Bull
Studio album by
Bootsauce
Released1992
LabelVertigo/PolyGram[1]
ProducerMichael Jonzun, Bootsauce
Bootsauce chronology
Re-Boot
(1991)		 Bull
(1992)		 Sleeping Bootie
(1993)

Bull is the second album by the Canadian band Bootsauce, released in 1992.[2][3] "Love Monkey #9", "Whatcha' Need" and "Big, Bad & Groovy" were released as singles. The album was nominated for a Juno Award, in the "Best Album Design" category.[4]

Production

The album was produced by Michael Jonzun and the band.[5] Bootsauce shared in the songwriting.[6] "Love Monkey #9" is about animal testing on non-human primates.[7] "Big Bad & Groovy" employs a horn section.[8] Lemmy sang on "Hold Tight".[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]
Calgary HeraldB[1]
Windsor StarA[6]

The Gazette noted that "there is more of everything—sex, danceability, power chords, smooth balladry, samples, with singer Drew Ling's insinuating voice living up to its owner's name."[11] The Globe and Mail wrote: "Bootsauce bounds all over the musical map, mulching early Pink Floyd sci-fi rock with Public Enemy-styled rapping ('Touching Cloth'), emulating Extreme on the ballad 'What Cha' Need', resurrecting Dr. John on the New Orleans-styled 'Dog Pound', and paying tribute to Sly and the Family Stone."[12] The Edmonton Journal determined that "assertive hard rock lays the foundation for snippets of soul falsetto, New Orleans gumbo and busy, Frank Zappa-ish orchestration."[13]

Track listing

All songs were written by Bootsauce, except where noted.

  1. "Love Monkey #9" – 3:25
  2. "Touching Cloth" – 3:42
  3. "Whatcha' Need" – 5:09
  4. "Big Bad & Groovy" – 4:08
  5. "Dogpound" – 3:35
  6. "Outhouse Quake" – 4:23
  7. "The 13th Psalm" – 4:30
  8. "Misunderstood" – 3:46
  9. "Rollercoaster's Child" (Willy Beck, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Pierce, Clarence Satchel, James Williams) – 3:31
  10. "I Saw You There" – 4:04
  11. "The Whole of You" – 4:01
  12. "Bad Dinner" – 3:45
  13. "Hold Tight" – 4:15

Personnel

  • Drew Ling (vocals)
  • Pere Fume (guitar)
  • Sonny Greenwich, Jr. (guitar)
  • Alan Baculis (bass)
  • John Lalley (as Johnny Frappe) (drums)
  • Lemmy (guest vocals on 'Hold Tight')

References

  1. 1 2 Muretich, James (16 Feb 1992). "Bootsauce: Bull". Calgary Herald. p. C4.
  2. ↑ Greenwood, Therese (21 Nov 1991). "Bootsauce, one of Canada's hottest club acts right now...". Entertainment. The Whig-Standard. p. 1.
  3. ↑ Krewen, Nick (8 Feb 1992). "Bootsauce Bull". The Hamilton Spectator. p. C5.
  4. ↑ "Juno nominees at a glance". The Kitchener-Waterloo Record. 10 Feb 1993. p. F2.
  5. ↑ Howell, Peter (25 Jan 1992). "New Bootsauce will be hot, and that's no bull". Toronto Star. p. K10.
  6. 1 2 Jones, Owen (29 Feb 1992). "Pop". Windsor Star. p. F2.
  7. ↑ Erskine, Evelyn (22 Feb 1992). "Bootsauce produces berserk party music". Ottawa Citizen. p. G3.
  8. ↑ "Bull by Bootsauce". Billboard. 104 (24): 51. Jun 13, 1992.
  9. ↑ Harrison, Tom (14 Apr 1992). "Heel, toe, and away we go: Yes, you can dance to music of Bootsauce". The Province. p. C3.
  10. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Review Bull". AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  11. ↑ Lepage, Mark (6 Feb 1992). "Bootsauce laces up for 'fight of our life'". The Gazette. Montreal. p. F1.
  12. ↑ Niester, Alan (10 Feb 1992). "Categorizing Bull is not easy". The Globe and Mail. p. C3.
  13. ↑ Metella, Helen (16 Feb 1992). "A dense, fun listen from Montreal". Edmonton Journal. p. G2.
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