Mavericks (Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey album)

Mavericks is a collaborative album by the two original singer/songwriters of jangle pop band the dB's, Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey. It was originally released in 1991 on Rhino Records and was re-released on January 15, 2008 by Collectors' Choice Music. The reissue featured six previously unreleased tracks. The album is noted for having a more acoustic and slower sound than Holsapple and Stamey's work with the dB's.

Initial
Upon its release, Mavericks received a very favorable review from Ira Robbins, who wrote in Entertainment Weekly that the album "resonates with emotional power." Robbins gave the album an A grade. A more mixed review appeared in the Chicago Tribune, where Mark Caro gave the album 2.5 stars out of 4 and wrote that "A few of the songs sit there like pudding on a plate, but others... seep in over time."

Retrospective
After the album was reissued in 2008, Michael Berick wrote in No Depression that Holsapple and Stamey "convey a sense of worldly experience in these songs," and Aarik Danielsen wrote in PopMatters that the album belongs "along the timeline of great heartland/jangle rock recordings of all-time". Holsapple told Magnet in 2009 that people often told him they thought Mavericks was "beautiful".

Track listing

 * 1) "Angels" (Stamey, Holsapple)
 * 2) "I Know You Will" (Holsapple)
 * 3) "Here Without You" (Gene Clark)
 * 4) "Close Your Eyes" (Stamey)
 * 5) "Anymore" (Holsapple)
 * 6) "I Want To Break Your Heart" (Stamey)
 * 7) "She Was The One" (Holsapple)
 * 8) "Geometry" (Stamey)
 * 9) "The Child in You" (Holsapple)
 * 10) "Lovers Rock" (Stamey)
 * 11) "Taken" (Holsapple)
 * 12) "Haven't Got The Right (To Treat Me Wrong)" (Stamey)

Personnel

 * Alan Bezozi –	Drums
 * Michael Blair – Drums, Glockenspiel, Percussion
 * Chris Butler –	Tambourine
 * Greg Calbi –	Mastering, Original Mastering
 * George Cowan –	 Mixing
 * Geoff Gans –	Art Direction
 * Gene Holder –	Guitar
 * Peter Holsapple –	 Arranger, Autoharp, Bass, Drums, Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano
 * James MacMillan –	Engineer, Fretless Bass, Vocals
 * Ilene Markell –	Bass
 * Matt Martinez –	Mixing
 * Brigid Pearson	– Art Direction
 * Jon Rosenberg – Engineer
 * Jane Scarpantoni –	Cello
 * Bill Scheniman –	Audio Engineer, Engineer
 * Dave Schramm –	Guitar, Steel guitar
 * Ann Selznick –	Engineer
 * Michael Shockley –	Tambourine
 * John Siket –	Engineer
 * John Skilett –	Audio Engineer
 * Chris Stamey –	Accordion, Arranger, Bass, Drums, Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Organ, Piano
 * Carol Whaley –	Photography