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Those thirsty for real backwoods hooch to chase the mass-market Zima of recent "roots-influenced" chart toppers should take a swig of the Be Good Tanyas. On their second release, Chinatown, the British Columbia trio offer up invigorating versions of traditional tunes, like "Reuben", as well as sweet-and-dirty originals such as the lush "Ship Out on the Sea." BGT are strongest on the darker songs, like Townes Van Zandt's haunting "Waiting Around to Die" ("Well one time friends I had a ma/I even had a pa/He beat her with a belt once cause she cried"). These knotty-pine girls sound like no one else -- and no one else would sing two songs about a dead dog.
ROBIN AIGNER
(March 11, 2003)
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Track List
- It's Not Happening
- Waiting Around To Die
- Junkie Song
- Ship Out On The Sea
- Dogsong 2
- Rowdy Blues
- Reuben
- House Of The Rising Sun
- In Spite Of All The Damage
- Lonesome Blues
- In My Time Of Dying
- I Wish My Baby Was Born
- Horses
- Midnight Moonlight
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