Midnight Drive (The Kinsey Report album)

Midnight Drive is the second album by the American band the Kinsey Report, released in 1989.^[1]^[2] The band supported the album with a North American tour.^[3] At the time of its release, Midnight Drive was one of Alligator Records' best selling albums.^[4] Issues with patriarch Big Daddy Kinsey, among other problems, led to changes in the Kinsey Report's lineup on subsequent albums.^[5]

Midnight Drive was produced by Bruce Iglauer, Donald Kinsey, and the band.^[6] The Kinsey Report incorporated more of a rock and funk sound on the album.^[7] They wrote eight of its ten songs.^[8] "Nowhere to Go, Nothing to Lose" is about a steel worker who loses his job due to automation.^[9] "Free South Africa", an anti-apartheid song, reflected Donald Kinsey's admiration for the hopeful messages in many blues and reggae songs.^[10] "River's Invitation" is a cover of the Percy Mayfield song.^[11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Chicago Tribune	^[12]
The Cincinnati Post	^[7]
MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide	^[13]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	^[14]
St. Petersburg Times	^[15]

Track listing

*Midnight Drive* track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Midnight Drive"	4:36
2.	"Big Time"	3:20
3.	"Nowhere to Go, Nothing to Lose"	4:21
4.	"See Her Again"	4:01
5.	"Can't Stop Thinking About You"	4:17
6.	"Love's Overdue"	3:31
7.	"Hit Woman"	3:38
8.	"River's Invitation"	3:39
9.	"Get Outta Here"	4:02
10.	"Free South Africa"	4:57
Total length:	40:22

References

↑ Herzhaft, Gérard Herzhaft (1992). Encyclopedia of the Blues. University of Arkansas Press. p. 191.
↑ McLeese, Don (July 23, 1989). "The Kinsey Report: The family that plays together, stays together". Show. Chicago Sun-Times. p. 1.
↑ Heaton, Michael (June 24, 1989). "Hard-edged urban blues gets 'down' in Flats". The Plain Dealer. p. 6E.
↑ Point, Michael (August 18, 1989). "It's a family affair at Antone's with Kinseys old and young". Austin American-Statesman. p. D3.
↑ Iglauer, Bruce; Roberts, Patrick A. (2018). Bitten by the Blues: The Alligator Records Story. University of Chicago Press. p. 216.
↑ Armstrong, Gene (July 28, 1989). "Pure blues or not, 'Midnight Drive' is a Kinsey Report pressure cooker". Arizona Daily Star. p. F20.
1 2 Nager, Larry (July 15, 1989). "Records". The Cincinnati Post. p. 6C.
↑ DuPre, Chris (July 30, 1989). "Album Reviews". Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. p. 3F.
↑ Barr, Greg (July 14, 1989). "Singing the Blues at the Jazz Festival". The Ottawa Citizen. p. B3.
↑ Robicheau, Paul (July 19, 1989). "Kinsey Report: 'Music that you feel'". The Boston Globe. p. 76.
↑ White, Jim (July 27, 1989). "Kinsey Report storming frontier of blues". The Pittsburgh Press. p. D7.
1 2 Kot, Greg (July 6, 1989). "The Kinsey Report Midnight Drive". Chicago Tribune. p. 11E.
↑ MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 217.
↑ The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin Books. 2006. p. 369.
1 2 Hall, Ken (August 11, 1989). "Kinsey Report Midnight Drive". Weekend. St. Petersburg Times. p. 16.
↑ Anderson, John (July 9, 1989). "'Midnight Drive', The Kinsey Report". Part II. Newsday. p. 17.
↑ Joyce, Mike (July 14, 1989). "Midnight Drive' in Low Gear". The Washington Post. p. N23.
↑ Campbell, Rod (October 22, 1989). "Midnight Drive The Kinsey Report". Edmonton Journal. p. D6.
↑ Kelton, Jim (July 16, 1989). "Kinsey Report's 'Midnight Drive' muscles in on closed blues club". Daily Herald. p. 5F.

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