No Way (album)

No Way is the second album by Run On, released in 1997 through Matador Records.[5][6]

This article is about the Run On album. For other albums, see No Way.
No Way
Studio album by
Run On
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1997
RecordedOctober 1996 in Idful Studios, Chicago, Illinois
GenreIndie rock, art rock
Length46:30
LabelMatador[1]
ProducerRun On[2]
Run On chronology
Start Packing
(1996)		 No Way
(1997)		 Scoot
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Austin Chronicle[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[2]

Critical reception

Tucson Weekly called the album "phenomenal," writing that "Run On delivers avant-garde pop of a ... dark sensibility with a sophisticated, technically educated and carefully orchestrated approach."[7] The Austin Chronicle praised the "lo-fi production, mudfuzz guitar with tom-tom driven Delta rhythms, graveyard violin, and Sue Garner's dusty-road clarion call (hubby Rick Brown and guitarist Alan Licht also sing), all wrapped around hooky pop songs."[4]

Guitar Player wrote that Alan Licht surrounds Garner's vocals "with ominous clouds of droning feedback, supporting the song's melodic flow for two or three verses before unleashing a short, furious storm of groans, squeals and rapid-fire hammer-ons."[8] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote that the "nine originals [span] the indie-pop spectrum from the impossibly quirky 'As Good As New' to the heartbreaking violin-fueled lament, 'Anything You Say'."[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Run On, except "Road" by Nick Drake and "Sinner Man" which is traditional

No.TitleLength
1."Something Sweet"2:59
2."Lab Rats"2:40
3."As Good as New"4:36
4."Look"2:33
5."Bring Her Blues"3:21
6."Half of Half"3:42
7."Anything You Say"3:54
8."Road"1:41
9."Days Away"5:15
10."Out for a Walk"3:14
11."Ropa Vieja"3:10
12."Sinner Man"9:25

Personnel
Run On
Production and additional personnel

References
  1. "Run On – No Way – This Day In Matador History".
  2. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 963.
  3. Phares, Heather. "No Way". AllMusic. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  4. "Record Reviews". www.austinchronicle.com.
  5. "Run On | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. Schinder, Scott (2007). "Run On". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  7. "Tucson Weekly: Soundbites (October 2 - October 8, 1997)". www.tucsonweekly.com.
  8. "Run on: Alan Licht's meat candy". Guitar Player. 31 (6): 20. Jun 1997.
  9. "The Buzz". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: E5. 17 Sep 1997.
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