Let's Go Scare Al
{{Infobox album
| name = Let's Go Scare Al
| type = studio
| artist = Gear Daddies
| cover = GearDaddies_Al.jpg
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| released = 1988
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| label = Gark
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| next_title = Billy's Live Bait
| next_year = 1990
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Let's Go Scare Al is the first album by the American band the Gear Daddies.{{cite news |last1=Bream |first1=Jon |title=Gear Daddies / 7th Street Entry |work=Star Tribune |date=25 Feb 1988 |page=2E}}{{cite news |last1=Terrell |first1=Steve |title=Terrell's Tune-Up |work=The Santa Fe New Mexican |date=27 Jan 1995 |department=Pasatiempo |page=16}} The album was released in 1988 on the Gark record label, and re-released in 1990 on Polygram Records.{{Cite web |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=gear_daddies |title=Gear Daddies |last=Schulps |first=Dave |website=Trouser Press |access-date=2018-12-07}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
|rev1=AllMusic
|rev1Score={{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lets-go-scare-al-mw0000307928 |title=Gear Daddies - Let's Go Scare Al |last=Henderson |first=Alex |website=AllMusic |language=en-us |access-date=2018-12-07}}
|rev2=Entertainment Weekly
|rev2Score=A–{{Cite web |url=https://ew.com/article/1990/06/08/lets-go-scare-al/ |title=Let's Go Scare Al |last=Sandow |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Sandow |date=1990-06-08 |website=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |access-date=2018-12-07}}
| rev3 = Select
| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}{{Cite magazine |last=Finlay |first=Leo |date=September 1990 |title=The Gear Daddies: Let's Go Scare AI |magazine=Select |issue=3 |page=81}}
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The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "scary stuff indeed, filled with all the painful feelings that come from not fitting in, trying to be cool and acting like a jerk instead, and being used and abused by those closest to you."{{cite news |last1=Heim |first1=Chris |title=Some good things still appear in small venues |work=Chicago Tribune |date=18 May 1990 |department=Friday |page=M}} In 1999, the St. Cloud Times wrote that it "wonderfully combines the ups and downs of small-town living with a good-time country bar sound."{{cite news |last1=Leslie |first1=Karl |title=Musical bright spots of 1999 |work=St. Cloud Times |date=30 Dec 1999 |page=E4}}
Track listing
- Cut Me Off
- Statue of Jesus
- Boys Will Be Boys
- Don't Forget Me
- Heavy Metal Böyz
- Drank So Much (Just Feel Stupid)
- She's Happy
- Blues Mary
- This Time
- Strength
Personnel
- Randy Broughten: guitar pedal steel guitar, dobro.
- Nick Ciola: bass.
- Billy Dankert: drums, piano, vocals.
- Martin Zellar: guitar, harmonica, vocals.
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