Long Dim Road

Long Dim Road is an album by the Chicago Celtic punk band The Tossers.[3][4] It was released in 2000 on Thick Records, their first album with the label.[5]

Long Dim Road
Studio album by
The Tossers
ReleasedApril 18, 2000
GenreCeltic punk
Length44:28
LabelThick Records
The Tossers chronology
We'll Never Be Sober Again
(1996)		 Long Dim Road
(2000)		 Communication & Conviction: Last Seven Years
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Daily Herald[2]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote: "Sweet, emotive ballads are half heartbreak, half hopeful resignation and showcase the strong songwriting that has a tendency to get buried in the more aggressive tracks."[1] NPR wrote that "in 'The Pub', the words are alternately light and dark, commenting on barroom prophets and regulars, but the music is decidedly upbeat and energetic."[6] The Chicago Reader thought that "on explosive rave-ups like 'The Crutch' or the pretty mug-clinking ditty 'The Last Night on Earth', the band's gleeful mix of tin whistle, violin, mandolin, piano, and rock instrumentation can turn the room of your choice into a raucous Irish pub."[7]

Track listing
  1. "The Crutch" - 3:47
  2. "Litigation" - 3:30
  3. "A Night on Earth" - 3:49
  4. "The Ballad of NATO" - 4:18
  5. "Mad Riot" - 2:53
  6. "Long Dim Road" - 1:24
  7. "Altercations" - 2:56
  8. "Wedding" - 3:35
  9. "The Pub" - 4:32
  10. "Doctrines Outdated" - 3:25
  11. "Ciara" - 10:19
  • The song "Ciara" end at 5:25. After 40 seconds of silence, at 6:05 begins the hidden song "Got Lucky".

References
  1. "Long Dim Road - The Tossers | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. Pizek, Jeff (12 May 2000). "Tossers take middle road between punk and folk on latest CD". Daily Herald: 7.
  3. "The Tossers | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. "Tossers interview : Illinois Entertainer".
  5. "Record News". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. April 3, 2000 – via Google Books.
  6. "Irish Pub-Rock: Boozy Punk Energy, Celtic Style". NPR.org.
  7. Margasak, Peter. "Local Record Roundup". Chicago Reader.



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