Suburbs (album)
Appearance
Suburbs (Suburbs album) | ||||
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Released | First half of 1986 | |||
Recorded | Metro Studios, Minneapolis, MN | |||
Genre | New wave | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Producer | Robert Brent | |||
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Suburbs is an album by the American New wave band The Suburbs, released in 1986. It was their first and only release on A&M Records. The album is out of print and has never been released on compact disc.
Reception
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Writing for Allmusic, music critic Stewart Mason called the album "The album is inappropriately produced... in a fashion that completely sublimates all of the qualities that had made the quintet so musically interesting in the first place."[1]
Track listing
All songs composed by The Suburbs.
- "Superlove" – 4:29
- "Heart of Gold" – 4:26
- "Every Night's a Friday Night" – 2:59
- "Never Stop (To Say Goodbye)" – 5:58
- "America Sings the Blues" – 3:13
- "#9" – 4:30
- "Life Is Like" – 3:11
- "Want That Girl" – 4:36
Personnel
- Chan Poling – vocals, keyboards
- Beej Chaney – vocals, Beejtar
- Hugo Klaers – drums
- Bruce C. Allen – guitar
- Michael Halliday – bass
Additional musicians
- Tom Burnevik – saxophones
- Kevin Nord – trumpet, voice tracker
- Dusty Cox – saxophone solo on "Heart of Gold"
Production credits
- Robert Brent – producer
- Jim Nipar – engineer
- Kirby Binder – assistant engineer
- Mike Rees – mastering
- Bruce C. Allen – art direction
- Donald Krieger – art direction
- Chuck Beeson – art direction
- Laurie Schendel Allen – cover photo
References
- ^ a b Mason, Stewart. "Suburbs > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 27, 2015.