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Cruise Yourself
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 3, 1994 (1994-10-03)
RecordedMay 1994 (1994-05)
StudioOz Studios, Baltimore, United States
Genre
Length40:59
LabelTouch and Go
ProducerTed Niceley
Girls Against Boys chronology
(I) Don't Got a Place
(1994)
Cruise Yourself
(1994)
Kill the Sexplayer
(1995)

Cruise Yourself is the third studio album by American post-hardcore band Girls Against Boys, released in October 1994 by record label Touch and Go.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert Christgau(dud)[2]
NME[3]
Q[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
Trouser Pressunfavourable[6]

Cruise Yourself has received a mixed-to-favorable response from critics.

Accolades

Year Publication Country Accolade Rank
1998 Alternative Press United States "The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s" 53 [7]
2000 Rock de Lux Spain "Best Albums of the '90s" 102 [8]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Girls Against Boys

No.TitleLength
1."Tucked-In"4:17
2."Cruise Your New Baby Fly Self"3:11
3."Kill the Sexplayer"3:16
4."(I) Don't Got a Place"3:43
5."Psychic Know-How"3:41
6."Explicitly Yours"4:59
7."From Now On"4:15
8."Raindrop"3:13
9."The Royal Lowdown"2:41
10."My Martini"3:41
11."Glazed-Eye"4:02

Personnel

Adapted from the Cruise Yourself liner notes.[9]

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1994 Touch and Go CD, CS, LP TG117

References

  1. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Cruise Yourself". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Girls Against Boys". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  3. ^ columnist (October 1994). "Girls Against Boys: Cruise Yourself". NME: 52.
  4. ^ columnist (November 1994). "Girls Against Boys: Cruise Yourself". Q: 112.
  5. ^ Brackett, Nathan, ed. (November 2004). "Girls Against Boys". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. p. 332. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  6. ^ Kot, Greg (2007). "Girls Against Boys". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 9, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s". Alternative Press. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  8. ^ "Best Albums of the '90s". Rock de Lux. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  9. ^ Cruise Yourself (booklet). Girls Against Boys. Chicago, Illinois: Touch and Go Records. 1994. {{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |titlelink= ignored (|title-link= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)