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'''''Hanky Panky''''' is an album by the English band [[the The]], released in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-the-mn0000566918/biography|title=The The Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dafoe |first1=Chris |title=Hank Williams and The The make strange disc mates |work=The Globe and Mail |date=28 Jan 1995 |page=C11}}</ref> It consists of cover versions of country singer [[Hank Williams]]' songs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/500305/the-thes-matt-johnson/|title=The The's Matt Johnson|website=MTV News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Morse |first1=Steve |title=MATT DOES HANK |work=The Boston Globe |date=7 Oct 1994 |department=Living |page=66}}</ref> It reached No. 28 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19893/the-the/|title=THE THE &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref> Johnson intended ''Hanky Panky'' to be the first of many albums he would record covering the work of iconic musicians.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Niester |first1=Alan |title=One of the more bizarre and surprising tribute albums... |journal=Saturday Night |date=Mar 1995 |volume=110 |issue=2 |page=66}}</ref>
'''''Hanky Panky''''' is an album by the English band [[the The]], released in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-the-mn0000566918/biography|title=The The Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dafoe |first1=Chris |title=Hank Williams and The The make strange disc mates |work=The Globe and Mail |date=28 Jan 1995 |page=C11}}</ref> It consists of cover versions of country singer [[Hank Williams]]' songs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/500305/the-thes-matt-johnson/|title=The The's Matt Johnson|website=MTV News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Morse |first1=Steve |title=MATT DOES HANK |work=The Boston Globe |date=7 Oct 1994 |department=Living |page=66}}</ref> It reached No. 28 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19893/the-the/|title=THE THE &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref> [[Matt Johnson (singer)|Matt Johnson]] intended ''Hanky Panky'' to be the first of many albums he would record covering the work of iconic musicians.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Niester |first1=Alan |title=One of the more bizarre and surprising tribute albums... |journal=Saturday Night |date=Mar 1995 |volume=110 |issue=2 |page=66}}</ref>


==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> Some songs contain only voice and [[harmonium]].<ref name=IS/> "[[Your Cheatin' Heart]]" was performed in a rockabilly style.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nash |first1=Alanna |title=Popular music — Hanky Panky by The The |journal=Stereo Review |date=Mar 1995 |volume=60 |issue=3 |page=90}}</ref>
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/> "[[Your Cheatin' Heart]]" was performed in a rockabilly style.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nash |first1=Alanna |title=Popular music — Hanky Panky by The The |journal=Stereo Review |date=Mar 1995 |volume=60 |issue=3 |page=90}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==

Revision as of 22:46, 18 May 2022

Hanky Panky
Studio album by
The The
Released1995
RecordedThe War Room, Pittsburgh
GenreAlternative country
Label550 Music/Epic[1]
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.[2][3] It consists of cover versions of country singer Hank Williams' songs.[4][5] It reached No. 28 on the UK Albums Chart.[6] Matt Johnson intended Hanky Panky to be the first of many albums he would record covering the work of iconic musicians.[7]

Production

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.[8] Some songs contain only voice and harmonium.[9] "Your Cheatin' Heart" was performed in a rockabilly style.[10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[11]
Chicago Tribune[12]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[13]
The Indianapolis Star[9]

Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Johnson internalizes Williams' '50s despair and coughs it up as modernist melancholy."[13] 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."[14] The Chicago Tribune stated that it "drones with the overmiked rasp, sometime monotonous echo, and bluesy guitars that are The The's trademark."[12]

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."[15] 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."[16]

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. ^ Campbell, Chuck (3 March 1995). "Band resurrects Hank Williams with a twist". Detours. Knoxville News Sentinel. p. 6.
  2. ^ "The The Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Dafoe, Chris (28 January 1995). "Hank Williams and The The make strange disc mates". The Globe and Mail. p. C11.
  4. ^ "The The's Matt Johnson". MTV News.
  5. ^ Morse, Steve (7 October 1994). "MATT DOES HANK". Living. The Boston Globe. p. 66.
  6. ^ "THE THE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  7. ^ Niester, Alan (March 1995). "One of the more bizarre and surprising tribute albums...". Saturday Night. 110 (2): 66.
  8. ^ Davidson, Neil (23 February 1995). "Hanky Panky dark tribute to Williams". Ottawa Citizen. p. D9.
  9. ^ a b Miley, Scott L. (24 February 1995). "When The The meets Hank, good good stuff happens". The Indianapolis Star. p. D5.
  10. ^ Nash, Alanna (March 1995). "Popular music — Hanky Panky by The The". Stereo Review. 60 (3): 90.
  11. ^ AllMusic review
  12. ^ a b Webber, Brad (16 February 1995). "Recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
  13. ^ a b "Hanky Panky". EW.com.
  14. ^ "The The". Trouser Press. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  15. ^ Gill, Andy (10 February 1995). "Tribute albums and tribulations". MUSIC/POP. The Independent. p. 26.
  16. ^ Spencer, Neil (12 February 1995). "THE THE Hanky Panky". The Observer Review Page. The Guardian. p. 16.
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