Total Evaporation
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| Total Evaporation | ||||
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| Released | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Swamp rock,[1] roots rock | |||
| Label | Epic[2] | |||
| Producer | Jim Dickinson | |||
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Total Evaporation is the fifth album by the Radiators, released in 1991.[3] The band and label parted ways before the year was over.[4] Total Evaporation sold more than 85,000 copies in its first six months of release.[5]
"Let the Red Wine Flow" was the first single.[6] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[7]
Recorded in Memphis, the album was produced by Jim Dickinson.[6][8] Most of the songs were written by Ed Volker; he thought that the album incorporated a more pronounced soul influence.[9][10] The Memphis Horns played on a few tracks.[11]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [12] |
| Calgary Herald | B+[1] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [13] |
| Orlando Sentinel | [11] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [14] |
USA Today praised the "funk-bitten Mardi Gras stomp."[15] The Chicago Tribune wrote that "the band has yet to kick the homily habit or its reliance on funky rock retreads straight out of Little Feat and the Neville Brothers."[13] The Waterloo Region Record opined that, "as a kind of roots-rock with country tinges, this album has too many competitors to make it worthwhile."[16] The Houston Chronicle deemed the Radiators a "quintessential bar band," writing that the majority of the album was the "usual funky-blues flow."[17] The Oregonian noted that the "relaxed arrangements ... avoid the beer-commercial-boogie cliches."[18]
