| Special Kiss | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, Grunge, indie rock | |||
| Length | 35:51 | |||
| Label | Primo Scree | |||
| Producer | Don Fleming | |||
| Gumball chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [2] |
Special Kiss is the first album by Gumball.[3] It was released in 1991 on the Primo Scree label. It contains contributions from Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and Teenage Fanclub.[4]
Critical reception
Trouser Press called the album "a locomotive blur of abrasive pop and gnarly guitar psychosis."[5] Spin wrote that "some tracks rock out a la Black Sabbath, some slam your head against the wall courtesy of blazing hardcore, and some make your stomach sick with wimpy pop."[6]
Track listing
- "This Town" - (Fleming)
- "All The Time" - (Fleming)
- "Window Pain" - (Fleming)
- "Wake Up" - (Gumball)
- "Summer Days" - (Fleming)
- "Yellow Pants" - (Fleming)
- "Restless" - (Fleming)
- "Gone Too Far" - (Gumball)
- "Gettysburg" - (Gumball)
- "Alternate Feed" - (Fleming)
- "You Know" - (Teenage Fanclub and Gumball)
- "Pre" - (Gumball)
- "High Or Low"
- "Gettysburg (Twister Mix)" - (Gumball)
Personnel
- Don Fleming - vocals, guitar, producer
- Jay Spiegel - drums, vocals ("Gone Too Far")
- Eric Vermillion - bass, vocals ("Wake Up", "You Know")
- Raymond McGinley - guitar, background vocals ("You Know")
- Brendan O'Hare - background vocals ("You Know")
- Norman Blake - background vocals ("You Know")
- Gerard Love - background vocals ("You Know")
- Paul Crisholm - bass ("You Know")
- Thurston Moore - keyboards ("Gettysburg")
- Technical
- Jim Waters - engineer
- James Kavoussi - engineer
- Wharton Tiers - engineer
References
- ↑ "Special Kiss - Gumball". Allmusic.
- ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: gumball". robertchristgau.com.
- ↑ "Gumball | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ↑ Lees, Jaime. "The Year Punk Broke Finally Gets Reissued: Where The Featured Bands Are Today". Riverfront Times.
- ↑ "Gumball". Trouser Press. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ↑ "New Revolutions". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. September 8, 1991 – via Google Books.
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