Snowbug
Snowbug | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1999 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | Alpaca/V2[1] | |||
Producer | The High Llamas | |||
The High Llamas chronology | ||||
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Snowbug is an album by the Anglo-Irish band the High Llamas, released in 1999.[2][3] It was a commercial failure.[4]
The album's first single was "Cookie Bay".[5]
Production
The album was produced by the High Llamas, and engineered by
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Orange County Register | B+[13] |
Pitchfork | 5.8/10[14] |
The Herald opined that, "in 'Cut The Dummy Loose', the band may have recorded the theme for a kids' TV show so weird that only David Lynch could film it."[16] The Guardian concluded that "the chief problem with this electroid whimsy, however, isn't that it doesn't come from the heart; it's that it doesn't make any discernible attempt to reach it."[17] The Chicago Tribune determined that Snowbug "plays like a batch of singles instead of a suite, making it not only a perfect introduction, but a solid disc of individual, well-constructed ideas."[18]
AllMusic wrote that, "at one point, there was charm and invention to his music, even if it was merely an homage, but now that it's become the patented High Llamas sound, it's clear that he's boxed himself into a corner, and worse, he doesn't seem that concerned about it."[11]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Bach Ze" | |
2. | "Harpers Romo" | |
3. | "Hoops Hooley" | |
4. | "Cookie Bay" | |
5. | "Triads" | |
6. | "The American Scene" | |
7. | "Go to Montecito" | |
8. | "Janet Jangle" | |
9. | "Amin" | |
10. | "Daltons Star" | |
11. | "Cotton to the Bell" | |
12. | "Green Coaster" | |
13. | "Cut the Dummy Loose" |
References
- ^ "High Llamas". Trouser Press. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "The High Llamas Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ "A Certain Wimpy Charm". MTV News.
- ISBN 9781843531050.
- ^ "The High Llamas: Cookie Bay". Music Week. 4 September 1999. p. 20.
- ^ "Cookie Crew". NME. 22 June 1999.
- ^ "Review". SF Weekly. 3 November 1999.
- ^ a b Evans, Simon (16 October 1999). "The High Llamas Snowbug". Birmingham Post. p. 6.
- ^ a b Underwood, Bob (7 January 2000). "Recordings in Review". Go!. Dayton Daily News. p. 21.
- ^ Heaney, Mick (24 October 1999). "Llamas pop out – Interview". Features. The Sunday Times. p. 8.
- ^ a b "Snowbug". AllMusic.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 282.
- ^ a b Wener, Ben (29 October 1999). "The Quick Hit". Orange County Register. p. F55.
- ^ "Snowbug". Pitchfork.
- ^ Battaglia, Andy (3 November 1999). "Sharps & Flats". Salon.
- ^ Belcher, David (21 October 1999). "Snowbug, The High Llamas". The Herald. p. 16.
- ^ Cox, Tom (22 October 1999). "Music: Pop CD Releases". Friday. The Guardian. p. 17:1.
- ^ Hedblade, Jay (14 November 1999). "Recordings". Chicago Tribune. p. 7.6.