Native Sons (The Long Ryders album)

Native Sons
Native Sons
Studio album by the Long Ryders
Released	October 1984
Recorded	Summer 1984
Studio	A&M (Hollywood)
Genre	Paisley Underground; garage rock; folk rock; country rock; alternative country;
Length	33:18
Label	Frontier
Producer	Henry Lewy; Paul McKenna;
The Long Ryders chronology
Singles from Native Sons
	"Tell It to the Judge on Sunday"; Released: 1984; "I Had a Dream"; Released: 1985;

Native Sons is the debut album by American band the Long Ryders, released in October 1984 by record label Frontier.^[4] The album and the single "I Had a Dream" reached number 1 and 4 on the UK Indie Chart, respectively.^[5] Musically, the album fuses 1960s style garage rock and folk rock with country rock.^[2]^[6] Rolling Stone's David Fricke described Native Sons as an album "where Nashville, ’77 London and the mid-Sixties Sunset Strip converge in songs of pioneer aspiration and outlaw bonding."^[7] Native Sons features former Byrds member Gene Clark guesting on the track "Ivory Tower".^[8]

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