A Man Under the Influence

A Man Under the Influence
Studio album by Alejandro Escovedo
Released April 24, 2001 (2001-04-24)
Genre Roots rock
Length 50:09
Label Bloodshot Records
Producer Chris Stamey
Alejandro Escovedo chronology
Bourbonitis Blues
(1999)		 A Man Under the Influence
(2001)		 By the Hand of the Father
(2002)

A Man Under the Influence is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Alejandro Escovedo, released on April 24, 2001 on Bloodshot Records. It was produced by Chris Stamey. A deluxe edition was released on November 15, 2009.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Austin Chronicle[3]
Pitchfork Media8.3/10[4]
Q[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Slant Magazine[1]
Spin7/10[7]
Robert Christgau[8]

Billboard wrote that A Man Under the Influence was "the best studio performance Escovedo has ever delivered".[9] Similarly, Joshua Klein wrote in The A.V. Club that the album "could be Escovedo's best yet",[10] and James Mann said in PopMatters that the album was "far and away his best work".[11]

Several critics also commended Stamey's production on the album: Joe Tangari wrote in Pitchfork that on the track "Velvet Guitar", his production "keeps [the five guitarists on that track] all in their respective places, avoiding a sloppy mess."[4] Additionally, Raoul Hernandez wrote in The Austin Chronicle that Stamey "deserves credit for the LP's overall cohesion of sound",[3] while Michael Barclay of Exclaim! wrote that Stamey's production "captures the mood perfectly".[12]

Conversely, Robert Christgau of The Village Voice selected "Wave" and "Castanets" as "choice cuts", indicating good songs "on an album that isn't worth your time or money."[8]

Track listing

  1. "Wave"
  2. "Rosalie"
  3. "Rhapsody"
  4. "Across the River"
  5. "Castanets"
  6. "Don't Need You"
  7. "Follow You Down"
  8. "Wedding Day"
  9. "Velvet Guitar"
  10. "As I Fall"
  11. "About This Love"

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Keefe, Jonathan (November 15, 2009). "Alejandro Escovedo: A Man Under the Influence: Deluxe Bourbonitis Edition Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  2. ↑ Deming, Mark. "A Man Under the Influence – Alejandro Escovedo". AllMusic. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Hernandez, Raoul (April 27, 2001). "A Man Under the Influence". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Tangari, Joe (April 24, 2001). "Alejandro Escovedo: A Man Under the Influence". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Alejandro Escovedo: A Man Under the Influence". Q (178): 108. July 2001.
  6. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 282–83. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
  7. ↑ Moon, Tom (April 2001). "Alejandro Escovedo: A Man Under the Influence". Spin. 17 (4): 162. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  8. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (June 10, 2003). "Consumer Guide: Eating Again". The Village Voice. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  9. ↑ "A Man Under the Influence". Billboard. May 19, 2001. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  10. ↑ Klein, Joshua (April 19, 2002). "Alejandro Escovedo: A Man Under The Influence". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  11. ↑ Mann, James (April 23, 2001). "Alejandro Escovedo: A Man Under the Influence". PopMatters. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  12. ↑ Barclay, Michael (April 30, 2001). "Alejandro Escovedo: A Man Under the Influence". Exclaim!. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
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