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Spend a Night in the Box

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{{Infobox album

| name = Spend a Night in the Box

| type = studio

| artist = The Reverend Horton Heat

| cover = Spend_a_Night_in_the_Box.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 21, 2000

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Pedernales Studios, Spicewood, Texas

| genre = Rockabilly

| length = 49:45

| label = Time Bomb

| producer = Paul Leary

| prev_title = Holy Roller

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Lucky 7

| next_year = 2002

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r468338}}

|rev2 = Courier-News

|rev2score = {{rating|2.5|4}}{{cite news |last1=Junior |first1=Chris M. |title=ALBUM REVIEWS |work=Courier-News |date=30 Mar 2000 |page=D8}}

| rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=6 |pages=863–864}}

|rev4 = Ottawa Citizen

|rev4score = {{rating|4|4}}{{cite news |last1=Blanchfield |first1=Mike |title=Soundtracks |work=Ottawa Citizen |date=15 July 2000 |page=K7}}

|}}

Spend a Night in the Box is the sixth album by The Reverend Horton Heat.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2000/sep/21/artsfeatures3|title=Pop review|date=September 20, 2000|website=the Guardian}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-reverend-horton-heat-mn0000462110/biography|title=The Reverend Horton Heat | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}} It was released by Time Bomb Recordings in 2000.{{cite news |last1=Terlesky |first1=John |title=REV. HORTON HEAT THINKS OUTSIDE THE ROCK BOX |work=The Morning Call |date=5 May 2000 |page=D12}}

Production

The album, produced by Paul Leary, was recorded at Pedernales Studios, in Texas.{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/reverend_horton_heat-spend_night_in_box|title=Reverend Horton Heat Spend A Night In The Box | Exclaim!|website=exclaim.ca}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Xq8eycf55YC&pg=PA3|title=Must Hear|work=CMJ New Music Report|date=February 28, 2000|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}} Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath played a 1954 Gibson ES-175 on the album.{{cite journal |last1=Russell |first1=Rusty |title=Reverend Horton Heat: Back to burnin' basics |journal=Guitar Player |volume=34 |issue=7 |pages=33–34}}

Critical reception

Exclaim! called the album "good, basic, well-produced country and swing-influenced rockabilly." The Austin Chronicle panned the "Gap-ready numbers like 'Sleeper Coach Driver' and 'Hand It to Me'," writing that "one Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is more than enough."{{Cite web|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2000-03-10/76192/|title=Reverend Horton Heat Spend a Night in the Box (Time Bomb)|website=www.austinchronicle.com}} Trouser Press wrote that "The Rev relocated his songwriting mojo for an album full of tasty rockabilly, swinging grooves and good old-fashioned stomp."{{cite web |title=Reverend Horton Heat |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/reverend-horton-heat/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=13 May 2021}} CMJ New Music Report deemed it "a skillfully choreographed saloon rumble of an album."

Track listing

All songs written by Jim Heath except as noted.

  1. "Spend a Night in the Box" – 3:07
  2. "Big D Boogie Woogie" – 2:55
  3. "Sleeper Coach Driver" – 3:24
  4. "The Girl in Blue" – 3:52
  5. "Sue Jack Daniels" – 3:31
  6. "Hand It to Me" – 3:23
  7. "I'll Make Love" – 2:20
  8. "It Hurts Your Daddy Bad" – 4:04
  9. "The Bedroom Again" – 3:22
  10. "King" – 2:41
  11. "Whole Lotta Baby" – 3:42
  12. "The Millionaire" (Heath/Churilla) – 3:56
  13. "Unlucky in Love" – 4:33
  14. "The Party in Your Head" – 3:55

Personnel

  • Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath - guitar & vocals
  • Jimbo Wallace - upright bass
  • Scott Churilla - drums
  • Tim Alexander - piano (on "Sleeper Coach Driver"), piano and organ (on "Hand It to Me"), accordion and bajo quinto ("Unlucky in Love")
  • Paul Leary - producer, mixer
  • Stuart Sullivan - mixer, engineer
  • Scott J. Weiss - management
  • Jolie Clemens - artwork
  • Jennifer Broussard - photography

Charts

class="wikitable"

!Chart (2000)

!Peak
position

US Heatseekers (Billboard)

| align="center"|23{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0A4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20|title=Heatseekers|work=Billboard|date=April 8, 2000|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}

References

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Category:2000 albums

Category:The Reverend Horton Heat albums

Category:Albums produced by Paul Leary