THE DEL FUEGOS
''THE BEST OF THE DEL FUEGOS: THE SLASH YEARS''
JANUARY 1 2002
69:21
1 Nervous and Shakey 02:41
2 Backseat Nothing 02:47
3 I Should Be The One 02:38
4 Missing You 02:56
5 Anything You Want 03:14
6 When The News Is On 02:32
7 Longest Day 03:07
8 Out For A Ride 03:21
9 Mary Don't Change 02:51
10 Have You Forgotten 03:56
11 Call My Name 03:18
12 Don't Run Wild 03:26
13 Hand In Hand 02:59
14 I Still Want You 03:48
15 Sound Of Our Town 03:13
16 Fade To Blue 03:46
17 It's Alright 03:54
18 Night On The Town 04:08
19 Coupe De Ville 03:46
20 Wear It Like A Cape 04:11
21 I Can't Take This Place 02:43
REVIEW/AMG
by Bradley Torreano
**** / *****
This compilation of the best material that the Del Fuegos made for Slash Records is an interesting mix of their potent roots rock. Much like many other underappreciated '80s rockers, this band released a wealth of good material that can be discovered through this album. Although it is preferable to get the albums that this material came from, this is the perfect sampler for someone looking to get into the band. Featuring music from The Longest Day, Boston, Mass., and Stand Up, this showcases most of their career. Unlike similar compilations that have done contemporaries like the Violent Femmes and the Replacements injustice, this album features the Del Fuegos at their creative high point. High-energy anthems sit comfortably next to their country-style ballads, and their Springsteen-meets-Motörhead image comes across perfectly. Fans of the Del Fuegos do not have to rush out to get this, but any curious music fan who has not heard the band should give this a listen.
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by Mark Deming
Kicking up a ruckus on the more garage-oriented side of the 1980s' roots rock boom, the Del Fuegos were a four-piece band from Boston who (at least for a time) won critical favor and a loyal cult following at home and on the road for their passionate, no-frills style. Formed in 1980, the Del Fuegos consisted of guitarist and singer Dan Zanes, his brother Warren Zanes on guitar, bassist Tom Lloyd, and drummer Steve Morrell. Steady gigging on the Boston club circuit won the band a potent local reputation, which began to spread along the East Coast with the band's first few low-budget tours. While the Del Fuegos began recording an album for legendary local label Ace of Hearts Records, in 1984 the famed Los Angeles indie Slash Records stepped in and signed them, releasing their first album, The Longest Day, in the fall of that year. (By this time, Steve Morrell had parted ways with the band, and former Embarrassment percussionist Woody Giessmann had taken over the drum kit.) One of the first albums produced by former Ronnie Montrose keyboard man Mitchell Froom, The Longest Day's mixture of attitude, guitar firepower, and heart-on-the-sleeve emotion clicked with both critics and fans, and the Del Fuegos seemed poised for a commercial breakthrough with their second album, 1985's Boston, Mass.
While "Don't Run Wild" and "I Still Want You" earned some radio and MTV airplay and the album received rave reviews, it wasn't the hit some were hoping for, and the more self-consciously hip members of the music world began to turn their backs on the band after it appeared in a widely seen beer commercial. The band began reaching for a more ambitious sound and wider musical range on its third album, but 1987's Stand Up received harsh reviews and little support from fans, despite the Del Fuegos' appearance on an extended tour with noted fan Tom Petty (who also guested on Stand Up), in which the group shared the opening slot with the Replacements. After Stand Up's disappointing reception, Woody Giessmann and Warren Zanes both quit the Del Fuegos, and the band was dropped by Slash. In 1989, Dan Zanes and Tom Lloyd decided to give the band another chance, bringing aboard guitarist Adam Roth and drummer Joe Donnelly and cutting a new album, Smoking in the Fields, but while critics were kinder to the new set than Stand Up, the album was a commercial bust, and within a year the Del Fuegos were history. Dan Zanes went on to a solo career and in time found success with a series of acclaimed children's albums, while Warren Zanes returned to music in 2002 after many years in academia with a fine solo album, Memory Girls.
