Joy Rides for Shut-Ins
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1990 | |||
Recorded | 1990 | |||
Genre | Rock, power pop | |||
Length | 38:48 | |||
Label | Enigma | |||
Producer | Ed Stasium | |||
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Joy Rides for Shut-Ins is the first studio album by the American band the Cavedogs, released in 1990.[1][2] The band supported the album by touring with the Dead Milkmen and Mojo Nixon.[3]
Critical reception
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USA Today praised the "sass and spit-in-your-face attitude of punk [and] the melodic qualities of solid hard rock".[5]
In 1992, The New Yorker called the album "a collection of blissful power pop crunchers".[6] Trouser Press noted that "while quotes from summer-of-love sources (Move, Floyd, Beatles and Monkees to name but a few) abound you'll also hear enough echoes of the Jam, dB's, R.E.M. and the Smithereens to know the Boston-based trio has progressed past pure paisley."[7]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by the Cavedogs
- "Tayter Country" – 2:16
- "Leave Me Alone" – 3:37
- "Bed of Nails" – 3:22
- "Proud Land" – 3:44
- "What in the World?" – 3:06
- "Right on the Nail" – 4:33
- "Step Down" – 3:37
- "Baba Ghanooj" – 4:22
- "Calm Him Down" – 3:52
- "Taking Up Space" – 3:28
- "La La La" – 2:37
- "[Hidden Track]" – 0:24
Personnel
[edit]- The Cavedogs – Producer, Engineer
- Mike Denneen – Piano
- Paul Hamingson – Engineer, Remix Assistant
- Paul Q. Kolderie – Engineer
- John Lupfer – Producer, Engineer
- Michael McLaughlin – Photography
- Suzanne Mueller – cellist (Baba Ghanooj)
- Carl Plaster – Engineer
- Mark Rivers – Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer
- Sean Slade – Engineer
- Todd Spahr – Guitar, Vocals, Bells, Producer, Sleigh Bells
- Ed Stasium – Producer, Engineer, Remixing
- Brian Stevens – Bass, Harmonica, Vocals, Producer
Charts
[edit]Singles
[edit]Billboard (North America)
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1990 | Leave Me Alone | Modern Rock Tracks[8] | 17 |
References
[edit]- ^ Gordon, Robert (Dec 1990). "Spins". Spin. Vol. 6, no. 9. pp. 84–85.
- ^ "Music". Orange Coast. Vol. 17, no. 3. Mar 1991. p. 163.
- ^ Del Porto, Brett (December 5, 1990). "Dead Milkmen, Nixon, Cavedogs to Run 'Amuck' in S.L.". Deseret News. p. C7.
- ^ Deming, Mark. "Joyrides for Shut-Ins The Cavedogs". AllMusic. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- ^ Oermann, Robert K. (May 24, 1991). "A Taste of What's Singing for Summer". USA Today.
- ^ "Nightlife". The New Yorker. May 18, 1992. p. 10.
- ^ Schulps, Dave. "Cavedogs". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008. Record Research. p. 49.