Hanky Panky

by The The

Hanky Panky cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 February 1995
  • Label: Epic
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 33:26
  • Community rating: 2.85/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Bruce Lampcov, Jim Fitting, Gail Ann Dorsey, Brian MacLeod

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On 'Hanky Panky', Matt Johnson radically and meticulously reinterprets the classic catalog of country music icon Hank Williams strictly through the lens of brooding alternative rock. The highly conceptual project entirely replaces traditional honky-tonk arrangements with dark, atmospheric soundscapes and deeply impassioned vocal deliveries. It serves as a surprisingly reverent, thoroughly modern dissection of foundational American songwriting.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Honky Tonkin' (3:35)
  2. Six More Miles (0:56)
  3. My Heart Would Know (3:30)
  4. If You'll Be a Baby to Me (0:59)
  5. I'm a Long Gone Daddy (4:40)
  6. Weary Blues from Waitin' (2:46)
  7. I Saw the Light (2:38)
  8. Your Cheatin' Heart (3:43)
  9. I Can't Get You Off of My Mind (2:58)
  10. There's a Tear In My Beer (3:22)
  11. I Can't Escape from You (4:16)

Credits

  • The The - primary artist
  • Eric Schermerhorn - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar
  • David Collard - arranged by, arranged by [re-arranged], harmonium, electric organ [hammond], piano, melodica [teated], electric organ [vox continental], piano [honky tonk]
  • Gail Ann Dorsey - bass guitar
  • Brian MacLeod - drums
  • Jim Fitting - harmonica
  • Fiona Skinner - logo [the the logo]
  • Hank Williams - songwriter [songs written by], voice [sample]

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