BIOGRAPHY (WIKIPEDIA)
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''THE BEST OF THE DEL FUEGOS: THE SLASH YEARS''
JANUARY 1 2002
69:21
1 Nervous and Shakey 02:41
2 Backseat Nothing 02:47
3 I Should Be The One 02:38
4 Missing You 02:56
5 Anything You Want 03:14
6 When The News Is On 02:32
7 Longest Day 03:07
8 Out For A Ride 03:21
9 Mary Don't Change 02:51
10 Have You Forgotten 03:56
11 Call My Name 03:18
12 Don't Run Wild 03:26
13 Hand In Hand 02:59
14 I Still Want You 03:48
15 Sound Of Our Town 03:13
16 Fade To Blue 03:46
17 It's Alright 03:54
18 Night On The Town 04:08
19 Coupe De Ville 03:46
20 Wear It Like A Cape 04:11
21 I Can't Take This Place 02:43
REVIEW/AMG
by Bradley Torreano
**** / *****
This compilation of the best material that the Del Fuegos made for Slash Records is an interesting mix of their potent roots rock. Much like many other underappreciated '80s rockers, this band released a wealth of good material that can be discovered through this album. Although it is preferable to get the albums that this material came from, this is the perfect sampler for someone looking to get into the band. Featuring music from The Longest Day, Boston, Mass., and Stand Up, this showcases most of their career. Unlike similar compilations that have done contemporaries like the Violent Femmes and the Replacements injustice, this album features the Del Fuegos at their creative high point. High-energy anthems sit comfortably next to their country-style ballads, and their Springsteen-meets-Motörhead image comes across perfectly. Fans of the Del Fuegos do not have to rush out to get this, but any curious music fan who has not heard the band should give this a listen.
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by Mark Deming
Kicking up a ruckus on the more garage-oriented side of the 1980s' roots rock boom, the Del Fuegos were a four-piece band from Boston who (at least for a time) won critical favor and a loyal cult following at home and on the road for their passionate, no-frills style. Formed in 1980, the Del Fuegos consisted of guitarist and singer Dan Zanes, his brother Warren Zanes on guitar, bassist Tom Lloyd, and drummer Steve Morrell. Steady gigging on the Boston club circuit won the band a potent local reputation, which began to spread along the East Coast with the band's first few low-budget tours. While the Del Fuegos began recording an album for legendary local label Ace of Hearts Records, in 1984 the famed Los Angeles indie Slash Records stepped in and signed them, releasing their first album, The Longest Day, in the fall of that year. (By this time, Steve Morrell had parted ways with the band, and former Embarrassment percussionist Woody Giessmann had taken over the drum kit.) One of the first albums produced by former Ronnie Montrose keyboard man Mitchell Froom, The Longest Day's mixture of attitude, guitar firepower, and heart-on-the-sleeve emotion clicked with both critics and fans, and the Del Fuegos seemed poised for a commercial breakthrough with their second album, 1985's Boston, Mass.
While "Don't Run Wild" and "I Still Want You" earned some radio and MTV airplay and the album received rave reviews, it wasn't the hit some were hoping for, and the more self-consciously hip members of the music world began to turn their backs on the band after it appeared in a widely seen beer commercial. The band began reaching for a more ambitious sound and wider musical range on its third album, but 1987's Stand Up received harsh reviews and little support from fans, despite the Del Fuegos' appearance on an extended tour with noted fan Tom Petty (who also guested on Stand Up), in which the group shared the opening slot with the Replacements. After Stand Up's disappointing reception, Woody Giessmann and Warren Zanes both quit the Del Fuegos, and the band was dropped by Slash. In 1989, Dan Zanes and Tom Lloyd decided to give the band another chance, bringing aboard guitarist Adam Roth and drummer Joe Donnelly and cutting a new album, Smoking in the Fields, but while critics were kinder to the new set than Stand Up, the album was a commercial bust, and within a year the Del Fuegos were history. Dan Zanes went on to a solo career and in time found success with a series of acclaimed children's albums, while Warren Zanes returned to music in 2002 after many years in academia with a fine solo album, Memory Girls.
BIOGRAPHY (WIKIPEDIA)
TO THE TOP