Good Evening (album)


Good Evening is a 1989 album by Marshall Crenshaw. Although critically well-received, it failed to chart.
Crenshaw attributed the Traveling Wilburys' debut album as an influence for the album's sound. The album was Crenshaw's last for Warner Bros. Records and, due to his soured relationship with the label, he chose to fill the album with covers. He recalled, "I wasn't writing many songs back then. I didn't want to write any songs for the album, because I had very little faith and I couldn't get myself to make that kind of commitment to the record. I decided to save my energy."
The album's opening track, "You Should've Been There", has a longer intro on this album than on Rhino's compilation, . The album includes the first commercial release of the Diane Warren song "Some Hearts", which became a hit in 2005 in a version by country singer Carrie Underwood. Crenshaw later described the experience of covering a Warren song as "strange."

Track listing

  1. "You Should've Been There" – 3:52
  2. "Valerie" – 3:35
  3. "She Hates to Go Home" – 4:46
  4. "Someplace Where Love Can't Find Me" – 4:01
  5. "Radio Girl" – 4:04
  6. "On the Run" – 3:14
  7. "Live It Up" – 3:36
  8. "Some Hearts" – 4:21
  9. "Whatever Way the Wind Blows" – 3:25
  10. "Let Her Dance" – 2:55

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