Box Office Bomb
Studio album by
Released1987
RecordedMay 18–28, 1987
GenreHard rock, glam rock
Length44:49
LabelQuestionmark Records[1]
ProducerChris Carter, John Easdale, Mark Ettel[2]
Dramarama chronology
Cinéma Vérité
(1985)
Box Office Bomb
(1987)
Stuck in Wonderamaland
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Robert ChristgauA−[4]
Los Angeles Times[1]

Box Office Bomb is the second album by the alternative rock band Dramarama.[5]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "while Box Office Bomb suffers slightly from pressed-for-time-and-money production, 'Modesty Personified' still has plenty of Blondiesque bite, and the sextet invigorates Easdale’s vengeful frustration in 'Whenever I’m With Her' ('Sorry I bit her…') with hothouse guitar drama."[6]

Track listing

All songs written by John Easdale, except where noted.

  1. "Steve & Edie" - 5:05
  2. "New Dream" - 3:30
  3. "Whenever I'm With Her" - 3:09
  4. "Spare Change" - 3:15
  5. "400 Blows" - 3:52
  6. "Pumping (My Heart)" (Patti Smith, Ivan Kral, Jay Dee Daugherty) - 3:16
  7. "It's Still Warm" - 3:54
  8. "Out in the Rain" (Easdale, Julie Miller) - 4:13
  9. "Baby Rhino's Eye" - 5:01
  10. "Worse Than Being By Myself" - 5:27
  11. "Modesty Personified" - 4:07

1988 CD bonus tracks (The Best of Cinema Verite)

  1. "Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)" - 3:44
  2. "Scenario" - 4:14
  3. "Questions?" - 3:12
  4. "Visiting The Zoo" - 3:55
  5. "Candidate" - 3:18
  6. "Some Crazy Dame" - 3:48
  7. "Emerald City" - 3:00

1995 CD reissue bonus tracks

  1. "Hitchhiking" - 3:10
  2. "Private World (David Johansen, Arthur Kane) - 3:37
  3. "Last Cigarette (Demo Version)" - 4:22
  4. "Would You Like (Demo)" - 4:36
  5. "Worse Than Being By Myself (Demo Version)" - 5:13
  6. "It's Still Warm (Original Version)" - 6:22

References

  1. 1 2 "Dramarama Blurs : * * * * Great Balls of Fire * * * Good Vibrations * * Maybe Baby * Running on Empty". Los Angeles Times. November 15, 1987.
  2. "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 26, 1987 via Google Books.
  3. Box Office Bomb at AllMusic
  4. "Robert Christgau: CG: Dramarama". www.robertchristgau.com.
  5. Thompson, Dave (July 4, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 via Google Books.
  6. "Dramarama".



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