Flying Saucer Blues

Flying Saucer Blues
Studio album by Peter Case
Released	April 18, 2000
Recorded	November–December 1999
Genre	Alternative rock, alternative country, folk rock
Length	46:03
Label	Vanguard
Producer	Andrew Williams
Peter Case chronology
Full Service No Waiting (1998) Flying Saucer Blues (2000) Thank You St. Jude (2001)

Flying Saucer Blues is the seventh album by the American singer-songwriter Peter Case, released in 2000.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
No Depression	(mixed)[2]

Music critic Denise Sullivan of Allmusic praised the album, writing "Never one to rely on formula, Case mixes his brand of incisive folk-rock with some simpatico musical styles…"^[1] Writing for No Depression, Jim Musser was equivocal about the album, writing "Maybe the singer-songwriter’s willful escape from pop bought its own particular travails. More likely, Peter Case is just very capable instead of great. This is (again) a collection of well-crafted songs; all of the pieces (again) seem to be here. The playing and songs are top-drawer; the voice is simply…nice."

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Case unless otherwise noted.

1. "Paradise etc" – 3:51
2. "Cool Drink O' Water" – 5:02
3. "Blue Distance" – 4:50
4. "Walking Home Late" – 3:55
5. "Coulda Shoulda Woulda" (Case, Kevin Bowe, Duane Jarvis) – 2:43
6. "Something Happens" – 2:47
7. "Two Heroes" (Case, LeRoy Marinell) – 6:13
8. "Lost in Your Eyes" – 3:55
9. "Black Dirt & Clay" – 4:25
10. "Cold Trail Blues" – 4:38
11. "This Could Be the One" – 3:44

Personnel

• Peter Case – vocals, guitar, harmonica
• Sandy Chila – drums
• Don Heffington – percussion
• David Jackson – upright bass
• Greg Leisz – dobro, lap steel guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar
• Andrew Williams – banjo, glockenspiel, guitar, harmonium, harmony vocals, background vocals
• Gabe Witcher – fiddle
• Darrell Leonard – horn
• Joe Sublett – horn
• David Perales – violin

Production

• Andrew Williams – producer, engineer, mixing
• Michael Meltzer – engineer
• Jim Wirt – mixing
• Greg Allen – package design, photography
• Doug Erb – illustrations

References