Sixes, Sevens & Nines
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| Sixes, Sevens & Nines | ||||
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| Released | May 28, 1991 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Producer | Ed Stasium | |||
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Sixes, Sevens & Nines is the second album by the American band Junkyard, released on May 28, 1991.[1][2] The first single was "All the Time in the World", which was a rock radio and MTV hit.[3][4] The band supported the album with a UK tour that was followed by a North American tour opening for Lynyrd Skynyrd.[5][6]
The album was produced by Ed Stasium.[7] "Slippin' Away" was cowritten by Steve Earle, who also contributed backing vocals to other tracks.[8][9] Junkyard had a difficult time writing the album, spending almost a year on it, and discarding many songs that they felt were poor; Geffen initially hired songwriters to help them.[6][10] The band considered the music to be rock that was influenced by punk's attitude.[5] Kenny Aronoff played drums on some of the tracks.[11] "Nowhere to Go but Down" is about drug addiction.[12]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [9] |
| Calgary Herald | C+[13] |
| Chicago Sun-Times |  [14] |
| Chicago Tribune | [15] |
| Reno Gazette-Journal | [8] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [16] |
The Chicago Tribune said, "Junkyard's riff-happy guitars, boogie-woogie piano and straight-ahead vocals make Sixes, Sevens & Nines a real hip-shaker."[15] The Calgary Herald called the music "still worthwhile straight-ahead rock tossed off in a proficient and streamlined fashion."[13] The St. Petersburg Times labeled the album "a punchy, even paunchy record by five rockers who dedicate themselves more to barroom rearrangements of the three-chord art form than to the preening of their hair."[17]
The Province noted that Sixes, Sevens & Nines "is loaded with editorial comment on their own scene (the attendant posing, drugging and hypocrisy) as well as a few convincing nods to the Stones, the blues and country-rock."[18] The Evening Chronicle labeled Junkyard "a class rock act who generate drive without being overwhelmed by power".[19] LA Weekly considered the band to be "an amped-up answer to Foghat ... equal to or better than the overrated Black Crowes".[20] The Capital Times opined that "their music sounds like a bad mix of Molly Hatchet and Poison."[21]