King is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Belly, released on February 13, 1995.
Although the members had tightened their focus and polished their hook-laden songs, King and its singles did not meet label expectations in the grunge-friendly atmosphere of 1995, and the band broke up shortly after it was released. In the two decades since King's release, many (including some critics) have reconsidered the initial lukewarm attitude towards the album and now hold it as an equal to Belly's highly-regarded debut Star.
Reception
In 2012, King was listed at number seven on PopMatters' "Top 15 Overlooked Albums of the 1990s" list.[10] In 2016, the album was hailed by Will Sheff of Okkervil River as "a winning, confident, masterful collection of songs – poppy and sweet and with a low-key psychedelic undercurrent. Everything good about Star was still there and had been expanded upon, but in many ways this felt like a new, reinvented band."[11]
Track listing
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1. | "Puberty" | | 3:48 |
2. | "Seal My Fate" | Donelly | 4:03 |
3. | "Red" | | 3:35 |
4. | "Silverfish" | | 4:00 |
5. | "Super-Connected" | | 4:25 |
6. | "The Bees" | Donelly | 4:58 |
7. | "King" | Donelly | 4:18 |
8. | "Now They'll Sleep" | | 3:14 |
9. | "Untitled and Unsung" | Donelly | 3:33 |
10. | "L'il Ennio" | Donelly | 3:45 |
11. | "Judas My Heart" | | 5:21 |
Total length: | 45:00 |
References
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "King – Belly". AllMusic. Retrieved March 7, 2006.
- ↑ Caro, Mark (March 2, 1995). "A Step Up". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ↑ Sinclair, Tom (February 17, 1995). "King". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ↑ Sullivan, Caroline (February 17, 1995). "Belly: King (4AD)". The Guardian.
- ↑ Ali, Lorraine (February 14, 1995). "Donelly Brings Life and Texture to 'King'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ↑ Sinagra, Laura (2004). "Belly". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 60. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ↑ Cinquemani, Sal (October 16, 2003). "Belly: King". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
- ↑ Fleissner, Jen (March 1995). "Belly: King". Spin. 10 (12): 94. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (June 6, 1995). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ↑ Chiola, Enio (May 8, 2012). "Top 15 Overlooked Albums of the 1990s". PopMatters. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
- ↑ Langmead, Jon (February 14, 2016). "Hail, Hail: Belly and the making of King". Aquarium Drunkard. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Belly – King" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
- ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
- ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
- ↑ "Belly Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
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