Copacetic (Velocity Girl album)

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Copacetic
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Studio album by Velocity Girl
Released 1993
Recorded Memphis, 1993
Genre Indie rock, Indie pop
Label Sub Pop
Velocity Girl chronology
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Copacetic
(1993)		 3rd
Simpatico
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Chicago Tribune 1.5/4 stars[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide (neither)[3]
Entertainment Weekly C+[4]
Lime Lizard (neutral)[5]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[6]
Spin (mixed)[7]
The Washington Post (mixed)[8]

Copacetic is an album by Velocity Girl, released in 1993. It is their first full-length album and features the singles "Crazy Town" and "Audrey's Eyes," both of which were given music videos. The album's title derives from an American slang word meaning "everything's ok".[9] Its sound is heavily influenced by shoegaze, a subgenre of indie rock. Kelly Riles described the recording of the album: "We mixed the album in a very different way than people would have expected us to—it's very rough sounding. It's a deliberate move away from the lighter production on the singles".[9]

A review in Lime Lizard at the time of its release drew comparisons with My Bloody Valentine, stating "this could be the rejected demos for Isn't Anything".[5]

The album was listed among "75 Lost Classics" in the Spring 2007 issue of Magnet.[10]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Pretty Sister" (4:59)
  2. "Crazy Town" (3:47)
  3. "Copacetic" (3:41)
  4. "Here Comes" (4:42)
  5. "Pop Loser" (2:24)
  6. "Living Well" (3:06)
  7. "A Chang" (5:48)
  8. "Audrey's Eyes" (3:02)
  9. "Lisa Librarian" (2:18)
  10. "57 Waltz" (2:49)
  11. "Candy Apples" (3:07)
  12. "Catching Squirrels" (5:42)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Huey, Steve "Copacetic Review", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation, retrieved 24 October 2009
  2. ^ Margasak, Peter (1993-05-13). "Velocity Girl Copacetic (Sub Pop)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-10-09. 
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Velocity Girl". www.robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2017-10-09. 
  4. ^ Ali, Lorraine (1993-04-09). "Copacetic". Entertainment Weekly. 
  5. ^ a b Grundy, Gareth (1993) "Velocity Girl Copacetic", Lime Lizard, May 1993, p. 59
  6. ^ Diehl, Matt (1993) "Album Reviews: Velocity Girl - Copacetic", Rolling Stone, Issue 658
  7. ^ Aaron, Charles (1993-04-01). "Records". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. p. 96. 
  8. ^ Jenkins, Mark (1993-03-26). "'Copacetic' Hits a Decent Velocity". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-10-09. 
  9. ^ a b Bonner, Michael (1993) "Velocity Girl: Cop This", Lime Lizard, May 1993, p. 74
  10. ^ Magnet Magazine's "75 Lost Classics": We Found Eight of Them (SubPop Records) Archived 2009-12-08 at the Wayback Machine.

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