggs chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
Say Goodnight to the World is a solo album by the American singer and songwriter Dax Riggs, released in 2010.[3][4][5]
Critical reception
[edit]The Austin Chronicle called the album "gritty punk-blues", writing that "[Riggs's] gothic-noir lullabies ... are carried by a voice that still conjures the ghost of Layne Staley."[6] Spin wrote that Say Goodnight to the World "plops Sun Studios into the middle of Transylvania, with Riggs as a pensive, late-night Elvis."[7] The Washington Post wrote that the album "may be [Riggs's] best ... a darkly psychedelic exorcism."[4]
Track listing
[edit]- All songs were written by Riggs except "Heartbreak Hotel", originally by Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, and Elvis Presley.
- "Say Goodnight to the World"
- "I Hear Satan"
- "You Were Born to Be My Gallows"
- "Gravedirt on My Blue Suede Shoes"
- "Like Moonlight"
- "No One Will Be a Stranger"
- "Heartbreak Hotel"
- "Sleeping with the Witch"
- "Let Me Be Your Cigarette"
- "See You All in Hell or New Orleans"
Credits
[edit]The album was produced by Dax Riggs and Robbie Lee. Riggs is accompanied by the bass guitarist Kevin Fitzsimmons and drummer Charley Siess, who also toured in support of the album with lead guitarist Julian Primeaux.
References
[edit]- ^ "Dax Riggs – Say Goodnight To The World". Fat Possum Records.
- ^ "Say Goodnight To The World - Dax Riggs | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Times-Picayune, Keith Spera, NOLA com | The. "Dax Riggs distills even more despair on 'Say Goodnight to the World'". NOLA.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Deusner, Stephen M. "Don't Be Afraid Of the Dark: Dax Riggs, 'Say Goodnight to the World,' at DC9". Washington Post.
- ^ Hlavaty, Craig (August 6, 2010). "Dax Riggs Says Goodnight To The World, Hello To Houston". Houston Press.
- ^ "Dax Riggs: Say Goodnight to the World Album Review". www.austinchronicle.com.
- ^ "Dax Riggs, 'Say Goodnight to the World' (Fat Possum)". Spin. July 14, 2010.
