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Special Kiss
Studio album by
Released1991
Recorded1990
GenreAlternative rock, Grunge, indie rock
Length35:51
LabelPrimo Scree
ProducerDon Fleming
Gumball chronology
Special Kiss
(1991)
Wisconsin Hayride
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert Christgau(neither)[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

  1. "This Town" - (Fleming)
  2. "All The Time" - (Fleming)
  3. "Window Pain" - (Fleming)
  4. "Wake Up" - (Gumball)
  5. "Summer Days" - (Fleming)
  6. "Yellow Pants" - (Fleming)
  7. "Restless" - (Fleming)
  8. "Gone Too Far" - (Gumball)
  9. "Gettysburg" - (Gumball)
  10. "Alternate Feed" - (Fleming)
  11. "You Know" - (Teenage Fanclub and Gumball)
  12. "Pre" - (Gumball)
  13. "High Or Low"
  14. "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

  1. ^ "Special Kiss - Gumball". Allmusic.
  2. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: gumball". robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ "Gumball | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Lees, Jaime. "The Year Punk Broke Finally Gets Reissued: Where The Featured Bands Are Today". Riverfront Times.
  5. ^ "Gumball". Trouser Press. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  6. ^ "New Revolutions". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. September 8, 1991 – via Google Books.