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| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kot |first1=Greg |title=Pop meets folk: Unlikely songwriting partnership opened new doors for Darden Smith |work=Chicago Tribune |date=21 Mar 1991 |location=Tempo |page=8}}</ref>
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kot |first1=Greg |title=Pop meets folk: Unlikely songwriting partnership opened new doors for Darden Smith |work=Chicago Tribune |date=21 Mar 1991 |department=Tempo |page=8}}</ref>
| producer = [[Pete Anderson]], Martin Lascelles
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'''''Trouble No More''''' is an album by the American musician [[Darden Smith]], released in 1990.<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/artist/darden-smith-mn0000572385/biography</ref><ref>https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/quick-change-artist/</ref>
'''''Trouble No More''''' is an album by the American musician [[Darden Smith]], released in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/darden-smith-mn0000572385/biography|title=Darden Smith Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/quick-change-artist/|title=Quick-Change Artist|first=Keith |last=Kachtick|date=October 1, 1996|work=Texas Monthly}}</ref> It was a commercial disappointment.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Spangler |first1=Jerry |title=2 Albums Are Richly Lyrical, Stunningly Substantial |work=Deseret News |date=December 16, 1990 |page=E10}}</ref> Smith promoted the album by touring with [[Marshall Crenshaw]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Crenshaw hits a strong chord with new album |work=Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph |date=12 July 1991 |page=D1}}</ref>

Smith promoted the album by touring with [[Marshall Crenshaw]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Crenshaw hits a strong chord with new album |work=Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph |date=12 July 1991 |page=D1}}</ref>


==Production==
==Production==
The album was produced by [[Pete Anderson]] and Martin Lascelles. The sessions began in Los Angeles, with Anderson; [[Columbia Records]] and Smith decided to do more recording in Austin, with Lascelles.<ref>{{cite news |last1=MacCambridge |first1=Michael |title=Austin albums among fall releases |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=20 Sep 1990 |location=Onward |page=6}}</ref> Two of the album's songs were cowritten with [[Boo Hewerdine]].<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/trouble-no-more-mw0000309565</ref>
The album was produced by [[Pete Anderson]], Martin Lascelles, and Smith.<ref name=MH/> The sessions began in Los Angeles, with Anderson; [[Columbia Records]] and Smith decided to do more recording in Austin, with Lascelles.<ref>{{cite news |last1=MacCambridge |first1=Michael |title=Austin albums among fall releases |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=20 Sep 1990 |department=Onward |page=6}}</ref> Two of the album's songs were cowritten with [[Boo Hewerdine]], with whom Smith had recorded an album that was released one year prior to ''Trouble No More''.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/trouble-no-more-mw0000309565|title=Trouble No More|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Maurstad |first1=Tom |title=Arts Day |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=October 23, 1990 |page=5C}}</ref> "Johnny Was a Lucky One" is about a [[Vietnam veteran]].<ref name=LA/> Preston Hubbard, of [[the Fabulous Thunderbirds]], played bass on "Fall Apart at the Seams" and "Frankie & Sue".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Neufield |first1=Matt |title=Darden Smith's songs of heartache |work=The Washington Times |date=March 11, 1991 |page=E3}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
{{album ratings
{{album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/trouble-no-more-mw0000309565</ref>
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="auto"/>
|rev6 = ''[[Windsor Star]]''
|rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev6score = B+<ref name="WS">{{cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Ted |title=TROUBLE NO MORE: Darden Smith |work=Windsor Star |date=3 Nov 1990 |page=C2}}</ref>
|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=7 |page=550}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="HC">{{cite news |last1=Racine |first1=Marty |title=Trouble No More Darden Smith |work=Houston Chronicle |date=November 11, 1990 |department=Zest |page=8}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]''
|rev4score = {{rating|4|4}}<ref name="LA">{{cite news |last1=Shuster |first1=Fred |title=Sound Check – Country |work=Los Angeles Daily News |date=November 16, 1990 |page=L34}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide]]''
|rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="MH">{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=1037}}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev6score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |pages=648–649}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[Windsor Star]]''
|rev7score = B+<ref name="WS">{{cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Ted |title=Trouble No More: Darden Smith |work=Windsor Star |date=3 Nov 1990 |page=C2}}</ref>
}}
}}
''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' noted that "Smith's melodies ride a fine line between divinely catchy and John Mellencamp rejects."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gordon |first1=Robert |title=Spins |journal=Spin |date=May 1991 |volume=7 |issue=2 |page=80}}</ref> The ''[[Chicago Reader]]'' called the album "questioning, calm, and likeable," writing that "he has an intimate, cozy way with a melody–the one on the shimmering '2,000 Years', for example, efficiently overwhelms the song's kinda dumb apocalyptic visions."<ref>https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/calendar-545/</ref> The ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'' praised the "lush melodies, sweeping acoustic guitar rhythms and richly topical lyrics."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Potter |first1=Greg |title=Touring with talent |work=Vancouver Sun |date=18 July 1991 |page=F11}}</ref>
''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' noted that "Smith's melodies ride a fine line between divinely catchy and John Mellencamp rejects."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Gordon |first1=Robert |title=Spins |magazine=Spin |date=May 1991 |volume=7 |issue=2 |page=80}}</ref> The ''[[Chicago Reader]]'' called the album "questioning, calm, and likeable," writing that "he has an intimate, cozy way with a melody–the one on the shimmering '2,000 Years', for example, efficiently overwhelms the song's kinda dumb apocalyptic visions."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/calendar-545/|title=Calendar|first=Bill|last=Wyman|date=March 21, 1991|work=Chicago Reader}}</ref> The ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'' praised the "lush melodies, sweeping acoustic guitar rhythms and richly topical lyrics."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Potter |first1=Greg |title=Touring with talent |work=Vancouver Sun |date=18 July 1991 |page=F11}}</ref>

