Seasick (album)

Seasick
Studio album by Imperial Teen
Released May 7, 1996
Recorded 1996
Genre Indie rock, indie pop
Length 38:47
Label Slash Records
Producer Steve McDonald, Imperial Teen
Imperial Teen chronology
Seasick
(1996)		 What Is Not to Love
(1998)What Is Not to Love1998

Seasick is the debut studio album by the American indie rock band Imperial Teen, released on May 7, 1996 by Slash Records. The album received generally positive reviews from critics.

Recording and release

Seasick was recorded in one week after the band had been together for six months.[1] It was released on May 7, 1996 by Slash Records.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
NME8/10[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Spin9/10[1]
The Village VoiceA−[7]

Writing for Spin, Barry Walters praised the songwriting, stating that the "hooks are immediate, nearly non-stop, and the happy/sad lyrics draw you in with abstract intimacy".[1] The album was ranked number 24 in The Village Voice's 1996 Pazz & Jop critics' poll.[8] In a retrospective review, AllMusic reviewer Ned Raggett felt that Seasick was "in many ways the lost Breeders album after Last Splash -- brash, sharp-edged, taking no crap, and having good fun while doing so."[2]

Track listing

  1. "Imperial Teen" - 4:56
  2. "Water Boy" - 1:37
  3. "Butch" - 4:28
  4. "Pig Latin" - 3:04
  5. "Blaming the Baby" - 2:15
  6. "You're One" - 3:23
  7. "Balloon" - 3:46
  8. "Tippy Tap" - 4:14
  9. "Copafeelia" - 4:33
  10. "Luxury" - 4:23
  11. "Eternity" - 3:54

References

  1. 1 2 3 Barry Walters (June 1996). "Seasick". Spin. 12 (3): 110. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  2. 1 2 Ned Raggett. "Seasick". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  3. ↑ Flaherty, Mike (1996-05-10). "Seasick". Entertainment Weekly.
  4. ↑ Nathan Brackett; Christian Hoard (2004). "Imperial Teen". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 403. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  5. ↑ Cigarettes, Johnny (1996-07-09). "Imperial Teen - Seasick". NME. Archived from the original on 2000-08-17. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  6. ↑ McDonnell, Evelyn. "Imperial Teen: Seasick". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2002-05-28. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  7. ↑ Robert Christgau (1996-09-17). "Consumer Guide: Sept 17, 1996". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  8. ↑ "The 1996 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. 1997-02-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
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