Lost and Found is the debut album by Jason & the Scorchers, released in 1985. Released by EMI America, the album is regarded as the band's best.Deming, Mark "Lost & Found Review", AllMusic. Retrieved May 15, 2017
Music Fusing elements of punk rock and country music, Lost & Found is considered by some to be ahead of its time. According to Paste, "It’s a punk rock album at heart, but guitarist Warner Hodges has plenty of twangy licks up his sleeve."
Reception
AllMusic's Mark Deming called Lost & Found "the best record this fine band would ever make." No Depression also viewed it as the band's best. Billboard called it "ragged but righteous. Trouser Press wrote that "more than just a pedigree to brag about, the band’s genuine hick beginnings make them a lot less inhibited and more apt to cross from cool to corny, punk to heavy metal without fretting much about it."
The band made a music video for "White Lies," which got regular airplay on MTV in the 1980s.
Track listing Side one "Last Time Around" – 3:06 (Ringenberg, Baggs, Johnson, Hodges) "White Lies" – 3:19 (Baggs, Napier) "If Money Talks" – 2:33 (Baggs, Napier) "I Really Don't Want to Know" – 4:29 (Don Robertson, Howard Barnes) "Blanket of Sorrow" – 2:19 (Ringenberg) "Shop It Around" – 2:58 (Ringenberg)
Side two "Lost Highway" – 2:00 (Payne) "Still Tied" – 3:20 (Ringenberg) "Broken Whiskey Glass" – 3:50 (Ringenberg) "Far Behind" – 3:50 (Johnson, Baggs) "Change the Tune" – 2:39 (Johnson, Ringenberg)
Charts Chart (1985)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)86 US Billboard 20096
Personnel Jason Ringenberg – vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar Warner Hodges – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, steel guitar, Nashville high string acoustic Perry Baggs – drums, vocals Jeff Johnson – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
Technical Terry Manning – producer Warner Hodges – associate producer Jeff Johnson – associate producer R. Eli Ball – executive producer
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