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The ''[[Windsor Star]]'' thought that "this mainly acoustic set features good melodies, Smith's emotional vocals, and some great arrangements."<ref name=WS/> The ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'' determined that ''Trouble No More'' "goes to waste in a flurry of plagiarism... His 'Ashes to Ashes' sounds so like Mellencamp's 'Jack And Diane' it warrants a court order."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Rod |title=Smith a great impostor |work=Edmonton Journal |date=13 Jan 1991 |page=C4}}</ref> ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' deemed "Fall Apart at the Seams" the album's best song, writing that Smith has "from his country roots toward a lean pop sound."<ref>{{cite news |last1=DeLuca |first1=Dan |title=Darden Smith at Dobbs |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=14 Mar 1991 |page=D5}}</ref>


''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' stated that ''Trouble No More'' was "possibly" Smith's best album.<ref name=CL/>
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The ''[[Windsor Star]]'' thought that "this mainly acoustic set features good melodies, Smith's emotional vocals, and some great arrangements."<ref name=WS/> The ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'' determined that ''Trouble No More'' "goes to waste in a flurry of plagiarism ... His 'Ashes to Ashes' sounds so like Mellencamp's 'Jack And Diane' it warrants a court order."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Rod |title=Smith a great impostor |work=Edmonton Journal |date=13 Jan 1991 |page=C4}}</ref> ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' deemed "Fall Apart at the Seams" the album's best song, writing that Smith has "from his country roots toward a lean pop sound."<ref>{{cite news |last1=DeLuca |first1=Dan |title=DARDEN SMITH AT DOBBS |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=14 Mar 1991 |page=D5}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| all_writing = Darden Smith; except where noted.
| title1 = Midnight Train
| title1 = Midnight Train
| length1 =
| length1 = 3:47
| title2 = Frankie & Sue
| title2 = Frankie & Sue
| length2 =
| length2 = 3:01
| title3 = All the King's Horses
| title3 = All the King's Horses
| length3 =
| length3 = 3:00
| title4 = 2000 Years
| title4 = 2000 Years
| length4 =
| length4 = 3:30
| title5 = Ashes to Ashes
| title5 = Ashes to Ashes
| length5 =
| length5 = 3:33
| title6 = Fall Apart at the Seams
| title6 = Fall Apart at the Seams
| length6 =
| length6 = 3:32
| title7 = Trouble No More
| title7 = Trouble No More
| length7 =
| length7 = 2:54
| title8 = Long Way Home
| title8 = Long Way Home
| writer8 = Smith, [[Boo Hewerdine]]
| length8 =
| length8 = 3:32
| title9 = Listen to My Own Voice
| title9 = Listen to My Own Voice
| length9 =
| length9 = 3:47
| title10 = Johnny Was a Lucky One
| title10 = Johnny Was a Lucky One
| length10 =
| length10 = 2:54
| title11 = Bottom of a Deep Well
| title11 = Bottom of a Deep Well
| writer11 = Smith, Hewerdine
| length11 =
| length11 = 3:21
}}
}}


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Latest revision as of 23:48, 19 April 2024

Trouble No More
Studio album by
Darden Smith
Released1990
StudioMad Dog, Burbank, California; Arlyn, Austin, Texas; De-Mix, London
LabelColumbia[1]
ProducerPete Anderson, Martin Lascelles, Darden Smith
Darden Smith chronology
Darden Smith
(1988) 		Trouble No More
(1990) 		Little Victories
(1993)

