Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em (The Reverend Horton Heat album)

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em
Studio album by
Released1990
GenrePsychobilly[1]
Length39:55
LabelSub Pop
The Reverend Horton Heat chronology
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em
(1990)
The Full-Custom Gospel Sounds of the Reverend Horton Heat
(1993)

Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em is the first album by the Dallas, Texas based rockabilly/psychobilly-band the Reverend Horton Heat.[2] It was released in 1990 on the label Sub Pop.[3][4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[6]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]

Trouser Press called the album "fresh but mild," writing that the band "never really cut loose."[3] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide wrote that the album "shows RHH before it grew out of its kitchy [sic] phase."[6] (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide called it "entirely derivative ... but it's also got plenty of verve and a touch of wit."[7]

Track listing

All songs by Jim Heath, except as indicated.

  1. "Bullet" – 3:06
  2. "I'm Mad" – 3:16
  3. "Bad Reputation" (Heath/Bentley) – 2:25
  4. "It's a Dark Day" – 5:04
  5. "Big Dwarf Rodeo" – 3:02
  6. "Psychobilly Freakout" – 2:39
  7. "Put It to Me Straight" – 2:34
  8. "Marijuana" (Heath/Wallace) – 4:49
  9. "Baby, You Know Who" – 2:39
  10. "Eat Steak" – 2:33
  11. "'D' for Dangerous" – 4:05
  12. "Love Whip" – 3:43

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b "Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em The Reverend Horton Heat". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "The Reverend Horton Heat Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ^ a b "Reverend Horton Heat". Trouser Press. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  4. ^ "The Reverend Horton Heat Makes Out a Legacy at Hootenanny". OC Weekly.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 863.
  6. ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 538.
  7. ^ a b The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 689.