Setting the Woods on Fire

This article is about the 1994 album. For the 1952 single, see Settin' the Woods on Fire.

Setting the Woods on Fire is a studio album by the Walkabouts.^[3]

Setting the Woods on Fire
Studio album by the Walkabouts
Released	January and February 1994
Recorded	Ironwood, Hanzek Audio; mixed at Robert Lang
Genre	Rock[1]
Length	63:12
Label	Creative Man/Cargo[2]
Producer	Ed Brooks, the Walkabouts
The Walkabouts chronology
Satisfied Mind (1993) Setting the Woods on Fire (1994) Devil's Road (1996)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Calgary Herald	B+[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]

Jason Ankeny, for AllMusic, wrote: "A sweeping, stately record, it owes a great deal to the Stones' Exile on Main St."^[1] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album "a strong collection of original material."^[5] Trouser Press called it "consistently ace," writing that "strong tunes like 'Firetrap', 'Good Luck Morning' and the rousing, horn-driven 'Hole in the Mountain' [are] given a spiky, full-bodied grace."^[6] Uncut deemed it an "underselling classic" that "captures perfectly [the band's] haunted experimentalism."^[7] CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that the album's "disposition is pensive and vaguely ominous throughout."^[8]

Track listing

All songs by the Walkabouts (c)1994, Fire & Skill Publishing (BMI), administrated worldwide by Bug Music Inc.

1. Good Luck Morning – 4:13
2. Firetrap – 5:39
3. Bordertown – 5:51
4. Feeling No Pain – 5:12
5. Old Crow – 4:26
6. Almost Wisdom – 4:45
7. Sand and Gravel – 6:34
8. Nightdrive – 5:38
9. Hole In The Mountain – 3:49
10. Pass Me On Over – 4:10
11. Up In The Graveyard – 6:12
12. Promised – 6:33

Performers

The Walkabouts

• Glenn Slater – piano, organ, accordion, loops
• Michael Wells – bass guitar, harmonica
• Terri Moeller – drums, percussion, backup vocals
• Carla Torgerson – vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, cello
• Chris Eckman – vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, lyrics

Additional musicians

• Larry Barrett – mandolin (11,12), lap steel (4,5)
• Bruce Wirth – violin (7)
• Andrew Hare – pedal steel (12)

Tiny Hot Orchestra Horns

• Zach Permeson – trombone (9)
• Mark Condelaria – tenor sax (9)
• Marcus Membrane – trumpet (9)
• "Dutch Beef" Sout – tenor sax (9)