Fast Girl

• Artist: The Tractors
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• Release Date: April 24, 2001
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Country

Review

A fine slab of NRBQ/Dave Edmunds-style country-inflected rock & roll, 2001's Fast Girl is another typically enjoyable album from the Tractors. Like their namesake farm equipment, the Tractors are never flashy, and they're built more for comfort than speed. Goofy rockers like "Babalou" (nothing to do with Desi Arnaz, of course), two-step ballads like "It's a Beautiful Thing," and honky tonk covers like the Tractors' version of Moon Mullican's classic "Don't Ever Take My Picture Down" blend into an eclectic but never scattershot blend of country, R&B, and early rock influences. In these surroundings, even stylistic experiments like the extended jam that closes the otherwise ultra-poppy "Ready to Cry" make perfect sense. Fast Girl is not the Tractors' best album, but coming as it did after a nearly four-year layoff, it shows that the group hadn't lost anything in its downtime. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Babalou	Steve Ripley	The Tractors	(4:37)
Can't Get Nowhere	D.J. Fontana, Steve Ripley	The Tractors	(5:02)
Ready to Cry	Leon Russell, Steve Ripley	The Tractors	(7:59)
Nine Eleven	Steve Ripley, Willie Weeks	The Tractors	(3:14)
It's a Beautiful Thing	Steve Ripley	The Tractors	(3:37)
Computer Controlled	Steve Ripley	The Tractors	(5:33)
Fast Girl	Bud Deal, Steve Ripley, Mike Panno	The Tractors	(5:03)
Don't Ever Take My Picture Down	Moon Mullican, Lou Wayne	The Tractors	(4:17)
Higher Ground	Walt Richmond, Steve Ripley	The Tractors	(4:53)
A Little Place of Our Own/On the Road Again	Jamie Oldaker, Steve Ripley	The Tractors	(7:06)

Credits

Sam Bush (Fiddle), Sam Bush (Mandolin), Sam Bush (Harmony Vocals), Leon Russell (Piano), Leon Russell (Organ (Hammond)), Leon Russell (Fender Rhodes), James Burton (Dobro), James Burton (Guitar), Rick Vito (Guitar), Rick Vito (Harmony Vocals), The Tractors (Main Performer), Bud Deal (Saxophone), D.J. Fontana (Drums), Vicki Hampton (Vocals (Background)), John Herron (Piano), Yvonne Hodges (Vocals (Background)), Jim Karstein (Percussion), Glen Mitchell (Organ (Hammond)), Glen Mitchell (Executive Producer), Jamie Oldaker (Drums), Al Perkins (Guitar (Steel)), Jim Pulte (Harmony Vocals), Denny Purcell (Mastering), Steve Ripley (Producer), Steve Ripley (Engineer), Steve Ripley (Mixing), Jay Spell (Piano), Jay Spell (Accordion), Jim Bates (Bass (Acoustic)), Teddy Jack (Guitar), Fats Kaplin (Dobro), Fats Kaplin (Fiddle), Fats Kaplin (Harmonica), Fats Kaplin (Mandolin), Fats Kaplin (Accordion), Fats Kaplin (Guitar (Steel)), Shelby Eicher (Fiddle), Shelby Eicher (Mandolin), Angelene Ripley (Guitar), Angelene Ripley (Harmony Vocals), Mike Bennett (Trumpet), Mike Panno (Saxophone), Elvis Ripley (Art Direction), Elvis Ripley (Design), Elvis Ripley (Art Conception), Jared Tyler (Harmony Vocals)