''Receiver'' is the second album by the band

Farmer Not So John Farmer Not So John was a popular music group based in Nashville, Tennessee, that was often categorized as alternative country. With members Mack Linebaugh, Brian Ray, Sean Keith and Richard McLaurin, the band released two recordings on Compass Rec ...

, released in 1998. It was the band's final album.

Critical reception

'' No Depression'' wrote that the band "churns out a difficult-to-pigeonhole sound that variously recalls early R.E.M., the first couple of Jayhawks records and the desolate edge of Neil Young’s more brooding efforts with Crazy Horse." The

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called the album "excellent," writing that Farmer Not So John is "one of those impossible-to-classify bands, the kind that the small minds of so many radio programmers cannot make room for and therefore cannot add to their play lists, which is a real shame."

Track listing

# "Paperthin" # "Fuse" # "Consigned To Oblivion" # "Rise Above The Wreckage" # "For You I Will Pretend" # "Undertow" # "No Time To Please You" # "Me Too" # "Grand Bouquet" # "Pen Across The Page"

Performers

;Farmer Not So John *

Mack Linebaugh Farmer Not So John was a popular music group based in Nashville, Tennessee, that was often categorized as alternative country. With members Mack Linebaugh, Brian Ray, Sean Keith and Richard McLaurin, the band released two recordings on Compass Rec ...

(vocals, electric & acoustic guitar) *

Brian Ray Brian Thomas Ray (born January 4, 1955) is an American session musician, guitarist, bassist, singer–songwriter, and musical director. He is best known for his work as a bass, rhythm, and lead guitarist with Paul McCartney's touring band, t ...

(bass, vocals) *Richard McLaurin (acoustic, electric, 12-string, lap steel & toy guitars, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, accordion, tambourine, vocals) * Sean R. Keith (drums). ;Additional personnel * Matthew Ryan (vocals, electric guitar) * Peter Rowan (vocals, mandola) * Daniel Tashian (vocals, Wurlitzer, synthesizer) * Sean Ray (pedal steel guitar) *

Clive Gregson Clive James Gregson (born 4 January 1955, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, England) is an English singer/songwriter, musician and record producer. He has toured in bands, provided backup for well-known musicians, and written songs that have been cov ...

(organ, synthesizer) * Tucker Martine (tambourine, cymbals, shaker, loops, sound effects)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Receiver (Album) 1998 albums Farmer Not So John albums Albums produced by Tucker Martine