Tornado (The Rainmakers album)
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| Tornado | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | May–July 1987 | |||
| Studio | Ardent, Memphis, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Rock, heartland rock[1] | |||
| Length | 41:07 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Terry Manning | |||
| The Rainmakers chronology | ||||
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Tornado is the second studio album by the American band the Rainmakers, released in 1987.[2][3] It reached No. 116 on the Billboard 200.[4] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[5] "The Lakeview Man" is about a Vietnam veteran.[6]
A remastered version of the album was released in 2012, with eight additional tracks.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| Los Angeles Times | [8] |
The Chicago Tribune wrote that the album "offers more thought-provoking rock and roll that recalls the lyrics of T-Bone Burnett and the sound of Creedence Clearwater Revival and the early Rolling Stones."[9] The Los Angeles Times noted that "Bob Walkenhorst's characters are generally the same kind of small-town folk as in [John Cougar] Mellencamp's world, but aren't as stereotyped."[8] USA Today said that "songs like 'Snakedance' and 'Tornado of Love' sound terrific—if a bit familiar—but the lyrics are too transparent."[10]
Track listing
All tracks written by Bob Walkenhorst except where noted.
- "Snakedance" – 4:02
- "Tornado of Love" – 4:15
- "The Wages of Sin" – 3:42
- "Small Circles" – 3:28
- "No Romance" – 3:35
- "One More Summer" – 3:34
- "The Lakeview Man" – 3:02
- "Rainmaker" – 4:29
- "I Talk with My Hands" – 6:33
- "The Other Side of the World" – 4:27
Bonus tracks on 2012 remastered CD
- "Stick Together" – 4:43
- "Rockin' Around" (Steve Phillips) – 3:31
- "Stupid Way to Die" – 3:39
- "Small Circles" [acoustic] – 3:00
- "Task" – 4:14
- "He Yells at the Birds" – 3:48
- "My Days Are Numbered" – 3:22
- "Kisses from St. Louis" – 2:30