Critical reception
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Upon its release, Mavericks received a very favorable review from Ira Robbins, who wrote in Entertainment Weekly that the album "resonates with emotional power." Robbins gave the album an A grade.[2] A more mixed review appeared in the Chicago Tribune, where Mark Caro gave the album 2.5 stars out of 4 and wrote that "A few of the songs sit there like pudding on a plate, but others... seep in over time."[4]
Retrospective
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After the album was reissued in 2008, Michael Berick wrote in No Depression that Holsapple and Stamey "convey a sense of worldly experience in these songs,"[7] and Aarik Danielsen wrote in PopMatters that the album belongs "along the timeline of great heartland/jangle rock recordings of all-time".[8] Holsapple told Magnet in 2009 that people often told him they thought Mavericks was "beautiful".[9]
Track listing
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- "Angels" (Stamey, Holsapple)
- "I Know You Will" (Holsapple)
- "Here Without You" (Gene Clark)
- "Close Your Eyes" (Stamey)
- "Anymore" (Holsapple)
- "I Want To Break Your Heart" (Stamey)
- "She Was The One" (Holsapple)
- "Geometry" (Stamey)
- "The Child in You" (Holsapple)
- "Lovers Rock" (Stamey)
- "Taken" (Holsapple)
- "Haven't Got The Right (To Treat Me Wrong)" (Stamey)
Personnel
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- Alan Bezozi – Drums
- Michael Blair – Drums, Glockenspiel, Percussion
- Chris Butler – Tambourine
- Greg Calbi – Mastering, Original Mastering
- George Cowan – Mixing
- Geoff Gans – Art Direction
- Gene Holder – Guitar
- Peter Holsapple – Arranger, Autoharp, Bass, Drums, Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano
- James MacMillan – Engineer, Fretless Bass, Vocals
- Ilene Markell – Bass
- Matt Martinez – Mixing
- Brigid Pearson – Art Direction
- Jon Rosenberg – Engineer
- Jane Scarpantoni – Cello
- Bill Scheniman – Audio Engineer, Engineer
- Dave Schramm – Guitar, Steel guitar
- Ann Selznick – Engineer
- Michael Shockley – Tambourine
- John Siket – Engineer
- John Skilett – Audio Engineer
- Chris Stamey – Accordion, Arranger, Bass, Drums, Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano
- Carol Whaley – Photography
References
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