Sundown is the debut album by Los Angeles cowpunk band Rank and File, released in 1982 on Slash Records.
Critical reception Critic Robert Christgau gave it an "A−" in his Consumer Guide,Consumer Guide while Trouser Press called the album "effortlessly enjoyable," citing its "tuneful and tasty pop numbers, which also benefit from pretty harmonies and confident playing."Trouser Press It was voted one of the best albums of the year in the Village Voice'''s influential Pazz & Jop critics poll.The 1982 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll
Reissues In 2003, Rhino Handmade, an imprint of Rhino Entertainment, compiled Sundown, the band's second album, Long Gone Dead, and bonus tracks on a CD entitled The Slash Years.
On its own, Sundown was reissued on CD in 2005 by Collectors' Choice Music.
Again on its own, Sundown'' was reissued on vinyl by Drastic Plastic Records in 2020.Drastic Plastic Records
Track listing All songs by Chip Kinman and Tony Kinman except as indicated.
Side one Amanda Ruth (3:10) (Glad I'm) Not In Love (2:29) Rank and File (Alejandro Escovedo, Kinman, Session, Miller) (4:52) The Conductor Wore Black (3:33)
Side two Sundown (3:04) I Went Walking (2:57) Lucky Day (3:42) I Don't Go Out Much Anymore (2:17) Coyote (5:05)
Personnel Chip Kinman - guitar, vocals, harmonica Tony Kinman - bass, vocals Slim Evans - drums Alejandro Escovedo - guitar, vocals
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