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The Wallflowers - The Wallflowers (1992)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 6 Feb 2025 16:29:07

Anyone who saw the Wallflowers perform live in the early '90s surely could tell the band had a good shot at making it big. With their folk-rock tunes led by the vocals of Jakob Dylan and Rami Jaffee's swelling Hammond organ, they sounded like nothing so much as the Band playing with Jakob's dad, Bob. The songs on their self-titled debut weren't quite there, however, so the Wallflowers breakout was deferred until 1996, when they released Bringing Down the Horse. Still, there are some fine moments on The Wallflowers, including "Shy of the Moon," the rocking "Ashes to Ashes," and the rambling "Sidewalk Annie."

Review by Daniel Durchholz

More than an hour's worth of story songs played with easy swagger, The Wallflowers is one sweet debut – and some of the best Dylan in quite a while. Jakob Dylan, that is. Bob's youngest boy, a twenty-two-year-old singer-guitarist, fronts this L.A. quintet, and while it flourishes the psychic unity of a true band, he's clearly the visionary. That vision – panoramic, wry and allusive – inherits power from the style Jakob's dad perfected: a musical language rich enough that its latest dialects range from Indigo Girls' engaging folk to the biblical doomsaying of Nick Cave.

Jakob, of course, is the proper heir to his father's glory; still, it's a bit jolting how very like prime Bob The Wallflowers sounds at first. With a guitar-organ-piano attack echoing the Band and a production recalling The Basement Tapes, the album's rootsy sensibility, in this age of MIDI, seems almost classical in its purity – and the expert offhandedness of the young guns, especially keyboardist Rami Jaffee and guitarist Tobi Miller, rivals that of veterans. Jakob's vocals, too, grainy in tone and intriguingly phrased, bear a marked family resemblance.

Yet The Wallflowers soon takes on its own ripe life. As a lyricist, Dylan is riskier than most of his contemporaries – "Drainpipes are filled with dirty rain/And the leisure train/Is speeding in the diamond lane/With electricity shut off again/Leaving the nightlife only for the madmen," from "Hollywood," captures his imagistic daring. "After the Blackbird Sings" ("Now I seen this girl/She had hands full of lightning/She rolled it down to me/A Lolita smile, with/A thorn in her eyes/She spun the world/Up on the edge of a pearl/A carnivals girl/Up on a ferris wheel forever") epitomizes the sort of tender, quirky vignette he excels at.

Even more than wit, however, it's Dylan's generosity of spirit that's impressive. From the tragicomic "Side Walk Annie" and "Sugarfoot" to the wistful "Be Your Own Girl," "Honeybee" and "Shy of the Moon," he peoples his narratives with recognizable misfits, oddballs too human to scorn. He can rise to fury, too – "Hollywood" and "Somebody Else's Money" kick ass – but his ire seems clean, not condescending; again, his rendering of emotion appears very real.

And with their flannel shirts and bluesy riffs, their sound more rock than folk and their musicianship never less than fervent, the Wallflowers themselves come across as genuine. Theirs is music that wears well – it's wise beyond its years.

Review by Paul Evans, RollingStone

Radio and most music journalists seemed to turn collectively deaf ears to this great debut CD by The Wallflowers, led by Jakob Dylan. It's an earthy and heartfelt album that must have gotten lost in the thick, heavy haze of early 1990s guitar-rock grunge that dominated the scene at the time. Admittedly, this Wallflowers album couldn't be more different from Alice in Chains than Bob Dylan is from Iron Butterfly, but if you like your music with a laid-back feel, this one fits the bill.

There's an innocent charm to this down-to-earth album that will leave you scratching your head as to why Dylan went undiscovered until 1996 with Bringing Down the Horse. Surprisingly, the musicians who helped Dylan on this album are no longer part of the Wallflower camp, though their formidable skills are evident and appreciated throughout the CD, especially the organ and piano portions. Dylan chose a plethora of skilled musicians to further enhance his great songs. Like Tom Petty, Dylan knows his bread and butter lies in songs that convey a down-home folksy sound and sense that middle America can appreciate. Dylan is adept at capturing simple moods and personalities within his songs, usually at the expense of a girl he knew well. Other songs aren't so movingly personal. "Oh my God, they sold Hollywood," he deadpans on the quiet seven-minute gem "Hollywood," a song that would sound right at home in some big-city bar.

Half of these tunes hover or significantly surpass the five-minute mark, perhaps indicating these guys simply hit the record button and let things flow. If a hit lies anywhere here, it would be the more electric-sounding "Ashes to Ashes," a no-nonsense rocker reminiscent of John Cougar in his prime. "Asleep at the Wheel" is strong as well, a genuinely tender piece with a beautifully played acoustic guitar and Dylan's gruff vocals. It's the epitome of this album: heartfelt and purposely non-obtrusive. At nine minutes long, the relaxed "Honeybee" is one of those songs where you simply sit back and let the music engulf you. It contains fine lyrics sung softly, shimmering organ work, pretty piano and a rising crescendo that helps end the album on a dramatic note. The final song, "For the Life of Me," questions the validity of suicide as a means of escaping, an attitude that many "hip" artists at the time communicated, perpetuated and perhaps unknowingly embraced back in 1992, when this album was made.

The Wallflowers' debut successfully melded rock and country. Through his stories within songs, Dylan is similar to his father; his surrounding instruments and tunefulness suggest images of a newer Tom Petty; his serious demeanor and musical integrity recall John Mellencamp and even Eddie Vedder. Honestly, this album might even best its hugely successful follow-up. Though it lacks the million-dollar hit, it has a flow and connecting oneness that is hard to brush off. There's a looseness and organic feel to these songs, a sense of not trying to please anybody or sell six million albums. Nothing sounds too planned or overly rehearsed, which is the way an outstanding debut record should sound

Review by Sal Nudo, Amazon.com

The Wallflowers at Allmusic
The Wallflowers at Wiki

Tracklist:

01. Shy Of The Moon (03:16)
02. Sugarfoot (05:28)
03. Sidewalk Annie (05:17)
04. Hollywood (07:02)
05. Be Your Own Girl (05:16)
06. Another One In The Dark (06:30)
07. Ashes To Ashes (05:00)
08. After The Black Bird Sings (04:48)
09. Somebody Else's Money (08:26)
10. Asleep At The Wheel (04:48)
11. Honeybee (09:14)
12. For The Life Of Me (04:16)

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The Wallflowers / The Wallflowers

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DR log

foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-11-23 15:06:55

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Analyzed: The Wallflowers / The Wallflowers
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Official DR value: DR12

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