Billy's Live Bait

Billy's Live Bait
Studio album by
Gear Daddies
Released1990
GenresRock, country rock
Length35:54
LabelPolygram[1]
ProducersTom Herbers, Gear Daddies[1]
Gear Daddies chronology
Let's Go Scare Al
(1988)		 Billy's Live Bait
(1990)		 Can't Have Nothin' Nice
(1992)

Billy's Live Bait is the second album by Austin, Minnesota band the Gear Daddies, released in 1990.[2] It was their first release for a major label.[3]

"(I Wanna Drive the) Zamboni" is often played at hockey rinks.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[6]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album GuideStarStarStarHalf star[1]

The Chicago Reader called it "terrific," writing that, compared to the debut, "the record is less naive, has more shape, and rocks out more confidently."[7] The Chicago Tribune wrote: "Though often as dark and unsettling as Al, Billy is more outward-looking, less concerned with small circles."[8] The Los Angeles Times wrote that "the Gear Daddies' basic, garage-rock style is brightened by a touch of country-music color and twang, but the heart of the quartet's vision is in the passionate, liberating edge of Zellar's songs and in the warm, almost conversational tone of his vocals."[9]

Trouser Press wrote that "the quartet upgrades its sound and rocks more forcefully, with [Martin] Zellar and [Randy] Broughten bouncing guitar rhythms off one another."[10] AllMusic called the album "sometimes poignant and often humorous."[5]

Track listing

  1. "Stupid Boy"
  2. "Sonic Boom"
  3. "Wear Your Crown"
  4. "Don't Look at Me"
  5. "Time Heals"
  6. "Gonna Change"
  7. "No One's Home"
  8. "Color of Her Eyes"
  9. "Goodbye Marie"
  10. "One Voice"
  11. "(I Wanna Drive the) Zamboni" (Hidden track)

References

  1. 1 2 3 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1267.
  2. ↑ "Gear Daddies Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ King, Melissa. "Gear Daddies prepped to once again rock the Red Carpet". St. Cloud Times.
  4. ↑ "Martin Zellar". The A.V. Club.
  5. 1 2 "Billy's Live Bait Gear Daddies". AllMusic.
  6. ↑ "Billy's Live Bait". Entertainment Weekly.
  7. ↑ Wyman, Bill (December 13, 1990). "Gear Daddies". Chicago Reader.
  8. ↑ Heim, Chris (December 14, 1990). "The Gear Daddies: From Small Town to Major-Label Deal". Chicago Tribune.
  9. ↑ "Gear Daddies Have a Liberating Vision". Los Angeles Times. November 11, 1990.
  10. ↑ "Gear Daddies". Trouser Press. Retrieved February 22, 2021.


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