Name: What A Crying Shame by The Mavericks
Brand: The Mavericks
SKU: 881109612
Price: 9.9 USD
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Rating: 5 (77 reviews)

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The Mavericks fully hit their stride with their third album, 1994's What a Crying Shame, in which the band's blend of rootsy country and vintage pop sounds finally found the balance they'd been searching for. While producer Don Cook gave the band a significantly glossier sound than that of their first two albums, with a hefty number of guest musicians (and guest songwriters) on board, remarkably enough the Mavericks' personality wasn't subsumed in the process; if anything, the high-priced help seemed to have prodded the boys into playing at the top of their game. Raul Malo's keening tenor gets a superb workout on "I Should Have Been True" and the title cut (the latter of which boasts a guitar hook Roger McGuinn would have been proud to come up with), while "Pretend" and "There Goes My Heart" are honky tonk floor-fillers of the first order. Robert Reynolds and Paul Deakin are a rhythm section who can give these songs the nervy drive of a rock band without betraying the Mavericks' country leanings, and they give the covers of "All That Heaven Will Allow" and "O What a Thrill" a taut foundation most contemporary Nashville acts lack. Truth to tell, What a Crying Shame doesn't have a single dud track, and offers encouraging proof that it's still possible to make an engaging and idiosyncratic country album while signed to the Nashville division of a major label...and the best news is, the band managed to turn that accomplishment into a hat trick over the next few years.
© Mark Deming /TiVo

1. There Goes My Heart

by The Mavericks

Primary Artist: The Mavericks; Main Performer
Composer: Paul Cotton; Composer
Producer: Don Kirby Cook; Production
Composer Lyricist: Paul Cotton; Other

2. What A Crying Shame

by The Mavericks

Primary Artist: The Mavericks; Main Performer
Acoustic Guitar: Raul Malo; Performer
Bass Guitar: Robert Reynolds; Performer
Drums: Paul Deakin; Performer
Electric Guitar: Raul Malo; Performer
Performer: Raul Malo
Paul Deakin
Robert Reynolds; Performer
Vocals: Raul Malo; Performer
Composer: Kostas
Raul Malo; Composer
Producer: Don Kirby Cook; Production
Composer Lyricist: Raul Malo
Kostas; Other

3. Pretend

by The Mavericks

Primary Artist: The Mavericks; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Robert Reynolds; Performer
Drums: Paul Deakin; Performer
Guitar: Raul Malo
Nick Kane; Performer
Keyboard: Jerry Dale Mcfadden; Performer
Performer: Jerry Dale Mcfadden
Raul Malo
Paul Deakin
Nick Kane
Robert Reynolds; Performer
Vocals: Raul Malo; Performer
Composer: Kostas
Raul Malo; Composer
Producer: Don Kirby Cook; Production
Composer Lyricist: Raul Malo
Kostas; Other