Good Evening

Good Evening Artist: Marshall Crenshaw
Label: Wounded Bird Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 664140590823
EAN: 0664140590823
ASIN: B000AP306G


Release Date: 2005-10-25

Good Evening


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Tracks:

  1. You Should've Been There
  2. Valerie
  3. She Hates to Go Home
  4. Someplace Where Love Can't Find Me
  5. Radio Girl
  6. On the Run
  7. Live It Up
  8. Some Hearts
  9. Whatever Way the Wind Blows
  10. Let Her Dance

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  5. What's in the Bag?

Album Description

Marshall Crenshaw is hard to describe, maybe a sort of rockabilly singer/guitarist who issued numerous albums in the 1980s. We now proudly bring back four of his out-of-print releases on CD. Good Evening was originally issued in 1989. 9 tracks. Wounded Bird. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Bland Evening.......2007-03-12

Marshall Crenshaw is utterly incapable of recording a bad album. But he is fully capable of recording an average one. And "Good Evening" falls into the latter category. Whatever was left of the WB camp that still liked the guy forced some neutering factors into "Good Evening," and Crenshaw was chafing. It shows in the bland production of David Kershenbaum and the inclusion of outside songwriters - in particular Diane Warren. Even though "Some Hearts" is a great pop song (and finally got its due on American Idol winner Carrie Underwood's debut album some 15 years later), it just doesn't suit the singer. A better choice for first single might have been John Hiatt's "Somewhere That Love Can't Find Me" or even the more dramatic "You Should Have Been There."

But not to be. Crenshaw doesn't seem particularly engaged here - he sounding ready to turn "Good Evening" into a contract filler before he split WB. "She Hates To Go Home" is one of the most lifeless performances he's ever turned in (with "Whatever Way The Wind Blows" not far behind), and Kershenbaum's production is uncharacteristically flat throughout. There are still some terrific performances here - "You Should've Been There," and the covers of The Isley Brothers' "Live It Up" and Richard Thompson's "Valerie" are stellar. When you get used to albums being 100% spot on, less than that just won't do. Even the period oldie, Bobby Fuller's "Let Her Dance," can't make up for the mediocrity.

Crenshaw was done with Warners after this, and the follow-up on paradox/MCA "Life's Too Short" is superior in every way. Keep that in mind if you are looking at Crenshaw CD's other than "Good Evening," also bearing in mind that Crenshaw not totally on his game can whup most artists at their best.

4 out of 5 stars Bittersweet............2005-11-05

Good Evening is not a great album...but it's certainly better than "What's In The Bag?" I must admit, I like Good evening and put it on semi-frequently...but it brings sadness because it was Marshall's last major release album with Warner Brothers. Marshall's heart was just not into Good Evening at all...it was more of a record company obligation album than anything else. Marshall has admitted he hates this one. But, all in all it's pretty damned good. Marshall released one semi-major release with MCA Records after this and then he went the underground release route. It's a shame because he had the talent and the chops to be a the next Buddy Holly...but I think somewhere along the way he lost his direction and vision. He's too old to be Buddy Holly now...but I think if he embraced what made him so popular in 82-87 he's be able to put out another Classic Crenshaw album. Good luck Marshall...keep believing.

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