''Cock's Crow'' is the second full-length studio album by Waltons, released in 1995 on

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. Produced by

Michael Phillip Wojewoda Michael Phillip Wojewoda is a Canadian record producer and musician. He has been nominated for eight Juno Awards and has received one for Recording Engineer of the Year and one for Producer of the Year. History Wojewoda began recording bands ...

, the album features contributions from

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, John Mann and

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.James McCarten, "Waltons on growth track with new release". ''

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'', March 18, 1995. It was also the band's first album to add the keyboards of Todd Lumley to the band's traditionally

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sound. The album was supported by a national concert tour.

Reaction

Nick Krewen of the ''

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'' gave the album a mixed review, writing that "Singer Jason Plumb has invented stronger pop melodies and waxed eloquently on the ecologically-correct End of the World and the image-conscious Michelangelo's Tummy, but the harmonies and arrangements dredge up too many

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comparisons for comfort. Keyboardist Todd Lumley, making his recording debut, adds welcome textures to The Waltons' previously stark sound, and the two Spirit of the West collaborations - Surprise and My Eye - are welcome breaks." David Howell of the ''

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'' gave a similar assessment, labelling "Surprise" as the album's best song and writing that "The Waltons will still take a few shots for sounding like Crowded House, but they seem to come by it honestly. Lots of nice clean acoustic pop here; catchy melodies, appealing harmonies. What's missing is a shot of adrenalin. We've heard them glad, we've heard them sad, now let's hope Plumb gets mad about something -- anything, really -- before he writes the next album." For

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, Roch Parisien rated the album four stars. He characterized Wojewoda's production as an "unfortunate misdirection" from the band's trademark sound, but concluded that the album "should satisfy most of those looking for their latest

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harmonic fix."

Chart performance

The lead single "End of the World" was a Top 40 hit in Canada, peaking at #26 in the ''

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'' the week of April 24, 1995. It was also modestly successful on the adult contemporary charts, peaking at #42 in the week of May 15. It was the only charting single from the album, which also sold more poorly than their 1992 album ''Lik My Trakter'' and did not place in the magazine's album charts.

Awards

Wojewoda won the

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for

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at the

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, for his work on "End of the World" and

Ashley MacIsaac Ashley Dwayne MacIsaac (born February 24, 1975) is a Canadian fiddler, singer and songwriter from Cape Breton Island. He has received three Juno Awards, winning for Best New Solo Artist and Best Roots & Traditional Album – Solo at the Juno A ...

's "Beaton's Delight"."Complete list of 1995 Juno Award winners". ''

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'', March 11, 1996.

Track listing

References

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