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Brand New Year is an album by the American band the Bottle Rockets, released in 1999. The first single was "Nancy Sinatra". The band supported the album with a North American tour.

Production

After leaving Atlantic Records, the Bottle Rockets decided to focus on recording a rock album, concluding that their recent rock songs were stronger than their country ones. Many of the songs were inspired by people and stories from the band's hometown of Festus, Missouri. Bass player Robert Kearns joined the band prior to the recording sessions. The band and Ambel listened to Shania Twain's Come On Over during the sessions and decorated the studio with Twain posters and artwork. "Gotta Get Up" is about the unchanging daily grind of work. The title track appears in two versions, one electric and one acoustic; frontman Brian Henneman half-jokingly likened it to a "Hey Hey, My My" effort, saying that it was an attempt to give thematic weight to the album.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

The Chicago Tribune called the Bottle Rockets "the thinking person's hillbilly bar band". The Village Voice said that the band uses "foursquare riffs and dual-lead lines to kick up some boogie dust in their wake-kinda like Georgia Satellites, but with real grime under their fingernails."

Track listing

References

1. Avery, D.M. (April 19, 1999). "Triple A". CMJ New Music Report. Vol. 58, no. 614. p. 31.
2. Sutherland, Scott (September 30, 1999). "Bottle Rockets tip the scales Lucinda's way". Portland Press Herald. p. 2D.
3. Hay, Carla (August 7, 1999). "Doolittle's Bottle Rockets find smaller is better for 'New Year'". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 32. p. 11.
4. Kassulke, Natasha (September 2, 1999). "Bottle Rockets with Hangdogs". Rhythm. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 26.
5. ^ Johnson, Kevin C. (August 22, 1999). "Bottle Rockets Cap Their Country Side with a Straight-Ahead Chaser of Rock". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. C4.
6. Himes, Geoffrey (September 17, 1999). "Bottle Rockets Rock 'n' Drawl". The Washington Post. p. N17.
7. Jarrett, Michael (2014). Producing Country: The Inside Story of the Great Recordings. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 263–264.
8. Catlin, Roger (August 19, 1999). "Brand New Year The Bottle Rockets". Calendar. Hartford Courant. p. 6.
9. Masley, Ed (September 24, 1999). "Ready for take-off". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. C1.
10. "Brand New Year Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine". AllMusic. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
11. Kot, Greg (August 22, 1999). "Recordings". Arts & Entertainment. Chicago Tribune. p. 11.
12. Weingarten, Marc (September 21, 1999). "Tangible as an ice-cold longneck". The Village Voice. Vol. 44, no. 37. p. 80.

• The Bottle Rockets albums
• 1999 albums
• Mercury Records albums
• Albums produced by Eric Ambel