Mavericks (Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey album)
| Mavericks | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey | |
| Released | 1991 |
| Recorded | 1990, Hoboken, NJ |
| Genre | Guitar pop, jangle pop |
| Length | 46:07 |
| Label | Rhino |
| Producer | Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey |
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | (A) |
| PopMatters | (7/10) (reissue) |
| No Depression | (favorable) (reissue) |
| Chicago Tribune |  |
| Robert Christgau |  |
| Blogcritics | (favorable) (reissue) |
Mavericks is a collaborative album by the two original singer/songwriters of jangle pop band the dB's, Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey. It was originally released in 1991 on Rhino Records and was re-released on January 15, 2008 by Collectors' Choice Music. The reissue featured six previously unreleased tracks. The album is noted for having a more acoustic and slower sound than Holsapple and Stamey's work with the dB's.
Upon its release, Mavericks received a very favorable review from Ira Robbins, who wrote in Entertainment Weekly that the album "resonates with emotional power." Robbins gave the album an A grade. A more mixed review appeared in the Chicago Tribune, where Mark Caro gave the album 2.5 stars out of 4 and wrote that "A few of the songs sit there like pudding on a plate, but others... seep in over time."
After the album was reissued in 2008, Michael Berick wrote in No Depression that Holsapple and Stamey "convey a sense of worldly experience in these songs," and Aarik Danielsen wrote in PopMatters that the album belongs "along the timeline of great heartland/jangle rock recordings of all-time". Holsapple told Magnet in 2009 that people often told him they thought Mavericks was "beautiful".
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