Artist	Song
The Reivers	Things Don't Change
The Reivers	Cowboys
The Reivers	Without My Sight
The Reivers	Translate Slowly
The Reivers	Freight Train Rain
The Reivers	Electra
The Reivers	Walking The Cow
The Reivers	Atlantic City
The Reivers	Starry Eyes
The Reivers	What Am I Doing?
The Reivers	In Your Eyes
The Reivers	Wait For Time
The Reivers	Secretariat
The Reivers	Baby
The Reivers	It's About Time
The Reivers	Cut Above
The Reivers	Truth To Tell
The Reivers	Inside Out
The Reivers	End Of The Day
The Reivers	Breathin' Easy
The Reivers	Over And Over
The Reivers	Chinatown
The Reivers	Katie
The Reivers	Other Side

Comment:

The Reivers (originally called Zeitgeist, but the discovery of another band with the same name around the time of the release of their 1985 debut required a quick name change) were one of many fine jangle-pop bands populating the college radio airwaves in the mid-'80's. They were distinguished by a mellow country-western vibe (not unlike the Long Ryders), adding a bit of Gram Parsons to indie pop years before Uncle Tupelo popped up (and Reivers co-vocalist John Croslin at times even sounds like a somewhat less urgent Jay Farrar); an occasionally bland sound was beefed up substantially by the traded vocals of Croslin and Kim Longacre, making them jangle-pop's answer to John Doe & Exene. Mix equal parts R.E.M., Parsons, and X, and you get the picture. None of their other 3 albums were quite as throughly great as their debut, but over 4 discs and a few singles they offered up just enough for one killer mix.

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