''Wacoworld'' is an album by the

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-based band

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, released in 1999.

Production

''Wacoworlds songs were written by

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and Dean Schlabowske.

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's horn section played on some of the album's tracks.

Critical reception

'' No Depression'' wrote that Schlabowske's "heavy, blue-collar vocal presence is a delight, especially on the soon-to-be-abducted-by-aliens weeper 'Hello to Everybody' and the outlawish 'Red Brick Wall'."

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thought that Langford and Schlabowske "sing so lustily that the band's indifference to the niceties of country as it exists in history is of no consequence." ''

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'' opined that "forays into blues and Western swing aren't enough to keep ''Waco World'' interesting when Langford's distinctive songs yield to Schlabowske's merely competent ones." ''

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'' decided that "the entire album brims with rough-hewn vocals, twangy electricity, and a cool, literary bent." ''

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'' deemed it "flesh'n'blood country-western insurgence." The ''

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'' called ''Wacoworld'' "crack insurgent country."

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lamented that "the English cowboy gag is wearing thin."

Track listing

All tracks composed by the Waco Brothers

Personnel

*Mr. Tracey Dear - mandolin * Cover Boy Doughty - bass * Leopard Boy Goulding - drums * Jonboy - vocals, guitar * Deano - guitar, vocals *

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- steel guitar, 12-string electric guitar with: *Rico Bell - vocals on "Pigsville" *

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- vocals on "The Hand That Throws the Bottle Down" *Barkley McKay - organ on "Hello Everybody", piano on "Red Brick Wall" *Paul Martens - saxophone on "Red Brick Wall" and "Corrupted" *Dave Max Crawford - trumpet on "Red Brick Wall" and "Broken Down Wall", accordion on "Broken Down Wall" *Rick Cookin' Sherry - washboard on "Red Brick Wall" *John Rice - fiddle on "The Hand That Throws the Bottle Down" and "Day of the Dead"

References

{{Authority control 1999 albums The Waco Brothers albums Bloodshot Records albums