| Good Evening | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 37:58 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | David Kershenbaum, Paul McKenna | |||
| Marshall Crenshaw chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Good Evening is a 1989 album by Marshall Crenshaw.[5] Although critically well-received, it failed to chart.
Crenshaw attributed the Traveling Wilburys' debut album as an influence for the album's sound.[6] The album was Crenshaw's last for Warner Bros. Records and, due to his soured relationship with the label, he chose to fill the album with covers. He recalled, "I wasn't writing many songs back then. I didn't want to write any songs for the album, because I had very little faith and I couldn't get myself to make that kind of commitment to the record. I decided to save my energy."[6]
The album's opening track, "You Should've Been There", has a longer intro on this album than on Rhino's compilation, This Is Easy: The Best of Marshall Crenshaw. The album includes the first commercial release of the Diane Warren song "Some Hearts", which became a hit in 2005 in a version by country singer Carrie Underwood. Crenshaw later described the experience of covering a Warren song as "strange."[6]
- ^ Good Evening at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Marshall Crenshaw". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition, p. 323. Virgin Books, London. ISBN 1-85227-832-3
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 167.
- ^ "Marshall Crenshaw".
- ^ a b c "Marshall Crenshaw Runs Mild : The Singer Says He's Not Looking for a Change in His Unassuming Performing Style". Los Angeles Times. 1991-12-07. Retrieved 2020-06-08.