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Dude Ranch is the second studio album by American rock band Blink-182, released on June 17, 1997, by Cargo Music and MCA Records, making it their major record label debut. MCA signed the band in 1996 following moderate sales of their 1995 debut Cheshire Cat and their growing popularity in Australia.
Years later, guitarist Joe Satriani enthused: "'Since I've Been Loving You' was a perfect example of taking a blues structure but striking out on your own. They were breaking ground, not copying. They were breaking ground, not copying.
Enthused by the live touring band put together in 2020, a mini-album of tracks recorded at Eastcote Studios was released in late 2022, Carter citing the energy of the band and wanting to capture that on tape. It was released on limited transparent vinyl, and the band did a short tour of independent record shops to celebrate its release.
"The fourth track, Raspberry Swirl (as in, unsurprisingly, 'Boy, you better make her raspberry swirl"), is the key," enthused John Aizlewood in Q's review of From the Choirgirl Hotel. "Seemingly throwaway, its programming doffs a cap to dance [and] Amos' treated vocals recall Van Helden mixmastery. Before 30 seconds have passed, she's declared ...
Rolling Stone 's Kurt Loder, writing in 1986, wrote that the album was "a humongous bomb", and described it as "a tepid gruel of treacly reggae, the lyrics a mind-puckering jambalaya of self-enthused psychobabble". Loder noted that Thomas was known for his charisma but that it did not translate into his music.
Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, enthused "[it] was perhaps the band's finest album to date". [1] However Allmusic's Mike DeGagne declared that it was "one of this Australian band's weakest attempts, [it] suffers greatly from bland lyrics and gray instrumental work through the entirety of the album". [9]
All About Jazz enthused: "Throughout Timeless Portraits and Dreams, Allen's piano and Carter's bass keep the listener engaged. Cobb's drum work is subtle but effective. Lundy, Walden, Roney, Shirley and the Atlanta Jazz Chorus supplement the trio with great results". [6]
Capitol A&R director Karl Engemann drafted a memo, dated May 16, 1969, that mentioned that he was enthused about "Loop de Loop (Flip Flop)" being the band's next single. [ 2 ] After the release of Sunflower , band engineer Stephen Desper assembled a collection of songs consisting mostly of outtakes deemed suitable for a follow-up LP, which he ...