Flying Saucer Blues

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
No Depression	(mixed)[2]

Music critic Denise Sullivan of Allmusic praised the album, writing "Never one to rely on formula, Case mixes his brand of incisive folk-rock with some simpatico musical styles…"[1] Writing for No Depression, Jim Musser was equivocal about the album, writing "Maybe the singer-songwriter’s willful escape from pop bought its own particular travails. More likely, Peter Case is just very capable instead of great. This is (again) a collection of well-crafted songs; all of the pieces (again) seem to be here. The playing and songs are top-drawer; the voice is simply…nice."

All songs written by Peter Case unless otherwise noted.

1. "Paradise etc" – 3:51
2. "Cool Drink O' Water" – 5:02
3. "Blue Distance" – 4:50
4. "Walking Home Late" – 3:55
5. "Coulda Shoulda Woulda" (Case, Kevin Bowe, Duane Jarvis) – 2:43
6. "Something Happens" – 2:47
7. "Two Heroes" (Case, LeRoy Marinell) – 6:13
8. "Lost in Your Eyes" – 3:55
9. "Black Dirt & Clay" – 4:25
10. "Cold Trail Blues" – 4:38
11. "This Could Be the One" – 3:44

• Peter Case – vocals, guitar, harmonica
• Sandy Chila – drums
• Don Heffington – percussion
• David Jackson – upright bass
• Greg Leisz – dobro, lap steel guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar
• Andrew Williams – banjo, glockenspiel, guitar, harmonium, harmony vocals, background vocals
• Gabe Witcher – fiddle
• Darrell Leonard – horn
• Joe Sublett – horn
• David Perales – violin

Production

• Andrew Williams – producer, engineer, mixing
• Michael Meltzer – engineer
• Jim Wirt – mixing
• Greg Allen – package design, photography
• Doug Erb – illustrations