Hell on Heels

Frank Liddell produced throughout, with Wrucke on tracks 1 to 3 and 5 to 7 and Ainlay and Worf on the rest, and Richard Dodd mastered it. Players include Michael Webb on keys, Joshua Grange, Stuart Mathis, Richard Bennett, Jay Joyce and Randy Scruggs on guitars, Glenn Worf on bass and Fred Eltringham and Matt Chamberlain on drums. BMI says the Annies wrote everything themselves except "Family Feud", which Shelton co-wrote. Metacritic scores it 84; AllMusic gave 5 of 5, Rolling Stone's Chuck Eddy 4 stars, and Christgau an A. The A.V. Club's Koski gave it a B-plus, saying at a lean 30 minutes it is too slight to deliver completely on the trio's promise, and The Quietus's Alfred Soto called it one beautiful amble, comparing them to the Highwaymen and Trio. Rolling Stone ranked it 29th among the albums of 2011.