Spend a Night in the Box


Spend a Night in the Box is the sixth album by The Reverend Horton Heat. It was released by Time Bomb Recordings in 2000.

Production

The album, produced by Paul Leary, was recorded at Pedernales Studios, in Texas. Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath played a 1954 Gibson ES-175 on the album.

Critical reception

Exclaim! called the album "good, basic, well-produced country and swing-influenced rockabilly." The Austin Chronicle panned the "Gap-ready numbers like 'Sleeper Coach Driver' and 'Hand It to Me'," writing that "one Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is more than enough." Trouser Press wrote that "The Rev relocated his songwriting mojo for an album full of tasty rockabilly, swinging grooves and good old-fashioned stomp." CMJ New Music Report deemed it "a skillfully choreographed saloon rumble of an album."

Track listing

All songs written by Jim Heath except as noted.
  1. "Spend a Night in the Box" – 3:07
  2. "Big D Boogie Woogie" – 2:55
  3. "Sleeper Coach Driver" – 3:24
  4. "The Girl in Blue" – 3:52
  5. "Sue Jack Daniels" – 3:31
  6. "Hand It to Me" – 3:23
  7. "I'll Make Love" – 2:20
  8. "It Hurts Your Daddy Bad" – 4:04
  9. "The Bedroom Again" – 3:22
  10. "King" – 2:41
  11. "Whole Lotta Baby" – 3:42
  12. "The Millionaire" – 3:56
  13. "Unlucky in Love" – 4:33
  14. "The Party in Your Head" – 3:55

Personnel