The Good News and the Bad News

The Good News and the Bad News is the third studio album by the American band the Rainmakers, released in 1989.[1][2] "Spend It on Love" was released as a single.[3] The band supported the album by touring with the Doobie Brothers.[4]

The Good News and the Bad News
Studio album by
The Rainmakers
Released1989
RecordedDecember 1988 – February 1989
StudioCherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreRock
Length40:44
LabelMercury
ProducerJeff Glixman, Bob Walkenhorst
The Rainmakers chronology
Tornado
(1987)		 The Good News and the Bad News
(1989)		 Oslo-Wichita LIVE
(1990)

A remastered version of the album was released in 2010 with seven additional bonus tracks.

Production

The album was primarily produced by Jeff Glixman.[5] Bob Walkenhorst chose to forgo obvious messages in his lyrics.[6]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Chicago Tribune[8]

The Chicago Tribune concluded: "What sounded like a good bunch of musicians who played some pretty thoughtful music has evolved into a band of unquestionable conscience and substance."[8] The Toronto Star noted the "honest, unabashedly familiar guitar crunch that runs the same catalogue of riffs favored by Georgia Satellites and several thousand others."[9] The Kingston Whig-Standard wrote that "the sound is a mixture of twangy electric and thumping acoustic guitars."[10] The Times determined that "the album showcases some fine songwriting, and an old-fashioned, passionate commitment to the rock'n'roll craft."[11]

Track listing

All tracks written by Bob Walkenhorst except where noted.

  1. "Reckoning Day" – 3:10
  2. "Hoo Dee Hoo" – 4:28
  3. "Spend It on Love" – 2:54
  4. "Battle of the Roses" – 4:08
  5. "Wild Oats" – 3:17
  6. "We Walk the Levee" – 4:14
  7. "Thirty Days" – 4:08
  8. "Knock on Wood" (Steve Phillips) – 3:18
  9. "Dry Dry Land" – 3:31
  10. "Shiny Shiny" – 2:52
  11. "Johnny Reb" – 2:32
  12. "Horn O Plenty" – 2:12

Bonus tracks on 2010 Remastered CD

  1. "Frustration Train" (acoustic) – 5:11
  2. "Renaissance Man" (acoustic) – 4:10
  3. "Prove Me Wrong" (acoustic) – 4:18
  4. "Downstream" (acoustic) – 3:04
  5. "Johnny Reb" (acoustic) – 2:41
  6. "Spend It on Love" (acoustic) – 3:05
  7. "Shenandoah" (traditional American folk song) (acoustic) – 2:46

Personnel

The Rainmakers
  • Bob Walkenhorst – lead vocals, guitar
  • Rich Ruth – bass guitar, vocals
  • Steve Phillips – lead guitar, vocals, lead vocal on "Knock on Wood"
  • Pat Tomek – drums

Additional musicians
  • Joanna Dean – vocals on "Dry Dry Land"
  • Johnny Reno – saxophone on "Horn O Plenty", gang vocals on "Hoo Dee Hoo"

References
  1. Mitchell, Justin (24 June 1989). "Here's thinking-man's music you can dance to". Windsor Star. Scripps Howard Service. p. C5.
  2. Givens, Rob (Sep 1989). "Popular Music: The Rainmakers". Stereo Review. 54 (9): 134.
  3. Scott, Jane (June 26, 1989). "The opening act, the Kansas-based Rainmakers...". The Plain Dealer.
  4. Johns, Jeff (June 30, 1989). "Opening the show...". The Buffalo News. p. G45.
  5. Righi, Len (30 June 1989). "Rainmakers' Lyrics Have Fans Pouring in to Hear the Message". The Morning Call. p. D1.
  6. King, Louise (August 24, 1989). "Rainmakers: Long Way from Kansas City in Just Six Years". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 9G.
  7. The Good News and the Bad News at AllMusic
  8. Silverman, David (29 June 1989). "Rave recordings". Chicago Tribune. p. 11M.
  9. Potter, Mitch (7 July 1989). "Rainmakers The Good News and the Bad News". Toronto Star. p. E16.
  10. Burliuk, Greg (7 Oct 1989). "The Good News and the Bad News The Rainmakers". Magazine. The Kingston Whig-Standard. p. 1.
  11. Sinclair, David (July 1, 1989). "Out with the frills, in with the skills – Rock Records". Features. The Times.
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