Girls and Weather
Studio album by
The Rumble Strips
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2007
GenreRock
Length37:46
LabelFallout
ProducerTony Hoffer
The Rumble Strips chronology
Girls and Weather
(2007)		 Welcome to the Walk Alone
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
NME[3]
Q
Rocklouder[4]
Spin[5]

Girls and Weather is the debut album from the Devon-based band The Rumble Strips. It was released on September 10, 2007 by the Island Records sub-label Fallout Records.

AllMusic reviewer Katherine Fulton said that "happy melodies coupled with bittersweet lyrics are a running theme throughout the album", being quick to note this is a good thing because "it's a formula that works well for the Rumble Strips."[6] She sums up the album by saying it "loses neither steam nor charm throughout; it's an album for adults who want an excuse to behave like kids again."[6] NME reviewer Jamie Fullerton focuses in particular on the frontman, indicating that the "cheesy, into-the-sunset fantasy is just another indication of Waller's total detachment from the current grot-rock set, just as he's detached from the cretins who brand him a Dexy's photocopier."[7]

Track listing

  1. "No Soul" - 2:44
  2. "Alarm Clock" - 3:13
  3. "Building a Boat" - 2:38
  4. "Girls and Boys in Love" - 2:33
  5. "Oh Creole" - 3:15
  6. "Motorcycle" - 3:56
  7. "Time" - 3:32
  8. "Clouds" - 3:37
  9. "Don't Dumb Down" - 2:53
  10. "Cowboy" - 2:39
  11. "Hate Me (You Do)" - 3:13
  12. "Hands" - 3:32
  13. "Girls and Weather" - 3:44 (Japanese Edition Bonus Track)
  14. "The Boys Are Back in Town" - 4:07 (Japanese Edition Bonus Track)
  15. "Girls and Boys in Love (Hot Chip Remix)" - 3:45 (Japanese Edition Bonus Track)

Personnel

Band

Production

  • Todd Burke, Jason Gossman - engineers
  • Jonathan de Villiers - photography
  • Duncan Ellis - management
  • Tappin Gofton - art direction, design
  • Tony Hoffer - music producer, engineer, mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen - mastering

References

  1. ↑ "Girls And Weather by The Rumble Strips". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Girls and Weather at AllMusic
  3. ↑ "The Rumble Strips". NME. 13 September 2007.
  4. ↑ "Rocklouder.co.uk".
  5. ↑ "The Rumble Strips, 'Girls and Weather' (Gigantic)". 21 July 2008.
  6. 1 2 Fulton, Katherine. "Girls and Weather review". allmusic. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
  7. ↑ Fullerton, Jamie (17 September 2007). "The Rumble Strips album review". NME. Retrieved 23 July 2008.


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