John Hiatt "Hangin' Around The Observatory" (Epic Records, 1974)
John Hiatt "Overcoats" (Epic Records, 1975)
John Hiatt "Slug Line" (MCA Records, 1979)
John Hiatt "Two Bit Monsters" (MCA Records, 1980)
John Hiatt "All Of A Sudden" (Geffen Records, 1982)
John Hiatt "Riding With The King" (Geffen Records, 1983)
John Hiatt "Warming Up To The Ice Age" (Geffen Records, 1985)
John Hiatt "Bring The Family" (A&M Records, 1987)
John Hiatt "Slow Turning" (A&M Records, 1988)
John Hiatt "Stolen Moments" (A&M Records, 1990)
John Hiatt "Alive At The Hiatt" (A&M Records, 1993)
John Hiatt "Perfectly Good Guitar" (A&M Records, 1993)
John Hiatt "Hiatt Comes Alive At Budokan" (A&M Records, 1994)
John Hiatt "Walk On" (Capitol Records, 1995)
John Hiatt "Little Head" (Capitol Records, 1997)
John Hiatt "Crossing Muddy Waters" (Vanguard Records, 2000)
John Hiatt "The Tiki Bar Is Open" (Vanguard Records, 2001)
John Hiatt "Beneath This Gruff Exterior" (New West Records, 2003)
John Hiatt "Beneath This Gruff Exterior: Two-Track Demos" (New West Records, 2003) (EP)
A 3-song EP featuring rough cuts of some songs from Hiatt's album of the same year...
John Hiatt "Master Of Disaster" (New West Records, 2005)
John Hiatt "Live From Austin: Austin City Limits" (New West Records, 2005)
John Hiatt "Same Old Man" (New West Records, 2008)
John Hiatt "The Open Road" (New West Records, 2010)
John Hiatt "Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns" (New West Records, 2011)
John Hiatt "Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns" (New West Records, 2011)
A rich, country-drenched set from one of roots-rock/Americana's true pioneers... One of the powerhouse songwriters of the 1970s, Hiatt is edging towards sixty years old, smoothly settling into the grizzled old-dude persona that so many roots musicians adopt... But even though he's earned his show-biz survivor stripes, Hiatt's still got a vigor and intensity that many a youngster would envy. This record opens with a couple of windswept, dusty Americana epics, but he soon shows himself ready to produce catchy toe-tappers as well (such as "I Love That Girl" and "Detroit Made") and slower, arresting ballads, like "Don't Wanna Leave You Now" and "Hold On For Your Love." He also includes a 9/11 tribute song, the doleful "When New York Had Her Heart Broke." An old pro at work, still going strong.
John Hiatt "Mystic Pinball" (New West Records, 2012)
(Produced by Kevin Shirley)
A rock-solid set from roots-rock auteur John Hiatt, who blends crunchy, gritty bar-band riffs with a crisp power-pop undertone. Hiatt is one of those guys who has grown into grizzled, old-geezer persona he adopted as a young man, and his world-weary lyrics ring truer now than they did in the 1970s... This album opens with the rugged but optimistic pop gem "We're Alright Now," followed by a series of rougher-hewn thumpy rock songs, tempered by a few sly, sweet acoustic ballads... All in all, a potent, compact album delivered with fierce efficiency, a record that'll dazzle old fans and newcomers alike.
John Hiatt "Terms Of My Surrender" (New West Records, 2014)
John Hiatt "Paper Thin: The Canadian Broadcast, 1989" (All Access Records, 2013)
John Hiatt "The Eclipse Sessions" (New West Records, 2018)
John Hiatt & Jerry Douglas "Leftover Feelings" (2021)
Gravel-voiced roots-rock auteur John Hiatt is perhaps best known as a songwriter, a favorite in the 1970s and early '80s of artists such as Bonnie Raitt and Rosanne Cash... Hiatt was also on the leading edge of the roots-rock movement, in the years before the "Americana" genre had a name. Early in his career he became a work-for-hire songwriter in Nashville, before breaking through when one of his songs became a Top 20 pop hit for the band Three Dog Night in 1974. This enabled Hiatt to record as a solo artist, although his performing career floundered amid low sales and corporate indifference, even as his stock as a songwriter exploded. Hiatt's crisp musical style and craftsmanlike composing led to a partnership with British rocker Nick Lowe, whose own music was a canny mix of bluesy pub-rock, country and new wave -- together they recorded some of Hiatt's most commercially successful albums in the late '80s. Shifting to smaller indie labels, Hiatt has become an elder of the Americana scene, and continues to be one of its most highly regarded songwriters. Here's a quick look at his work...
