Tied to the Tracks (album)
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| Tied to the Tracks | ||||
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Blues, country, rockabilly[1] | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Don Gehman, Bob Holmes | |||
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Tied to the Tracks is the second album by the American band Treat Her Right, released in 1989.[2][3] The band supported the album by touring with Guadalcanal Diary as well as the Replacements.[4][5] The first single was "Picture of the Future".[6]
Produced primarily by Don Gehman, the album was recorded live, with only minimal overdubbing.[4][5] Treat Her Right was influenced by Muddy Waters, whose records led them to rethink their sound.[1] The band's philosophy was to subtract musical embellishment to songs rather than add them; they also did not enjoy the recording process.[7][8] Mark Sandman employed an octave divider to make his guitar sound similar to a bass.[9] Much of the percussion came from cocktail drum, tambourine, and wood block.[10] The band had written 20 songs over the previous two years; they recorded all of them and then chose 12 for the album.[11][12] "No Reason" is about the arbitrariness of vehicular crashes and other accidents; it was inspired by a stabbing incident involving Sandman.[7][9] "Junkyard" is partly about Sandman's habit of filling his apartment with stuff he collected on garbage days.[10] "Hit a Man" is a cover of Captain Beefheart's "Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man".[13] "Marie" is about a man who regrets not proposing marriage to an old flame.[14]
