Battle Cry for Help

• Artist: Grand Champeen
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• Release Date: January 29, 2002
• Genre: Rock

Review

Grand Champeen continues to proffer solid corn-fed indie rock on disc number two, the wonderfully christened Battle Cry for Help, coming off like the Replacements if they, instead of aping the Stones, wanted to be cowboys. "One Foot on the Stage," a smoky alt-country hopper, smashes head-on into the early-period Soul Asylum-styled thrasher "Nothin' on Me" consecutively, nicely encapsulating the two extremes of the band. Occasionally the album tries to get too cute for its own good and ambles on a bit, but you can't fault the energy or individualistic flair of the Austin (by way of Chapel Hill and Colorado) four-piece. ~ Brian O'Neill, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
The Guts		Grand Champeen	(2:02)
Cottonmouth	Peter Stuart	Grand Champeen	(2:07)
Broken Records		Grand Champeen	(2:26)
Sister		Grand Champeen	(2:23)
One Foot on the Stage		Grand Champeen	(2:11)
Nothin' on Me		Grand Champeen	(1:28)
Paper, Rock, Scissors		Grand Champeen	(2:00)
Miss Out		Grand Champeen	(3:04)
Four Years	Floyd Dixon	Grand Champeen	(2:56)
$2 in Silver		Grand Champeen	(1:38)
Prince Albert	Kenny Dorham	Grand Champeen	(2:13)
Sparks	Pete Townshend	Grand Champeen	(3:16)
The Sound That Made My Year		Grand Champeen	(2:54)
The Angels' Share		Grand Champeen	(8:35)

Credits

Robert Bernard (Choir, Chorus), Brian Auderer (CD Layout), Channing Lewis (Group Member), Michael Crow (Group Member), Grand Champeen (Producer), Amy Boone (Choir, Chorus), Deborah Kelly (Choir, Chorus), Channing Lewis (Guitar), Grand Champeen (CD Layout), Jeff Johnston (Choir, Chorus), Mark Hallman (Mixing), Michael Crow (Vocals), Grand Champeen (Engineer), Ned Stewart (Group Member), Billy Stull (Engineer), James Adair (Portraits), Channing Lewis (Cover Photo), Channing Lewis (Vocals), Ned Stewart (Drums), Amy Boone (Piano), Michael Crow (Guitar)