Explodes!

Name: Explodes! by Hoyt Axton
Brand: Hoyt Axton
SKU: 730167329163
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3 (84 reviews)

Hoyt Axton

Product information

From $9.90

1963

12 Tracks

28:16

Credits

View Label View Distributor

Copy Link Share

Release options

Quality

Audio Quality

Select your favorite audio quality such as Hi-Res, Lossless or High Quality.

Learn More about audio quality Got it

Lossless 16bit / 44.1 kHz Stereo

CD Quality $14.28

Lossy Up to 300 kbps Stereo

High Quality $9.90

Format

Audio Extension

Select extension based on previous Audio Quality

Learn More about audio extenstion Got it

aac

mp3

mp4

m4a

oga

ogg

opus

wma

aiff

flac

wav

1964 MTI

Tracks Description Credits Videos Specifications Reviews

#

Title

Lyrics

FAV.

Pop.

Time

Options
1

Never Gonna Work View on Youtube

02:01

Popularity 0/10

02:01

Play Preview View on Youtube
Buy
View Credits Recommendations
2

Bring Your Lovin' (When You Come) View on Youtube

02:24

Popularity 0/10

02:24

Play Preview View on Youtube
Buy
View Credits Recommendations
3

Tiger in the Closet View on Youtube

02:14

Popularity 0/10

02:14

Play Preview View on Youtube
Buy
View Credits Recommendations
4

Red White and Blue View on Youtube

02:24

Popularity 0/10

02:24

Play Preview View on Youtube
Buy
View Credits Recommendations
5

L.A. Town View on Youtube

02:27

Popularity 0/10

02:27

Play Preview View on Youtube
Buy
View Credits Recommendations
6

Heartbreak Hotel View on Youtube

02:18

Lyrics available

Lyrics available

Popularity 0/10

02:18

Play Preview View on Youtube
Buy
View Credits View Lyrics Recommendations
7

Big Red View on Youtube

01:50

Popularity 0/10

01:50

Play Preview View on Youtube
Buy
View Credits Recommendations
8

Lonesome Road View on Youtube

03:04

Popularity 0/10

03:04

Play Preview View on Youtube
Buy
View Credits Recommendations
9

I'll be There View on Youtube

02:01

Popularity 0/10

02:01

Play Preview View on Youtube
Buy
View Credits Recommendations
10

Double Dare View on Youtube

02:32

Popularity 0/10

02:32

Play Preview View on Youtube
Buy
View Credits Recommendations
11

ABC Song (Put on) View on Youtube

02:48

Popularity 0/10

02:48

Play Preview View on Youtube
Buy
View Credits Recommendations
12

Young Man View on Youtube

02:13

Popularity 0/10

02:13

Play Preview View on Youtube
Buy
View Credits Recommendations

Axton may have been known as something of a folksinger at the time of this release, and he may have subsequently become known as a country artist, but make no mistake: This is a rock album, albeit a pretty strange one by 1964 standards. Not so much because it's weird, but because it's an uncomfortable intersection of blues, go-go R&B-influenced rock, and hints of folk and novelty songwriting. It's not a folk-rock album, despite Axton's background; the arrangements are rather close to those used by Johnny Rivers on his mid-'60s material. Or, if you prefer, it's something of a much more pop-oriented John Hammond Jr. It's that hard to peg. And it's not that good, though unlike his prior Vee-Jay effort, Saturday's Child, it uses full electric arrangements, and Axton wrote most of the material. For much of the set he adopts a growling blues voice that's not only at odds with the peppy R&B/pop production, but also doesn't suit him too well. When he unleashes full-out-throaty growls (as he does often on this LP), he doesn't sound tough or swaggering; he just sounds like someone who really needs to clear his throat, or at least to lighten up if he doesn't want to destroy his lungs. The songs are largely routine, studly blues-pop numbers, sometimes faintly reminiscent of songs like "Hi Heel Sneakers," though there's perhaps some (very) muted anti-war protest in "Red White & Blue," and a bit of a troubadour folk gallop to the moody "Young Man." The only other cover is a ludicrously up-tempo, hoarsely screamed-sung rock version of "Heartbreak Hotel," co-written by his mother, Mae Axton. The album's not that hard to listen to, but it's not that pleasant to listen to either. And it must have been even harder to market, given its indecisive stylings. ~ Richie Unterberger