Haircut | ||||
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Released | July 27, 1993 | |||
Studio | Sounds Unreel Studios, Memphis, TN Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas | |||
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Length | 42:49 | |||
Label | EMI America[1] | |||
Producer | Terry Manning, The Delaware Destroyers | |||
George Thorogood and the Destroyers chronology | ||||
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Singles from Haircut | ||||
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Haircut is the ninth studio album by American rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers, released on July 27, 1993.[2][3][4] The first single from the album was "Get a Haircut".[5] The album peaked at No. 120 on the Billboard 200.[6] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[7]
The album was produced by Terry Manning and the Delaware Destroyers.[8] "Want Ad Blues" is a cover of the John Lee Hooker song.[9] "Gone Dead Train" was written by Jack Nitzsche.[10] Thorogood wrote "Baby Don't Go".[11] The album cover art is by Peter Bagge.[12]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [13] |
Calgary Herald | B[14] |
The Indianapolis Star | [15] |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [16] |
The Philadelphia Inquirer | [10] |
Windsor Star | B+[17] |
The Windsor Star wrote that "the guitar-slinging motor mouth offers another round of stinging and rocking blues, featuring that consistently fat sound with which his band has made its trademark style."[17] The Calgary Herald deemed Haircut "boogie blues and rock 'n' roll ... And, yep, he hasn`t changed a thing."[14] The Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph opined that "since shtick is exactly what Thorogood's become reduced to, the only phrase that comes to mind listening to this is, 'get a real job'."[18]
The Canadian Press called it "another slice of devil-may-care, comically anti-authoritarian riff rock."[19] The Boston Globe concluded that "Thorogood doesn't gain any dramatic ground, but his loyalty to his favorite idioms remains genuine."[11] The Indianapolis Star praised the "stark, deliberative" "Killer's Bluze".[15]
The following personnel are credited on the album:
Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] | 41 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[21] | 37 |