The Known Universe
Studio album by
Ass Ponys
ReleasedApril 1996
GenreIndie rock
Length78:17
LabelA&M
ProducerJohn Curley
Ass Ponys chronology
Electric Rock Music
(1994)		 The Known Universe
(1996)		 Some Stupid with a Flare Gun
(2000)

The Known Universe is the fourth studio album by Cincinnati-based indie rock band Ass Ponys, released in April 1996 on A&M Records. It was the band's second album for A&M (after 1994's Electric Rock Music), and was produced by the Afghan Whigs' John Curley.[1]

Critical reception

The Known Universe received favorable reviews from Spin, Rolling Stone, and Details upon its release.[2] Trouser Press' Vickie Gilmer, however, was less favorable, writing of the album that "Sounding like slapdash country kin of the Barenaked Ladies, the Ass Ponys retread familiar soil, relying on exhausted film jokes ("God Tells Me To") and mild outrage ("Cancer Show"), all the while belaboring clichés like "I could rule the world if..." (a self-mocking line Tin Huey used to better effect fifteen years earlier) and real-life oddities like the oft-derided "Satin lives in hell" graffiti."[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[4]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[5]
Entertainment WeeklyA–[6]
Los Angeles Times[7]
Spin7/10[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Bill Alletzhauser, Randy Cheek, Chuck Cleaver, and David Morrison, except where noted.

  1. Shoe Money
  2. Under Cedars And Stars (Alletzhauser, Cheek, Cleaver, Jack Ison, Morrison)
  3. God Tells Me To
  4. Blow Oskar
  5. Cancer Show
  6. Dead Fly The Birds
  7. And She Drowned
  8. Redway
  9. French Muscleman
  10. It's Summer Here
  11. John Boat
  12. Hagged
  13. Some Kind Of Fun

Personnel

  • Ass Ponys – producer
  • John Curley – engineer, producer
  • Steve Girton – engineer
  • Jack Ison – keyboards

References

  1. 1 2 Raggett, Ned. "The Known Universe". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ass Ponys". Cincinnati Magazine. 29 (9): 22. June 1996.
  3. ↑ Gilmer, Vickie. "Ass Ponys". Trouser Press. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  4. ↑ McKeough, Kevin (27 June 1996). "Ass Ponys The Known Universe (A&M)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Ass Ponys". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 10.
  6. ↑ Flaherty, Mike (19 April 1996). "The Known Universe". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  7. ↑ Gardner, Elysa (1996-05-12). "Record Rack". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  8. ↑ Weisbard, Eric (May 1996). "Records". Spin. 12 (2): 108.
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