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This article is about the 1994 album. For the 1952 single, see Settin’ the Woods on Fire.

Setting the Woods on Fire is a studio album by the Walkabouts.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[1]
Calgary HeraldB+[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar[5]

Jason Ankeny, for AllMusic, wrote: “A sweeping, stately record, it owes a great deal to the Stones‘ Exile on Main St.“[1] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album “a strong collection of original material.”[5] Trouser Press called it “consistently ace,” writing that “strong tunes like ‘Firetrap’, ‘Good Luck Morning’ and the rousing, horn-driven ‘Hole in the Mountain’ [are] given a spiky, full-bodied grace.”[6] Uncut deemed it an “underselling classic” that “captures perfectly [the band’s] haunted experimentalism.”[7] CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that the album’s “disposition is pensive and vaguely ominous throughout.”[8]

Track listing

All songs by the Walkabouts (c)1994, Fire & Skill Publishing (BMI), administrated worldwide by Bug Music Inc.

  1. Good Luck Morning – 4:13
  2. Firetrap – 5:39
  3. Bordertown – 5:51
  4. Feeling No Pain – 5:12
  5. Old Crow – 4:26
  6. Almost Wisdom – 4:45
  7. Sand and Gravel – 6:34
  8. Nightdrive – 5:38
  9. Hole in the Mountain – 3:49
  10. Pass Me On Over – 4:10
  11. Up in the Graveyard – 6:12
  12. Promised – 6:33

Performers

The Walkabouts

  • Glenn Slater – piano, organ, accordion, loops
  • Michael Wells – bass guitar, harmonica
  • Terri Moeller – drums, percussion, backup vocals
  • Carla Torgerson – vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, cello
  • Chris Eckman – vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, lyrics

Additional musicians

  • Larry Barrett – mandolin (11,12), lap steel (4,5)
  • Bruce Wirth – violin (7)
  • Andrew Hare – pedal steel (12)

Tiny Hot Orchestra Horns

  • Zach Permeson – trombone (9)
  • Mark Condelaria – tenor sax (9)
  • Marcus Membrane – trumpet (9)
  • “Dutch Beef” Sout – tenor sax (9)

References

  1. ^ a b c Jason Ankeny (1994). “Setting The Woods On Fire, The Walkabouts > Review”. AllMusic. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  2. ^ “Walkabouts’ European Successes Win It Some Respect Back at Home”. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. January 13, 1995. p. 9.
  3. ^ “The Walkabouts Biography & History”. AllMusic.
  4. ^ “Recent Releases”. The Calgary Herald. May 28, 1995. p. B10.
  5. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 477.
  6. ^ “Walkabouts”. Trouser Press. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  7. ^ “The Walkabouts Watermarks: Selected Songs 1991-2001”. Uncut. March 31, 2003.
  8. ^ “Reviews”. CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. September 25, 1995.