Go Slow Down
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| Studio album by BoDeans | ||||
| Released | October 12, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1992-1993 | |||
| Genre | Alternative | |||
| Label | Slash | |||
| Producer | T-Bone Burnett (exec.), BoDeans | |||
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Go Slow Down is the BoDeans fifth studio album, and was released on October 12, 1993. It peaked at number 127 on the Billboard 200 chart.
After taking a more pop approach to Black and White, the band wished to return to a simpler sound and record an album that they were truly happy with. They began setting up a studio in a rented storefront and called upon T-Bone Burnett (producer of their debut album) to work with them once again, this time in an executive producer role. They originally tracked 30 songs live as a full band, but under the advice of their record label, all except for "Closer to Free" were re-recorded with Kurt Neumann playing most of the instruments himself. The resulting album was more acoustic and laid-back. In 1996, "Closer to Free" was selected as the theme song to the TV series Party of Five. It was subsequently re-released as a single and became the band's biggest hit.
Music critic William Ruhlmann, writing for AllMusic, wrote that the album "may have been the statement of a band that had been through a lot and reached a point of emotional exhaustion, but the BoDeans used their experience to craft their most deeply felt and satisfying music." Likewise, Thom Jurek of Rolling Stone stated: "Go Slow Down reveals the BoDeans in firm control of their musical vision" and "is perhaps the finest album to date by a band that keeps on growing. With any justice, it should make the BoDeans more than critics' favorites."
All songs by Kurt Neumann and Sam Llanas
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