Trouble No More is an album by the American musician Darden Smith, released in 1990.[2][3] It was a commercial disappointment.[4] Smith promoted the album by touring with Marshall Crenshaw.[5]

Production

[edit]

The album was produced by Pete Anderson, Martin Lascelles, and Smith.[6] The sessions began in Los Angeles, with Anderson; Columbia Records and Smith decided to do more recording in Austin, with Lascelles.[7] Two of the album's songs were cowritten with Boo Hewerdine, with whom Smith had recorded an album that was released one year prior to Trouble No More.[8][9] "Johnny Was a Lucky One" is about a Vietnam veteran.[10] Preston Hubbard, of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, played bass on "Fall Apart at the Seams" and "Frankie & Sue".[11]

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[12]
Houston Chronicle[13]
Los Angeles Daily News[10]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[14]
Windsor StarB+[15]

Spin noted that "Smith's melodies ride a fine line between divinely catchy and John Mellencamp rejects."[16] The Chicago Reader called the album "questioning, calm, and likeable," writing that "he has an intimate, cozy way with a melody–the one on the shimmering '2,000 Years', for example, efficiently overwhelms the song's kinda dumb apocalyptic visions."[17] The Vancouver Sun praised the "lush melodies, sweeping acoustic guitar rhythms and richly topical lyrics."[18]

The Windsor Star thought that "this mainly acoustic set features good melodies, Smith's emotional vocals, and some great arrangements."[15] The Edmonton Journal determined that Trouble No More "goes to waste in a flurry of plagiarism... His 'Ashes to Ashes' sounds so like Mellencamp's 'Jack And Diane' it warrants a court order."[19] The Philadelphia Inquirer deemed "Fall Apart at the Seams" the album's best song, writing that Smith has "from his country roots toward a lean pop sound."[20]

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music stated that Trouble No More was "possibly" Smith's best album.[12]

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks are written by Darden Smith; except where noted.

No.TitelWriter(s)Length
1."Midnight Train" 3:47
2."Frankie & Sue" 3:01
3."All the King's Horses" 3:00
4."2000 Years" 3:30
5."Ashes to Ashes" 3:33
6."Fall Apart at the Seams" 3:32
7."Trouble No More" 2:54
8."Long Way Home"Smith, Boo Hewerdine3:32
9."Listen to My Own Voice" 3:47
10."Johnny Was a Lucky One" 2:54
11."Bottom of a Deep Well"Smith, Hewerdine3:21

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Kot, Greg (21 Mar 1991). "Pop meets folk: Unlikely songwriting partnership opened new doors for Darden Smith". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 8.
  2. ^ "Darden Smith Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Kachtick, Keith (October 1, 1996). "Quick-Change Artist". Texas Monthly.
  4. ^ Spangler, Jerry (December 16, 1990). "2 Albums Are Richly Lyrical, Stunningly Substantial". Deseret News. p. E10.
  5. ^ "Crenshaw hits a strong chord with new album". Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. 12 July 1991. p. D1.
  6. ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1037.
  7. ^ MacCambridge, Michael (20 Sep 1990). "Austin albums among fall releases". Onward. Austin American-Statesman. p. 6.
  8. ^ a b "Trouble No More". AllMusic.
  9. ^ Maurstad, Tom (October 23, 1990). "Arts Day". The Dallas Morning News. p. 5C.
  10. ^ a b Shuster, Fred (November 16, 1990). "Sound Check – Country". Los Angeles Daily News. p. L34.
  11. ^ Neufield, Matt (March 11, 1991). "Darden Smith's songs of heartache". The Washington Times. p. E3.
  12. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 550.
  13. ^ Racine, Marty (November 11, 1990). "Trouble No More Darden Smith". Zest. Houston Chronicle. p. 8.
  14. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 648–649.
  15. ^ a b Shaw, Ted (3 Nov 1990). "Trouble No More: Darden Smith". Windsor Star. p. C2.
  16. ^ Gordon, Robert (May 1991). "Spins". Spin. Vol. 7, no. 2. p. 80.
  17. ^ Wyman, Bill (March 21, 1991). "Calendar". Chicago Reader.
  18. ^ Potter, Greg (18 July 1991). "Touring with talent". Vancouver Sun. p. F11.
  19. ^ Campbell, Rod (13 Jan 1991). "Smith a great impostor". Edmonton Journal. p. C4.
  20. ^ DeLuca, Dan (14 Mar 1991). "Darden Smith at Dobbs". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. D5.
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