Flying Saucer Blues is the seventh album by the American singer-songwriter Peter Case, released in 2000.

Flying Saucer Blues
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 18, 2000
RecordedNovember–December 1999
GenreAlternative rock, alternative country, folk rock
Length46:03
LabelVanguard
ProducerAndrew Williams
Peter Case chronology
Full Service No Waiting
(1998)
Flying Saucer Blues
(2000)
Thank You St. Jude
(2001)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [1]
No Depression(mixed)[2]

Music critic Denise Sullivan of Allmusic praised the album, writing "Never one to rely on formula, Case mixes his brand of incisive folk-rock with some simpatico musical styles…"[1] Writing for No Depression, Jim Musser was equivocal about the album, writing "Maybe the singer-songwriter’s willful escape from pop bought its own particular travails. More likely, Peter Case is just very capable instead of great. This is (again) a collection of well-crafted songs; all of the pieces (again) seem to be here. The playing and songs are top-drawer; the voice is simply…nice."

Track listing

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All songs written by Peter Case unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Paradise etc" – 3:51
  2. "Cool Drink O' Water" – 5:02
  3. "Blue Distance" – 4:50
  4. "Walking Home Late" – 3:55
  5. "Coulda Shoulda Woulda" (Case, Kevin Bowe, Duane Jarvis) – 2:43
  6. "Something Happens" – 2:47
  7. "Two Heroes" (Case, LeRoy Marinell) – 6:13
  8. "Lost in Your Eyes" – 3:55
  9. "Black Dirt & Clay" – 4:25
  10. "Cold Trail Blues" – 4:38
  11. "This Could Be the One" – 3:44

Personnel

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  • Peter Case – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Sandy Chila – drums
  • Don Heffington – percussion
  • David Jackson – upright bass
  • Greg Leisz – dobro, lap steel guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar
  • Andrew Williams – banjo, glockenspiel, guitar, harmonium, harmony vocals, background vocals
  • Gabe Witcher – fiddle
  • Darrell Leonard – horn
  • Joe Sublett – horn
  • David Perales – violin

Production

  • Andrew Williams – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Michael Meltzer – engineer
  • Jim Wirt – mixing
  • Greg Allen – package design, photography
  • Doug Erb – illustrations

References

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  1. ^ a b Sullivan, Denise. "Flying Sauer Blues - Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  2. ^ Musser, Jim (May–June 2000). "Review: Flying Saucer Blues". No Depression. Archived from the original on March 8, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2011.