Mavericks (Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey album)

Initial

Upon its release, Mavericks received a very favorable review from Ira Robbins, who wrote in Entertainment Weekly that the album "resonates with emotional power." Robbins gave the album an A grade. A more mixed review appeared in the Chicago Tribune, where Mark Caro gave the album 2.5 stars out of 4 and wrote that "A few of the songs sit there like pudding on a plate, but others... seep in over time."

Retrospective

After the album was reissued in 2008, Michael Berick wrote in No Depression that Holsapple and Stamey "convey a sense of worldly experience in these songs," and Aarik Danielsen wrote in PopMatters that the album belongs "along the timeline of great heartland/jangle rock recordings of all-time". Holsapple told Magnet in 2009 that people often told him they thought Mavericks was "beautiful".

Track listing

1. "Angels" (Stamey, Holsapple)
2. "I Know You Will" (Holsapple)
3. "Here Without You" (Gene Clark)
4. "Close Your Eyes" (Stamey)
5. "Anymore" (Holsapple)
6. "I Want To Break Your Heart" (Stamey)
7. "She Was The One" (Holsapple)
8. "Geometry" (Stamey)
9. "The Child in You" (Holsapple)
10. "Lovers Rock" (Joe Strummer, Mick Jones)
11. "Taken" (Holsapple)
12. "Haven't Got The Right (To Treat Me Wrong)" (Stamey)

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