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Doo Dad

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Doo Dad
Studio album by
Released1991
GenreRoots rock, rock, blues rock
LabelPraxis/Zoo Entertainment[1]
ProducerR. S. Field
Webb Wilder chronology
Hybrid Vigor
(1989)
Doo Dad
(1991)
Town & Country
(1995)

Doo Dad is an album by the American roots rock musician Webb Wilder, released in 1991.[2][3]

The album's single, "Tough It Out", peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.[4] The album was promoted in part through a short film, "Horror Hayride", which was later included as part of Wilder's Corn Flicks video.[5]

Production

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The album was produced by R. S. Field.[6][7] It included guest appearances by Al Kooper and Sonny Landreth.[8] The cover photo was taken by James Flournoy Holmes.[9]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]
Chicago Tribune[11]
Houston Chronicle[12]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[13]
The State[14]

Trouser Press wrote that "Webb swaggers gloriously... The diverse menu includes the rousing boogie of 'Tough It Out', a heart-rending plea for forgiveness in the form of 'Everyday (I Kick Myself)', a spiffy display by [guitarist Donny 'The Twangler' Roberts] on the instrumental 'Sputnik' and, against all odds, an exciting version of the warhorse 'Baby Please Don’t Go'."[6] The Washington Post thought that the album's two covers were better than any of the Wilder originals, but conceded that "the quartet plays with more focused power than ever before."[15]

The Morning Call deemed the album "a heady mojo, full of Southern-fried rockin', stomping R&B; and Memphis twang."[16] Stereo Review called it "Hillbilly Gothic at its deadpan best."[17] The Chicago Tribune declared that "at its worst, this album sounds like Jethro Tull does roots rock."[11]

AllMusic wrote that Wilder and his band "start from a basic blues style fused to rootsy rock, then shish-kebab the result with a skewered view of mundane existence."[10] The Rolling Stone Album Guide praised the "rocking, witty and often moving sagas."[13]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Hoodoo Witch"6:32
2."Tough It Out"3:54
3."Meet Your New Landlord"3:58
4."Sittin' Pretty"4:10
5."Big Time"4:18
6."Sputnik"3:17
7."Run with It"4:48
8."King of the Hill"4:58
9."Everyday (I Kick Myself)"4:00
10."The Rest (Will Take Care of Itself)"4:24
11."Baby Please Don't Go"4:47
12."I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)"4:03

References

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  1. ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1230.
  2. ^ "Webb Wilder Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Harris, Paul A. (28 Feb 1992). "Wilder: Wilder, Wildest". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 4F.
  4. ^ "Webb Wilder". Billboard.
  5. ^ Wickstrom, Andy (27 Aug 1992). "'Webb Wilder's Corn Flicks'". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. D8.
  6. ^ a b "Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks". Trouser Press. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  7. ^ Friedman, Robert (18 Oct 1991). "After Going South, Wilder's Beginning to Make His Way Back". Weekend. St. Petersburg Times. p. 17.
  8. ^ Saxberg, Lynn (13 May 1993). "More to blues than feeling bad, says Nashville's Webb Wilder". Ottawa Citizen. p. F2.
  9. ^ Gettelman, Parry (30 Apr 1993). "Webb Wilder: A Humor-Country-Rock Hybrid". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 7.
  10. ^ a b "Doo Dad Webb Wilder". AllMusic.
  11. ^ a b Heim, Chris (10 Oct 1991). "Webb Wilder Doo Dad". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
  12. ^ Racine, Marty (August 25, 1991). "Doo Dad Webb Wilder Praxis". Zest. Houston Chronicle. p. 10.
  13. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 765–766.
  14. ^ Miller, Michael (August 23, 1991). "New Releases". The State. p. 10D.
  15. ^ "Wilder Powerful But Not Weirder". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Swamp-Rocker Wilder Defies Description". The Morning Call. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  17. ^ Nash, Alanna (Mar 1992). "Doo Dad by Webb Wilder". Stereo Review. Vol. 57, no. 3. p. 75.