# Rockit Fuel Only
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{{Infobox album
| name = Rockit Fuel Only
| type = studio
| artist = [Evan Johns](/source/Evan_Johns)
| cover = Rockit Fuel Only.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1991
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| label = [Rykodisc](/source/Rykodisc)[{{cite news |last1=Corcoran |first1=Michael |title=Record File |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=March 17, 1991 |department=Show |page=6}}]
| producer = Evan Johns
| prev_title = Please Mr. Santa Claus
| prev_year = 1990
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'''''Rockit Fuel Only''''' is an album by the American musician [Evan Johns](/source/Evan_Johns), released in 1991.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/evan-johns-his-h-bombs-mn0000143535/biography|title=Evan Johns & His H-Bombs Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic|access-date=2022-03-29|archive-date=2022-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329131138/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/evan-johns-his-h-bombs-mn0000143535/biography|url-status=live}}][{{cite news |last1=Blackstock |first1=Peter |title=Best Bets |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=10 May 1991 |page=A10}}] He is credited with his backing band, the H-Bombs.[{{cite news |title=Evan Johns and His H-Bombs... |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=May 3, 1991 |page=D3}}][{{cite news |last1=Esmonde |first1=Donn |title=The Twang's the Thang |work=The Buffalo News |date=July 19, 1991 |page=G3}}] Johns supported the album with a North American tour.[{{cite news |last1=MacQueen |first1=Steve |title='Energetic guitar and a voice like spinning tires on gravel' |work=Tallahassee Democrat |date=May 3, 1991 |page=10D}}]
==Production==
''Rockit Fuel Only'' was produced by Johns, who also played mandolin on the album.[{{cite magazine |title=Album Reviews — Rockit Fuel Only by Evan Johns & His H-Bombs |magazine=Billboard |date=Jun 8, 1991 |volume=103 |issue=23 |page=74}}][{{cite news |last1=Gettelman |first1=Parry |title=Musical Irons in the Inferno |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=12 June 1992 |department=Calendar |page=7}}] It was recorded in Dallas.[{{cite news |last1=Booth |first1=Philip |title=Turning up the Heatwave |work=The Tampa Tribune |date=May 3, 1991 |department=Tampa Bay Times |page=18}}] Drummer Jim Starboard sings lead on one track.[
"Dig That Boogie" is a cover of the [Roy Hall](/source/Roy_Hall_(musician)) song; "Burnin' Over What I Done" is about the televangelist [Jimmy Swaggart](/source/Jimmy_Swaggart).][{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Tom |title=Thanks to Johns, wild rockabilly is coming to town |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=December 28, 1991 |page=L20}}]
==Critical reception==
{{music ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}[{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rockit-fuel-only-mw0000620247|title=Rockit Fuel Only|website=AllMusic|access-date=2022-03-29|archive-date=2022-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329130624/https://www.allmusic.com/album/rockit-fuel-only-mw0000620247|url-status=live}}]
|rev2 = ''[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)''
|rev2score = {{rating|1.5|4}}[{{cite news |last1=Heim |first1=Chris |title=Recordings |work=Chicago Tribune |date=5 Dec 1991 |department=Tempo |page=7}}]
|rev3 = ''[Houston Chronicle](/source/Houston_Chronicle)''
|rev3score = {{rating|4|4}}[{{cite news |last1=Racine |first1=Marty |title=Rockit Fuel Only |work=Houston Chronicle |date=May 12, 1991 |department=Zest |page=11}}]
|rev4 = ''[MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide](/source/MusicHound)''
|rev4score = {{rating|3.5|5}}[{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=609}}]
|rev5 = ''[Orlando Sentinel](/source/Orlando_Sentinel)''
|rev5score = {{rating|5|5}}[{{cite news |last1=Gettelman |first1=Parry |title=Evan Johns & His H-Bombs |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=21 June 1991 |department=Calendar |page=18}}]
}}
''[Trouser Press](/source/Trouser_Press)'' wrote that "'Boogie Disease' and 'Little Scene Setter' are among the rip-it-up corkers that keep Evan Johns among rock'n'roll's guitar elite."[{{cite web |title=Evan Johns and His H-Bombs |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/evan-johns-and-his-h-bombs/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=29 March 2022 |archive-date=29 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329132640/https://trouserpress.com/reviews/evan-johns-and-his-h-bombs/ |url-status=live }}] The ''[Orlando Sentinel](/source/Orlando_Sentinel)'' thought that Johns "detonates his guitar with unpredictable but always spine-shaking results on everything from the monumentally grungy 'Back in the Back Seat' to the roaring 'Little Scene Setter' to the Texas-swinging-out-of-orbit 'Under the Willows in Dixie' to the wistful 'Meant for You'."[
The ''[Austin American-Statesman](/source/Austin_American-Statesman)'' noted that "Johns is more an extremist than a revivalist."][{{cite news |last1=McLeese |first1=Don |title=Due any day is Rockit Fuel Only by Evan Johns... |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=23 Apr 1991 |page=B8}}] The ''[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)'' complained that "it takes nearly three-quarters of the album and a swaying little tune called 'In the Groove' before he and the band find a groove that isn't just a mindless boogie stomp (with lyrics to match)."[ The ''[Houston Chronicle](/source/Houston_Chronicle)'' concluded that "Johns is in a class by himself when it comes to imagination and fretboard exploration"; the paper later listed the album among the 40 best of 1991.][{{cite news |last1=Racine |first1=Marty |last2=Mitchell |first2=Rick |title=Top 40 of '91 – Critics choose best albums of year |work=Houston Chronicle |date=December 29, 1991 |department=Zest |page=8}}]
[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) wrote: "Johns' craggy vocals make this 100-proof roadhouse rock even when he's in a relatively mellow mood, and it's never too long before he kicks things back into overdrive on fourth-gear rockers like 'Back in the Backseat', 'Sugary Action', and the title cut."