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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]
Calgary HeraldA[12]
Chicago Tribune[13]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[14]
The Indianapolis Star[9]

Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Johnson internalizes Williams' '50s despair and coughs it up as modernist melancholy."[14] 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."[15] The Chicago Tribune stated that it "drones with the overmiked rasp, sometime monotonous echo, and bluesy guitars that are The The's trademark."[13]

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."[16] 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."[17] The Calgary Herald concluded that "as has happened with the blues and rock in the '60s, it's taken a Brit to unearth the spirit, the soul, the songs of Hank Williams."[12]

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 Muretich, James (5 March 1995). "RECENT RELEASES". Calgary Herald. p. C2.
  13. ^ a b Webber, Brad (16 February 1995). "Recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
  14. ^ a b "Hanky Panky". EW.com.
  15. ^ "The The". Trouser Press. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  16. ^ Gill, Andy (10 February 1995). "Tribute albums and tribulations". MUSIC/POP. The Independent. p. 26.
  17. ^ Spencer, Neil (12 February 1995). "THE THE Hanky Panky". The Observer Review Page. The Guardian. p. 16.
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