''Receiver'' is the second album by the band
Farmer Not So John, released in 1998. It was the band's final album.
Critical reception
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No Depression'' wrote that the band "churns out a difficult-to-pigeonhole sound that variously recalls early R.E.M., the first couple of Jayhawks records and the desolate edge of Neil Young’s more brooding efforts with Crazy Horse." The
Associated Press
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called the album "excellent," writing that Farmer Not So John is "one of those impossible-to-classify bands, the kind that the small minds of so many radio programmers cannot make room for and therefore cannot add to their play lists, which is a real shame."
Track listing
# "Paperthin"
# "Fuse"
# "Consigned To Oblivion"
# "Rise Above The Wreckage"
# "For You I Will Pretend"
# "Undertow"
# "No Time To Please You"
# "Me Too"
# "Grand Bouquet"
# "Pen Across The Page"
Performers
;Farmer Not So John
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Mack Linebaugh (vocals, electric & acoustic guitar)
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Brian Ray
Brian Thomas Ray (born January 4, 1955) is an American session musician, guitarist, bassist, singer–songwriter, and musical director. He is best known for his work as a bass, rhythm, and lead guitarist with Paul McCartney's touring band, ...
(bass, vocals)
*Richard McLaurin (acoustic, electric, 12-string, lap steel & toy guitars, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, accordion, tambourine, vocals)
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Sean R. Keith (drums).
;Additional personnel
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Matthew Ryan (vocals, electric guitar)
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Peter Rowan
Peter Rowan (born July 4, 1942) is an American bluegrass musician and composer. Rowan plays guitar and mandolin, yodels and sings.
Biography
Rowan was born in Wayland, Massachusetts to a musical family. From an early age, he had an interes ...
(vocals, mandola)
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Daniel Tashian
Daniel Tashian is an American songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He has spent ten years writing and producing for Big Yellow Dog Music.
Tashian's music career began when he was 19 years old and signed his first deal on Elektra Reco ...
(vocals, Wurlitzer, synthesizer)
* Sean Ray (pedal steel guitar)
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Clive Gregson (organ, synthesizer)
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Tucker Martine
Tucker Martine (born January 14, 1972) is an American record producer, musician and composer. In 2010, ''Paste'' Magazine included Martine in their list of the 10 Best Producers of the Decade.
Early life
Tucker Martine, the son of singer and son ...
(tambourine, cymbals, shaker, loops, sound effects)
References
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1998 albums
Farmer Not So John albums
Albums produced by Tucker Martine