Grievous Angels – One Job Town

One Job Town is the second album from Grievous Angels, an alt country band started by Chuck Angus, after he left the punk-inflected L'Etranger (and long before his current campaign to become the leader of the federal New Democratic Party). "Gordie and My Old Man" and "Crossing the Causeway" were both released as singles and received extensive radio play.

One Job Town received a 1991 Juno nomination for Best Roots or Traditional Album and helped gain the band a 1992 nomination for Best Country Group. AllMusic gave it 3 stars (out of 5), saying that "most of One Job Town is powerfully direct, with haunting vocals and stories, as well as excellent musicianship."

My brother Tim, who probably heard the band at the 1990 Edmonton Folk Festival, introduced us to this album around the time of our music poll for Canada's 125th birthday, and I immediately fell hard for it. Tracy and I went to Guelph late last month to see Charlie Angus at a house party – he broke out his guitar and played us a few songs, and we talked about L'Etranger and the Grievous Angels more than we did about politics.

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Track Listing

1. "Crossing the Causeway" (Chuck Angus) – 3:21
2. "When Loves Comes Around" (Chuck Angus, Andrew Cash) – 3:52
3. "The Ballad of Leonard and Cecile" (Chuck Angus) – 3:10
4. "B.C. in the Winter Time" (Chuck Angus) – 3:02
5. "Sarah Gordon" (Chuck Angus) – 3:42
6. "Peter's Shuffle" (Peter Jellard) – 1:45
7. "Staying in on Weekends" (Chuck Angus, Andrew Cash) – 3:10
8. "Friday Night" (Chuck Angus) – 5:18
9. "The Kapuskasing Highway Song" (Chuck Angus) – 2:58
10. "Last Room on the Left (at the Ramore Hotel)" (Chuck Angus) – 5:04
11. "Death's Dark Stream" (Chuck Angus) – 2:18
12. "Gordie and My Old Man" (Chuck Angus) – 3:37

Personnel

• Grievous Angels – Crossing the Causeway (song)
• Grievous Angels – Gordie and My Old Man (song)