Some Stupid with a Flare Gun
| Some Stupid with a Flare Gun | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by Ass Ponys | ||||
| Released | April 11, 2000 | |||
| Genre | Country rock, indie rock | |||
| Length | 50:06 | |||
| Label | Checkered Past | |||
| Ass Ponys chronology | ||||
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Some Stupid With a Flare Gun is the fifth studio album by Cincinnati-based indie rock band Ass Ponys. It was released on April 11, 2000 on the Chicago-based indie label Checkered Past, and marks their first release on this label after releasing their two previous albums on A&M Records. The album's title is taken from a line in the Deep Purple song Smoke on the Water.[1] The album won "CD of the Year" in 2001 at the Cammy Awards.[2]
Production
Some Stupid With a Flare Gun was produced by Brad Jones.[3]
Critical reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
| PopMatters | [5] |
| Robert Christgau | (A-)[6] |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
| Exclaim! | (positive)[8] |
| No Depression | (positive)[9] |
The album received mainly positive reviews from critics, one of whom (Robert Christgau), after giving the album an A-, later ranked it #40 on his 2000 end-of-the-year Dean's List for the Pazz & Jop.[10] Another favorable review was written by Fred Mills, who wrote that Chuck Cleaver, the band's lead singer and songwriter, "gives equal weight to life’s little joys and disappointments, employing nuance and economy to great effect."[9]
Track listing
- Pretty As You Please
- Astronaut
- Fighter Pilot
- Love Tractor
- Your Amazing Life
- Sidewinder
- Swallow You Down
- X-tra Nipple
- Magnus
- Casper's Coming Home
- Kitten
- Between The Trees
Personnel
- Chuck Cleaver—Vocals, songwriting
- Bill Alletzhauser—Guitar
- Dale Davis—Mastering
References
- ↑ Myers, Mitch (23 June 2000). "Leave It To Cleaver". MTV News. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ↑ Knippenberg, Jim (12 March 2001). "Hard-working musicians humbled, honored by local recognition". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ↑ DeRogatis, Jim (12 January 2001). "Still kicking butt". Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ↑ Rabid, Jack. "Some Stupid with a Flare Gun Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ↑ Starkey, David. "Ass Ponys: Some Stupid with a Flare Gun". PopMatters. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ↑ CG: Ass Ponys
- ↑ Harris, Keith (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Fireside Books. p. 26.
- ↑ Montgomery, Sara (May 2000). "Some Stupid With A Flare Gun". Exclaim!. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- 1 2 Mills, Fred (July–August 2000). "Some Stupid With A Flare Gun Review". No Depression. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ↑ Pazz and Jop 2000