Here Come the Snakes

Here Come the Snakes is an album by the American alternative rock band Green on Red, released in 1989.[2][3]

Here Come the Snakes
Studio album by
Green on Red
Released1989
StudioSam C. Phillips Recording Studio, Memphis, Tennessee
GenreAlternative rock
LabelRestless[1]
ProducerJim Dickinson, Joe Hardy
Green on Red chronology
The Killer Inside Me
(1987)		 Here Come the Snakes
(1989)		 Live at the Town and Country Club
(1989)

Production

Recorded in Memphis, the album was produced by Jim Dickinson and Joe Hardy.[4][5][6] Band members Dan Stuart and Chuck Prophet were backed by local musicians.[7] Stuart and Prophet used the Sam C. Phillips Recording Studio, where they worked with Roland Janes.[8]

"We Had It All" is a cover of the song made popular in part by Keith Richards.[9]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]
Chicago Tribune[11]
Robert ChristgauB+[12]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[13]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[5]

Trouser Press stated: "Again switching easily among rock, blues and country idioms, what’s left of Green on Red sounds relaxed and confident, a warm and boozy vehicle for Stuart’s amusingly wry regrets and social observations."[4] Robert Christgau wrote that "Stuart reemerges on Jim Dickinson's shoulder as Neil Young and Mick Jagger fried into one bar singer."[12]

The Chicago Tribune opined that "things bottom out on 'Tenderloin', a roiling, bluesy affair with a spoken monolog about failed love that, if it were delivered from a barstool by a tavern patron, would lead any saloonkeeper to close up early."[11] The Vancouver Sun noted that "Stuart is still at the top of his art—it's just a little too disturbing for mass consumption."[14] In 1990, The Times deemed Here Come the Snakes the best album of 1989, writing that Green on Red was "the most scandalously overlooked band of the last decade."[15]

AllMusic wrote that "from the get-go, Prophet's guitar is the cornerstone to the Let It Bleed mood that fires this record."[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chuck Prophet and Dan Stuart; except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Keith Can't Read" 3:22
2."Rock N Roll Disease" 3:08
3."Morning Blue" 3:58
4."Zombie for Love" 3:53
5."Broken Radio" 3:52
6."Change" 5:01
7."Tenderloin" 5:02
8."Way Back Home" 2:29
9."We Had It All"Donnie Fritts, Troy Seals3:33
10."D.T. Blues" 2:52

Personnel
Green on Red

with:

  • René Coman - bass
  • Jim Dickinson - drums
  • Paul Ebersold - piano
  • Ed Kollis - harmonica
  • The Zombie Choir - vocals

References
  1. The Encyclopedia of Record Producers. Billboard Books. 1999. p. 184.
  2. "Green on Red Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. Smith, Mat (Apr 8, 1989). "Green On Red: Snake Charmers". Melody Maker. 65 (14): 26.
  4. "Green on Red". Trouser Press. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 507.
  6. III, Albin J. Zak (November 20, 2001). "The Poetics of Rock: Cutting Tracks, Making Records". University of California Press – via Google Books.
  7. Buckley, Peter (January 17, 2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
  8. "Recording remains an adventure for Prophet". The Commercial Appeal. 22 Oct 2010. p. G6.
  9. Schoemer, Karen (Jun 1989). "Spins". Spin. 5 (3): 102.
  10. "Here Come the Snakes - Green on Red | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  11. Popson, Tom (28 Apr 1989). "Indie LPs: Green on Red, Pylon and more". Chicago Tribune. Friday. p. J.
  12. "Robert Christgau: CG: Green on Red". www.robertchristgau.com.
  13. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 886.
  14. Mackie, John (25 Mar 1989). "Recordings". Vancouver Sun. p. D2.
  15. Sinclair, David (March 24, 1990). "A-Z Guide To Rock". The Times. Features.
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