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==Production==
==Production==
[[Matt Johnson (singer)|Matt Johnson]] originally planned to record an EP, and then a standard tribute album, with many musicians interpreting songs, before settling on a the The album of covers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Davidson |first1=Neil |title=Hanky Panky dark tribute to Williams |work=Ottawa Citizen |date=23 Feb 1995 |page=D9}}</ref>
[[Matt Johnson (singer)|Matt Johnson]] originally planned to record an EP, and then a standard tribute album, with many musicians interpreting songs, before settling on a the The album of covers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Davidson |first1=Neil |title=Hanky Panky dark tribute to Williams |work=Ottawa Citizen |date=23 Feb 1995 |page=D9}}</ref> Some songs contain only voice and [[harmonium]].<ref name=IS/>


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
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''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote that "Johnson internalizes Williams' '50s despair and coughs it up as modernist melancholy."<ref name="auto"/> ''[[Trouser Press]]'' called the album "a tour de force tribute," writing that it "might have sunk to self-conscious gimmickry in less perceptive hands, but Johnson makes it work beautifully."<ref>{{cite web |title=The The |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/the-the/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref> The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' stated that it "drones with the overmiked rasp, sometime monotonous echo, and bluesy guitars that are The The's trademark."<ref name=CT/>
''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote that "Johnson internalizes Williams' '50s despair and coughs it up as modernist melancholy."<ref name="auto"/> ''[[Trouser Press]]'' called the album "a tour de force tribute," writing that it "might have sunk to self-conscious gimmickry in less perceptive hands, but Johnson makes it work beautifully."<ref>{{cite web |title=The The |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/the-the/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref> The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' stated that it "drones with the overmiked rasp, sometime monotonous echo, and bluesy guitars that are The The's trademark."<ref name=CT/>

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Hanky Panky
Studio album by
The The
Released1995
RecordedThe War Room, Pittsburgh
GenreAlternative country
Label550 Music/Epic
ProducerMatt Johnson, Bruce Lampcov
The The chronology
Solitude
(1993) 		Hanky Panky
(1995) 		Gun Sluts (unreleased)

Hanky Panky is an album by the English band the The, released in 1995.[1][2] It consists of cover versions of country singer Hank Williams' songs.[3][4] It reached No. 28 on the UK Albums Chart.[5]

Production

Matt Johnson originally planned to record an EP, and then a standard tribute album, with many musicians interpreting songs, before settling on a the The album of covers.[6] Some songs contain only voice and harmonium.[7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Chicago Tribune[9]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[10]
The Indianapolis Star[7]

Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Johnson internalizes Williams' '50s despair and coughs it up as modernist melancholy."[10] Trouser Press called the album "a tour de force tribute," writing that it "might have sunk to self-conscious gimmickry in less perceptive hands, but Johnson makes it work beautifully."[11] The Chicago Tribune stated that it "drones with the overmiked rasp, sometime monotonous echo, and bluesy guitars that are The The's trademark."[9]

The Independent determined that, "mostly, Hanky Panky demonstrates a misapprehension of Williams's art, the greatness of which lies, in part, in his ability to disguise darkness and loneliness in redemptively light settings."[12] The Guardian noted that "gloomy rock replaces the original relaxed melodies, and Johnson's baritone evokes only one colour from Hank's mixed palette of emotions."[13]

Track listing

All tracks by Hank Williams; arrangements/re-arrangements by Matt Johnson and D. C. Collard

  1. "Honky Tonkin'"
  2. "Six More Miles"
  3. "My Heart Would Know"
  4. "If You'll Be A Baby To Me"
  5. "I'm A Long Gone Daddy"
  6. "Weary Blues From Waitin'"
  7. "I Saw the Light"
  8. "Your Cheatin' Heart"
  9. "I Can't Get You Off of my Mind"
  10. "There's a Tear in My Beer"
  11. "I Can't Escape from You"

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "The The Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Dafoe, Chris (28 January 1995). "Hank Williams and The The make strange disc mates". The Globe and Mail. p. C11.
  3. ^ "The The's Matt Johnson". MTV News.
  4. ^ Morse, Steve (7 October 1994). "MATT DOES HANK". Living. The Boston Globe. p. 66.
  5. ^ "THE THE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  6. ^ Davidson, Neil (23 February 1995). "Hanky Panky dark tribute to Williams". Ottawa Citizen. p. D9.
  7. ^ a b Miley, Scott L. (24 February 1995). "When The The meets Hank, good good stuff happens". The Indianapolis Star. p. D5.
  8. ^ AllMusic review
  9. ^ a b Webber, Brad (16 February 1995). "Recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
  10. ^ a b "Hanky Panky". EW.com.
  11. ^ "The The". Trouser Press. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  12. ^ Gill, Andy (10 February 1995). "Tribute albums and tribulations". MUSIC/POP. The Independent. p. 26.
  13. ^ Spencer, Neil (12 February 1995). "THE THE Hanky Panky". The Observer Review Page. The Guardian. p. 16.
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