Willis | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 7, 1997 | |||
Recorded | Cherokee Recording Studio West Beach Recorders | |||
Genre | Ska/soul | |||
Length | 45:58 | |||
Label | Hellcat[1] | |||
Producer | Brett Gurewitz | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Willis is an album by the ska/soul band the Pietasters, released in 1997.[3][4] It was released during the mid- to late-1990s ska explosion, and reached No. 44 on the Heatseekers chart.[5]
The album's first single was "Out All Night".[6] The band supported the album by touring with the Cherry Poppin' Daddies.[7]
The album was produced and engineered by Brett Gurewitz.[8][9] It contains covers of the Outsiders' "Time Won't Let Me" and Martha and the Vandellas' "Quicksand".[10][11]
The Washington Post wrote that "the Pietasters mix soul and garage-rock just like any frat-party band of the last four decades ... It's a venerable party-rock formula, but rendered fresh by not only the ska-derived musical accents but also the band's solid songwriting and sheer verve."[12] The Hartford Courant thought that "the playing throughout is gloriously sloppy; the tone, pointedly ironic ... This is ska without regrets."[10]
AllMusic wrote that the band returns "to their roots of '60s pop, soul, and Motown R&B, all fueled by a syncopated beat."[2]