Who's Got Trouble?

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Who's Got Trouble?
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 11, 2005
Length43:20
LabelZoë
ProducerVictor Van Vugt
Shivaree chronology
Rough Dreams
(2002)
Who's Got Trouble?
(2005)
Tainted Love: Mating Calls and Fight Songs
(2007)

Who's Got Trouble? is an album by Shivaree, released by Zoë Records in 2005. It has been called "dark cabaret pop."[1]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."New Casablanca"Ambrosia Parsley, Danny McGough3:07
2."I Close My Eyes"Parsley, Duke McVinnie3:55
3."Someday"Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King2:11
4."Lost in a Dream"Parsley4:37
5."Little Black Mess"Parsley, McVinnie4:32
6."Mexican Boyfriend"Parsley, McVinnie3:40
7."The Fat Lady of Limbourg"Brian Eno4:13
8."2 Far"Parsley, Chris Maxwell, Phil Hernandez2:55
9."Baby Girls"Parsley, McVinnie5:20
10."It Got All Black"Parsley, McGough, McVinnie, Maxwell, Hernandez4:02
11."I Will Go Quietly"Parsley, McVinnie4:48

Personnel[edit]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
Stylus Magazine(B+)[4]
PopMatters(5/10)[5]

CMJ New Music Monthly said that "much of the album tends to give off a background ambience" and that "Shivaree's nouveaux lounge, old-timey cabaret flare trickles with an underlying bizarreness that smacks of one of those hypnotic late-night excursions so common in David Lynch films."[6]

Billboard Magazine said that "while the musicianship of the group is indisputable, Parsley's unusual childish voice is stunted by pedestrian songwriting."[7]

Torontoist called the album "fascinating and almost unsettling in its uniqueness."[8]

Stylus argued that although "they may have shrunk their range and scope slightly, the songwriting and execution is as strong as ever."[9]

J. Poet of the Phoenix New Times wrote that "despite the low volume, this album delivers an emotional knockout punch."[10]

Chart performance[edit]

Country Position
France 108[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Smith, Rod (16 February 2005). "Shivaree: Who's Got Trouble". Minneapolis City Pages. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Schnider, Scott (January 11, 2005). "Who's Got Trouble?". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  4. ^ Stylus Magazine review
  5. ^ PopMatters review
  6. ^ "Shivaree - Who's Got Trouble". CMJ New Music Monthly. March 2005. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
  7. ^ Hasty, Katie (8 January 2005). "Shivaree - Who's Got Trouble". Billboard. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  8. ^ Yang, Frank (15 February 2005). "Shivaree - Who's Got Trouble?". Torontoist. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
  9. ^ Oculicz, Edward (3 February 2005). "Shivaree - Who's Got Trouble?". Stylus. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  10. ^ Poet, J. (6 January 2005). "Shivaree - Who's Got Trouble?". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  11. ^ Steffen Hung. "Shivaree - Who's Got Trouble?". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2022-08-09.