Boom! Boom! Boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom! | ||||
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Released | August 26, 1997[1] | |||
Length | 41:08 | |||
Label | Nice Records[2] | |||
Producer | Kelley Deal | |||
Kelley Deal 6000 chronology | ||||
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Boom! Boom! Boom! is the second album by the Kelley Deal 6000, released in 1997.[3][4] "Brillo Hunt" was the album's first single; the title refers to the practice of using steel wool to filter crack cocaine.[5][6]
Production
[edit]The album was produced by Deal, who also cowrote or wrote all of the album's songs.[7][8] It was recorded over a period of two and half weeks in February 1997.[9]
Critical reception
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Entertainment Weekly | B−[13] |
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MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Plain Dealer | B[16] |
The Times | 7/10[5] |
Stereo Review wrote that "the sex-rocking 'Shag, the punk-snarling 'Get the Writing Off My Back', and the boom-boom-booming 'Brillo Hunt' are as catchy as anything on Last Splash but more fully arranged."[17] Rolling Stone called Boom! Boom! Boom! "a fun and arty fuck-about of a solo album," writing that "there's a lot of sonic debris here, too: bratty Mouseketeer-like cheers, hokey ditties such as 'Stripper' and arbitrary instrumentation like military snare drums and penny whistles."[18] The Columbus Dispatch concluded: "While several cuts spill over with resonating guitar pop, many ride the fence between full-on heavy metal and numbing alt-rock. While the latter is inoffensive, its impact is ephemeral at best."[19]
The Guardian deemed the album "splenetic punky numbers one minute, lovelorn crooning the next," writing that it "veers between the actually-quite-good and arrant nonsense."[14] The Albuquerque Journal determined that "though most of the 15 songs (like the loosely structured 'Stripper', a sort of poke at the dancing profession, and the drumroll march of 'Total War') are experimental to be sure, there are still a couple of radio-ready pop gems, like the album opener, 'Shag', and 'Confidence Girl'."[20] The Boston Herald remarked that "the odd 'When He Calls Me Kitten' transfixes with a bizarre Ann-Margret-visits-the-Mississippi-Delta-blues vibe."[11] The Plain Dealer thought that "while [Sugar Altar's] lyrics seemed to evade serious issues, [Deal]'s now developing an oblique, personal language to explore them."[16]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks composed by Kelley Deal; except where indicated
- "Shag" (Marty Nedich) – 2:26
- "Future Boy" – 2:11
- "Baby I'm King" – 3:27
- "When He Calls Me Kitten" – 3:23
- "Brillo Hunt" – 3:34
- "Box" – 2:24
- "Stripper" – 2:02
- "Where Did The Home Team Go" – 3:58
- "Confidence Girl" (Todd Mund, Marty Nedich) – 2:39
- "Total War" (Nick Hook) – 1:53
- "Scary" – 3:11
- "My Boyfriend Died" – 2:42
- "[Drum Solo]" – 0:28
- "Skylark" (Brent Sigmeth) – 4:06
- "Get the Writing off My Back" – 2:44
Personnel
[edit]- Kelley Deal - vocals, bass, lead & rhythm guitar
- Todd Mund - lead & rhythm guitar, vocals
- Marty Nedich - bass, vocals
- Todd Johnson - drums
- Nick Hook - drums
- Jimmy Swann - lead guitar on "Get the Writing off My Back"
- Jed Luhmann - drums on "Total War"
- Jimmy Chamberlin (as "JC") - drums on "Baby I'm King"
References
[edit]- ^ "Kelley Deal 6000 Coming Soon". MTV News. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020.
- ^ Sherr, Sara (3 Oct 1997). "ALTERNATIVE CHOICE". Philadelphia Daily News. p. F15.
- ^ Clayton, Liz (October 1997). "Rev. of Kelley Deal 6000, Boom! Boom! Boom!". CMJ New Music Monthly. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^ "Kelley Deal Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ a b Verrico, Lisa (8 Nov 1997). "The Kelley Deal 6000". The Times. Metro. p. 14.
- ^ Routhier, Ray (2 Oct 1997). "ON HER OWN, SINGER CREATES THE REAL DEAL". Portland Press Herald. p. 2D.
- ^ Don, Jeffrey (Sep 20, 1997). "Sony's RED spawns indie group Red Ink". Billboard. 109 (38): 1, 89.
- ^ "Kelley Deal". The A.V. Club.
- ^ "Tucson Weekly: Kelley's Kapers (August 28 - September 3, 1997)". www.tucsonweekly.com.
- ^ "Boom! Boom! Boom! - Kelley Deal | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ a b Rodman, Sarah (September 28, 1997). "THE KELLEY DEAL 6000 Boom! Boom! Boom!". Boston Herald. ENT. p. 42.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 805.
- ^ "Boom! Boom! Boom!". EW.com.
- ^ a b Sweeney, Kathy (14 Nov 1997). "The Kelley Deal 6000 Boom! Boom! Boom!". The Guardian. Friday. p. 18:4.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 158.
- ^ a b Pantsios, Anastasia (September 12, 1997). "KELLY DEAL 6000 'BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!'". The Plain Dealer. Friday. p. 25.
- ^ Milano, Brett (Dec 1997). "Boom! Boom! Boom!". Stereo Review. 62 (12): 111–112.
- ^ Ali, Lorraine (Sep 18, 1997). "Boom! Boom! Boom!". Rolling Stone (769): 108.
- ^ Beck, Aaron (September 30, 1997). "KELLEY'S NEW DEAL SEEMS TO BE WORKING OUT". The Columbus Dispatch. p. 6B.
- ^ Hopper, Kevin (29 Aug 1997). "Kelley Deal spreads her wings". Albuquerque Journal. p. F11.