Spend a Night in the Box

Spend a Night in the Box is the sixth album by The Reverend Horton Heat.[7][8] It was released by Time Bomb Recordings in 2000.[9]

Spend a Night in the Box
Studio album by
The Reverend Horton Heat
ReleasedMarch 21, 2000
StudioPedernales Studios, Spicewood, Texas
GenreRockabilly[1][2]
Length49:45
LabelTime Bomb
ProducerPaul Leary
The Reverend Horton Heat chronology
Holy Roller
(1999)		 Spend a Night in the Box
(2000)		 Lucky 7
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Courier-News[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
Ottawa Citizen[6]

Production

The album, produced by Paul Leary, was recorded at Pedernales Studios, in Texas.[1][10] Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath played a 1954 Gibson ES-175 on the album.[11]

Critical reception

Exclaim! called the album "good, basic, well-produced country and swing-influenced rockabilly."[1] 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."[12] Trouser Press wrote that "The Rev relocated his songwriting mojo for an album full of tasty rockabilly, swinging grooves and good old-fashioned stomp."[2] CMJ New Music Report deemed it "a skillfully choreographed saloon rumble of an album."[10]

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" (Heath/Churilla) – 3:56
  13. "Unlucky in Love" – 4:33
  14. "The Party in Your Head" – 3:55

Personnel
  • Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath - guitar & vocals
  • Jimbo Wallace - upright bass
  • Scott Churilla - drums
  • Tim Alexander - piano (on "Sleeper Coach Driver"), piano and organ (on "Hand It to Me"), accordion and bajo quinto ("Unlucky in Love")
  • Paul Leary - producer, mixer
  • Stuart Sullivan - mixer, engineer
  • Scott J. Weiss - management
  • Jolie Clemens - artwork
  • Jennifer Broussard - photography

Charts
Chart (2000) Peak
position
US Heatseekers (Billboard) 23[13]

References
  1. "Reverend Horton Heat Spend A Night In The Box | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca.
  2. "Reverend Horton Heat". Trouser Press. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. Spend a Night in the Box at AllMusic
  4. Junior, Chris M. (30 Mar 2000). "ALBUM REVIEWS". Courier-News. p. D8.
  5. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. pp. 863–864.
  6. Blanchfield, Mike (15 July 2000). "Soundtracks". Ottawa Citizen. p. K7.
  7. "Pop review". the Guardian. September 20, 2000.
  8. "The Reverend Horton Heat | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  9. Terlesky, John (5 May 2000). "REV. HORTON HEAT THINKS OUTSIDE THE ROCK BOX". The Morning Call. p. D12.
  10. "Must Hear". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. February 28, 2000 – via Google Books.
  11. Russell, Rusty. "Reverend Horton Heat: Back to burnin' basics". Guitar Player. 34 (7): 33–34.
  12. "Reverend Horton Heat Spend a Night in the Box (Time Bomb)". www.austinchronicle.com.
  13. "Heatseekers". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 8, 2000 – via Google Books.
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