Setting the Woods on Fire
Setting the Woods on Fire is a studio album by the Walkabouts.
Critical reception
Jason Ankeny, for AllMusic, wrote: "A sweeping, stately record, it owes a great deal to the Stones' Exile on Main St." The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album "a strong collection of original material." Trouser Press called it "consistently ace," writing that "strong tunes like 'Firetrap', 'Good Luck Morning' and the rousing, horn-driven 'Hole in the Mountain' given a spiky, full-bodied grace." Uncut deemed it an "underselling classic" that "captures perfectly haunted experimentalism." CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that the album's "disposition is pensive and vaguely ominous throughout."Track listing
All songs by the Walkabouts 1994, Fire & Skill Publishing, administrated worldwide by Bug Music Inc.- Good Luck Morning – 4:13
- Firetrap – 5:39
- Bordertown – 5:51
- Feeling No Pain – 5:12
- Old Crow – 4:26
- Almost Wisdom – 4:45
- Sand and Gravel – 6:34
- Nightdrive – 5:38
- Hole in the Mountain – 3:49
- Pass Me on Over – 4:10
- Up in the Graveyard – 6:12
- Promised – 6:33
Performers
The Walkabouts- Glenn Slater – piano, organ, accordion, loops
- Michael Wells – bass guitar, harmonica
- Terri Moeller – drums, percussion, backup vocals
- Carla Torgerson – vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, cello
- Chris Eckman – vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, lyrics
- Larry Barrett – mandolin, lap steel
- Bruce Wirth – violin
- Andrew Hare – pedal steel