''Billy's Live Bait'' is the second album by
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band the
Gear Daddies, released in 1990. It was their first release for a
major label
"Big Three" music labels
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Critical reception
AllMusic
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called the album "sometimes poignant and often humorous."
The ''
Chicago Reader
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'' called it "terrific," writing that, compared to the debut, "the record is less naive, has more shape, and rocks out more confidently." ''
Trouser Press
''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who, Dave Schulps, and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference ...
'' wrote that "the quartet upgrades its sound and rocks more forcefully, with
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Zellar and
andyBroughten bouncing guitar rhythms off one another." The ''
Chicago Tribune
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'' wrote: "Though often as dark and unsettling as ''Al'', ''Billy'' is more outward-looking, less concerned with small circles." The ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' wrote that "the Gear Daddies' basic, garage-rock style is brightened by a touch of country-music color and twang, but the heart of the quartet's vision is in the passionate, liberating edge of Zellar's songs and in the warm, almost conversational tone of his vocals."
Track listing
#"Stupid Boy"
#"Sonic Boom"
#"Wear Your Crown"
#"Don't Look at Me"
#"Time Heals"
#"Gonna Change"
#"No One's Home"
#"Color of Her Eyes"
#"Goodbye Marie"
#"One Voice"
#"
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References
1990 albums
Gear Daddies albums
Country rock albums by American artists
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