Field Day is the second album by American rock musician Marshall Crenshaw.

Recorded quickly after the moderate success of his self-titled debut album, Field Day featured a change in style and production after Crenshaw switched producers from Richard Gottehrer to Steve Lillywhite.

Field Day was recorded shortly after Crenshaw's self-titled debut album.

Crenshaw recalled being rushed to release a follow-up to his moderately successful debut despite a lack of material; he explained, "I felt rushed doing Field Day but I was ready to take it on; I was ready to take up the challenge to do a second album.

I kept 'Whenever You're on My Mind' sort of in my back pocket for the future and I had 'For Her Love' that was unrecorded and laying around as a spare part.

"[1] Field Day featured a bigger production than Crenshaw's debut, most notably with the drum sound.Crenshaw was pleased with this shift in direction, stating, "The thing is the tracks are really powerful and explosive, but there's never more than one guitar on it.

[3] Field Day also features "Our Town", a song which Crenshaw explained was about "being homesick" for his then-hometown, New York City.

[1] Crenshaw later said that "Monday Morning Rock" was "about this sorta fast-paced life that I lived for a short time.

[5] Crenshaw has expressed his dislike of the cover in multiple interviews,[1] claiming it had been chosen while he was on a vacation with family.

In one interview, he explained: I was on my vacation with my wife, Ione, and my brother, Robert after we finished the second album.

The debut single from the album, "Whenever You're on My Mind", was aided by a popular early MTV music video and reached number 103 on the charts as well as number 23 on Billboard's Rock Tracks Chart; Crenshaw later expressed great disappointment that the single did not hit, saying "If that had been a hit, it would have been really big for me.

[3] Field Day saw some positive reception from critics, particularly from Robert Christgau, who awarded it an A+ rating.

[1] Crenshaw later defended the production, explaining in a later interview, "I had lunch with Steve about a year and a half ago.

"[2] In another interview, he stated, "I really loved Field Day, even though it was a dumb idea to do a second album in such a hurry after the first one.

"Little Sister" was originally recorded for The King Biscuit Flower Power Hour by D.I.R.