The Mavericks What a Crying Shame

Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."
3.5 stars - Good Plus - "...Raul Malo hints at Roy Orbison's scary sadness...country music that kicks...it's with [the originals] that Malo hits jukebox pay dirt--songs with the deep thrust of the earliest rock & roll...."
Ranked #7 in Spin's list of the '20 Best Albums Of '94' - "...barroom honky-tonk, stretching back to pre-strings Nashville and forward only as far as the Boss..the extraordinary Raul Malo, the finest rhythm-country-and-blues singer in the land, hands down..."
"...The real magic lies in the melodies...what does count is the way the music makes you feel...The Mavericks possess perhaps the most impressive singer in country music [Raul Malo]..."
3 Stars - Good - "...Falling on the country side of country-rock, The Mavericks are more aware of Stetsons and saddles than The Jayhawks or The Gin Blossoms, reminding the listener of a band of aggressive Dwight Yoakams..."
Village Voice (2/28/95) - Ranked #35 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
Included on Neil Strauss' list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - "...An album that comes on like a new friend with a familiar face."