The Mavericks - Mavericks [1990]

Title: Mavericks [1990] Artist: The Mavericks Release Date: 9/23/2003 Re-Released On: 8/19/2003 Label: Hip-O Records, MCA Records, Cross Three Duration: 45:54 UPCs: 076744011329, 753568940324, 0076744011329, 076744011343, 766487930222 Genre: Country Styles: Progressive Country, Country-Rock, Latin Pop, Contemporary Country, New Traditionalist, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Americana, Son, Cuban Pop, Cuban Traditions Moods: Witty, Earnest, Literate, Organic, Sophisticated, Amiable/Good-Natured, Bittersweet, Freewheeling, Fun, Melancholy, Playful, Poignant, Rollicking, Rousing, Yearning Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. You'll Never Know
2. End of the Line (Jim Baker)
3. This Broken Heart
4. Mr. Jones
5. Tomorrow Never Comes
6. The Lonely Waltz
7. Watch over Me
8. A Better Way
9. Another Lonely Life [Paul's Song]
10. I Don't Care If You Love Me Anymore
11. Keep Moving On
12. I'll Give You Back (When You Belong to Me)
13. Stength to Say Goodbye

Year Type Label Catalog # 2003 CD MCA Records 7674401132 1998 CD Hip-O Records 40113 1994 CD Cross Three 9403

The Mavericks [11 Tracks #2] The Mavericks [DualDisc]

The Mavericks' debut album was a pale shadow of the music they'd be putting on plastic a few years later, but it's strong enough to make clear this was a significantly more interesting band than one would expect to hear on the country charts in 1990. Vocalist (and principle songwriter) Raul Malo was still learning how to control his spacious, Orbison-esque tenor, but anyone with ears could tell the man already had a great voice, and if the group would become more adventurous with time, this material sounds tight, enthusiastic, and pretty ambitious for a band aiming toward the mainstream recording market (and cutting the sessions on their own dime). It's significant that four of the best songs from this album would be re-recorded for The Mavericks' major-label debut in 1992, and that by that time guitarist Ben Peeler (whose style is solid but more than a bit rote) would be out of the picture, but The Mavericks is hardly an embarrassing place for a band this good to start their recording career; it's a stylish and enthusiastic album from a band who would get much better with time. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide

Name Credits Ben Peeler Guitar (Steel), Guitar (Acoustic), Lap Steel Guitar, Dobro, Guitar (Electric), Mixing, Banjo, Mandolin Bill Ashton Assistant Debbie Spring Fiddle Dennis Hetzendorfer Accordion Fro Sosa Vocals (Background) Froilan Sossa Vocals (Background) Gail Ghezzi Art Direction Homer Willis Harmonica Louis Angel Assistant Engineer Paul Deakin Drums Raul Malo Producer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Bass), Vocals, Mixing, Piano, Guitar (Electric) Rick Reed Engineer, Mixing Robert Reynolds Screams, Guitar (Bass), Vocals (Background), Sound Effects Steve Newton Bass The Mavericks Arranger, Producer