The Bottle & Fresh Horses
Studio album by
The Refreshments
ReleasedSeptember 16, 1997
GenreHeartland rock[1]
Length51:53
LabelMercury[2]
ProducerPaul Leary
The Refreshments chronology
Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy
(1996)		 The Bottle & Fresh Horses
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The Bottle & Fresh Horses is the second and final album by the alternative rock band the Refreshments, released in 1997.[3][4]

Production

The album was produced by Paul Leary.[5]

Critical reception

The Washington Post thought that "new songs as 'Buy American' and 'Fonder and Blonder' aren't quite so droll as the material on last year's Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy, but they do have an appealing good humor that complements their exuberant melodies."[6] Trouser Press concluded that "'Heaven or the Highway Out of Town' and 'Good Year' are peppy little numbers, but it might as well be .38 Special playing them."[7]

Billboard wrote that "the band's comic slant takes a back seat to its highly underrated songwriting."[8] The San Antonio Express-News determined that "the music is carefully crafted, but it's also deadly serious—not to mention more country-and heartland-rock oriented."[9]

AllMusic called the album "one of the best forgotten gems of its time," writing that "the group dreamed up an earnest, dustier sound, blending heartland rock & roll with elements of country and power-pop."[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Roger Clyne and Paul "P.H." Naffah except where noted:

  1. "Tributary Otis" - 4:55
  2. "Preacher's Daughter" - 3:22
  3. "Wanted" - 3:34
  4. "Sin Nombre" - 5:27
  5. "Heaven or the Highway Out of Town" - 3:26 (Blush)
  6. "Buy American" - 4:01
  7. "Dolly" - 3:41
  8. "Good Year" - 3:15 (Blush)
  9. "Fonder and Blonder" - 4:07
  10. "Birds Sing" - 3:18 (Edwards)
  11. "Horses" - 4:19
  12. "Broken Record" - 3:42
  13. "Una Soda" - 4:46

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Bottle & Fresh Horses - The Refreshments | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ↑ "Refreshments In Sold-Out Show At Outback's; Yeah, That Seems Fair | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com.
  3. ↑ "The Refreshments Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  4. ↑ Reavy, Pat (August 30, 2012). "RCPM to revisit Refreshments' "forgotten gem" this weekend". Deseret News.
  5. ↑ Thompson, Dave (November 12, 2000). "Alternative Rock". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "THE REFRESHMENTS 'THE BOTTLE AND FRESH HORSES' MERCURY". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Refreshments". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  8. ↑ Borzillo, Carrie (Aug 16, 1997). "Refreshments not 'Fizzy' anymore". Billboard. 109 (33): 13.
  9. ↑ Johnson, Robert (November 14, 1997). "Refreshments get ... serious?". San Antonio Express-News. p. 13H.


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