Alejandro EscovedoBest Alejandro Escovedo Albums Ranked
7.7
Avg Score
7
Opinions
9
Albums
3
Reviewers
Summary from 7 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Alejandro Escovedo’s catalog across 9 albums from 7 opinions, with an overall average of 7.7/10. The top-rated Alejandro Escovedo album is Real Animal (2008) with a 8.3/10 average from 1 rating, followed by A Man Under the Influence and Burn Something Beautiful. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1999 to 2018.
A Man Under the Influence
“Old cowpunks don't die, they just get softer. At least that seems to be the case with Alejandro Escovedo. He's been around for ages now, first appearing with mid-70s Bay Area punks the Nuns. In 1981, he made the move to Austin, Texas with his band Rank and File, whose *Sundown* album was vastly ahead of the rockabilly-punk curve. And he's been a stalwart on the scene ever since, playing with True ”
Street Songs of Love (Bonus Track Version)
“Alejandro Escovedo is a classicist, weaned on punk verities, schooled in American roots music. Now pushing 60, he’s making some of the fiercest music of his career. His latest evokes Eighties heartland rock: "Anchor" feels like a long-lost radio hit; Ian Hunter adds scruffed harmony on "Down in the Bowery," and Bruce Springsteen duets on […]”
Bourbonitis Blues
“Writing album reviews is, at its core, a futile pastime, for music is a most relative of subjects. Though I may toil ceaselessly to eloquently present an album's strengths or weaknesses in support of my opinion, it remains just that. Not even a truckload of obscure album name- dropping can carve opinion into fact, and individual readers and listeners are bound to glean from the piece a perspective”