Mavericks is a collaborative album by the two original singer/songwriters of

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band

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Peter Holsapple Peter Livingston Holsapple (born February 19, 1956) is an American musician who, along with Chris Stamey, formed the dB's, a jangle-pop band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, ...

and

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. It was originally released in 1991 on

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and was re-released on January 15, 2008 by

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. The reissue featured six previously unreleased tracks. The album is noted for having a more acoustic and slower sound than Holsapple and Stamey's work with the dB's.

Critical reception

Initial

Upon its release, ''Mavericks'' received a very favorable review from

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, who wrote in ''

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'' that the album "resonates with emotional power." Robbins gave the album an A grade. A more mixed review appeared in the ''Chicago Tribune'', where Mark Caro gave the album 2.5 stars out of 4 and wrote that "A few of the songs sit there like pudding on a plate, but others... seep in over time."

Retrospective

After the album was reissued in 2008, Michael Berick wrote in ''No Depression'' that Holsapple and Stamey "convey a sense of worldly experience in these songs," and Aarik Danielsen wrote in PopMatters that the album belongs "along the timeline of great heartland/jangle rock recordings of all-time". Holsapple told ''

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'' in 2009 that people often told him they thought ''Mavericks'' was "beautiful".

Track listing

# "Angels" (Stamey, Holsapple) # "I Know You Will" (Holsapple) # "Here Without You" (

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) # "Close Your Eyes" (Stamey) # "Anymore" (Holsapple) # "I Want To Break Your Heart" (Stamey) # "She Was The One" (Holsapple) # "Geometry" (Stamey) # "The Child in You" (Holsapple) # "Lovers Rock" (Stamey) # "Taken" (Holsapple) # "Haven't Got The Right (To Treat Me Wrong)" (Stamey)

Personnel

*Alan Bezozi – Drums *Michael Blair – Drums, Glockenspiel, Percussion * Chris Butler – Tambourine *

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– Mastering, Original Mastering *George Cowan – Mixing *Geoff Gans – Art Direction *Gene Holder – Guitar *Peter Holsapple – Arranger, Autoharp, Bass, Drums, Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano *James MacMillan – Engineer, Fretless Bass, Vocals *Ilene Markell – Bass *Matt Martinez – Mixing *Brigid Pearson – Art Direction *Jon Rosenberg – Engineer *

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– Cello *Bill Scheniman – Audio Engineer, Engineer * Dave Schramm – Guitar, Steel guitar *Ann Selznick – Engineer *Michael Shockley – Tambourine *John Siket – Engineer *John Skilett – Audio Engineer *Chris Stamey – Accordion, Arranger, Bass, Drums, Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano *Carol Whaley – Photography

References

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