Lost Souls | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1990 | |||
Recorded | The Outpost, Stoughton, Massachusetts | |||
Genre | Folk rock, roots rock, Celtic | |||
Length | 44:02 | |||
Label | Atco Records | |||
Producer | Peter Henderson and Raindogs [1] | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Calgary Herald | C [3] |
Chicago Tribune | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Lost Souls is the debut album by the folk/ roots rock band the Raindogs, released in 1990 on Atco Records. [5] [6] Written by lead singer Mark Cutler and presenting a hybrid roots rock sound with Celtic elements, Lost Souls drew critical attention but was not a commercial success.
AllMusic wrote that "Lost Souls is perfectly played material and an interesting debut, but there's not enough personality to send this over the top." [2] The Los Angeles Times thought that the "lilting yet propulsive fiddle gusts, swirling through the basic guitar-rock architecture, give Raindogs both sweetness and bite." [7] The Orlando Sentinel deemed the album "a solid effort [on which] none of the songs really stood out." [8] The Washington Post called it "catchy but a little cautious." [9] The Rolling Stone Album Guide declared the album to be "a perfectly unremarkable example of foursquare folk-rock traditionalism." [4]
(All tracks written by Mark Cutler)
Mark Cutler - lead vocals/guitar
Johnny Cunningham - fiddle/mandolin
Jim Reilly - drums
Darren Hill - bass
Emerson Torrey - guitar/vocals
Jim Fitting - harmonica
Gordon Beadle/Scott Shetler/Curtis Stone/Myanna Pontoppidan - horns
Richard Reed/Peter Henderson - keyboards
Cheryl Hodge - background vocals
Tony Cuffe - whistles
Sa Davies - percussion
Ralph Tufo - accordion