Weeville
Weeville | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1990 | |||
Genre | Indie pop, indie rock, lo-fi | |||
Length | 46:14 | |||
Label | Flying Nun[1] Homestead Records[2] | |||
Tall Dwarfs chronology | ||||
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Weeville is an album by New Zealand band Tall Dwarfs, released in 1990.[3][4] It was the band's first album, after almost a decade of EP-only releases.[5]
The album was reissued, along with Fork Songs, in 2005 by Cloud Recordings.[6] The band toured the United States to promote the reissue.[7]
Production
[edit]The album was made possible by a grant from the New Zealand Arts Council.[8]
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [9] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [10] |
Philadelphia Weekly | A[11] |
Pitchfork | 7.0/10[12] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10[13] |
Winnipeg Sun | [14] |
Trouser Press called the album "unpretentious but insidiously great."[15] Exclaim! wrote that "the songs that endure are acoustically strummed with simple arrangements."[16] The Chicago Tribune labeled it "a Sgt. Pepper of low-tech innovation."[17] Philadelphia Weekly noted that "Weeville also underscores just how profoundly the Kiwi scene affected America's Elephant 6 collective, which took that affinity for pretty/ugly experimentation to dizzying heights."[11] The Winnipeg Sun deemed the band "lo-fi psych-pop pioneers."[14]
Track listing
[edit]- "Lag"
- "What More"
- "Breath"
- "Skin of My Teeth"
- "Crawl"
- "Sign the Dotted Line"
- "Pirouette"
- "Lucky"
- "Bodies"
- "Mr. Broccoli"
- "Lie"
- "The Winner"
- "Rorschach"
- "Tip of My Tongue"
- "Ozone"
- "Hallelujah Boy"
References
[edit]- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 33.
- ^ Encarnacao, John (15 April 2016). Punk Aesthetics and New Folk: Way Down the Old Plank Road. Routledge. ISBN 9781317073215 – via Google Books.
- ^ Thompson, Dave (29 October 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Tall Dwarfs | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Tall Dwarfs - AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz.
- ^ Meyer, Bill (28 July 2005). "Tall Dwarfs". Chicago Reader.
- ^ "These Kiwi dwarfs are walking tall". Hawke's Bay Today. 23 June 2005. p. B14.
- ^ Buckley, Peter (29 October 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Weeville - Tall Dwarfs | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 647.
- ^ a b "Buy These Records". Music. Philadelphia Weekly. 14 December 2005.
- ^ "Tall Dwarfs: Weeville / Fork Songs". Pitchfork. 18 January 2006.
- ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 396.
- ^ a b Sterdan, Darryl (6 January 2006). "Tall Dwarfs Weeville". Entertainment. Winnipeg Sun. p. 30.
- ^ "Chris Knox". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ "Tall Dwarves Weeville / Fork Songs". exclaim.ca.
- ^ Kot, Greg (6 December 1992). "1992'S BEST ALBUMS". chicagotribune.com.