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All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today

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All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today
Studio album by
Released1992
Recorded1990
GenrePop
Length50:15
LabelBar/None[1]
ProducerChocolate USA
Chocolate USA chronology
All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today
(1992)
Smoke Machine
(1994)

All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today is the debut full-length album by the American band Chocolate USA.[2][3] Released in 1992, it was their first album for Bar/None Records.[4] The band started working on it in 1990.[5] It was recorded under Chocolate USA's former name, Miss America.[6]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[7]

Trouser Press wrote that "Chocolate USA is nothing if not eclectic; although most of the album is acoustic slacker pop, 'Skyphilis/Air Raid' kicks off as a pastiche of Tommy Dorsey’s big band sound and glides into an extended free-jazz fantasy."[8] The Tampa Bay Times called the album "rife with fragmented genius, nervous energy and a creative vibe so powerful, it could send shivers down a spine of stainless steel."[9] The Times Union considered it a "wonderfully wild pastiche of pop."[10] The Tampa Tribune deemed the album "a montage of silly love songs, jazz fusion, guitar-distortion noise and snippets of a taped correspondence."[11]

Track listing

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  1. Test (Julian Koster) :40
  2. All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today (Koster) – 3:14
  3. Doogie Love Theme/Wysotsky's Tea (Koster) – 2:25
  4. My Little Two Eyes (Koster) – 3:04
  5. 100 Feet Tall (Koster) – 2:36
  6. The Feelies Show (Eric Morrison) – 3:02
  7. Skyphilis/Air Raid (Koster) – 3:46
  8. The Shower Song (Koster) – 3:57
  9. Wash My Face (Koster) – 4:32
  10. Two Dogs (Koster) – 1:58
  11. Vocal Exercise No. 1 (Koster) :32
  12. The Crashing Song (Koster) – 2:33
  13. Luniks Furniture (Koster) – 2:39
  14. Kriss Ford (Koster) – 2:43
  15. Kathy (Koster) – 1:38
  16. Nervous Aged Catalunian (Koster) – 3:07
  17. Loud (Koster) – 4:22
  18. Smile (Koster) – 3:27
  19. She's an Aeroplane (Koster) – 4:21

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Chocolate U.S.A. — Bar/None Records". Bar-none.com. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  2. ^ "All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today by Chocolate USA". Billboard. Vol. 105, no. 20. May 15, 1993. p. 54.
  3. ^ Clair, Adam (2022). Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery. Hachette Books.
  4. ^ "Chocolate U.S.A. Biography by Mike DaRonco". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  5. ^ Perez, Steven (November 23, 1990). "These kids are alright". Tampa Bay Times. The Tampa Tribune. p. 23.
  6. ^ "The man behind Miss America". Tampa Bay Times.
  7. ^ AllMusic review
  8. ^ "Chocolate USA". Trouser Press. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  9. ^ "Local music takes off in the soaring "All Jets'". Tampa Bay Times.
  10. ^ Haymes, Greg (July 22, 1993). "If the Florida group Chocolate USA...". Times Union. p. P4.
  11. ^ Booth, Philip (27 Mar 1992). "Classical and Pop Music". Friday Extra!. The Tampa Tribune. p. 3.