That's What Love Songs Often Do
That's What Love Songs Often Do | ||||
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Released | 1995 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Atlas | |||
Producer | Lou Giordano | |||
Fig Dish chronology | ||||
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That's What Love Songs Often Do is an album by the American band Fig Dish, released in 1995.[1][2] "Seeds" and "Bury Me" were released as singles.[3][4] That's What Love Songs Often Do was a commercial disappointment.[5] The band supported it with a North American tour.[6]
Production
[edit]The band recorded the album in three weeks, immediately after being signed by Polydor Records.[1] It was produced by Lou Giordano.[7]
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
Albuquerque Journal | [6] |
AllMusic | [8] |
Chicago Tribune | [9] |
Daily Herald | [10] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
Houston Press | [11] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [12] |
The Morning Call called the album "an exemplary collection of modern-day Chicago rock," writing that "the strong guitar melodies of Blake Smith and Rick Ness complement their equally intricate vocal melodies, and the tongue-in-cheek approach taken to hint at the horrid keeps the recording fun, never tedious."[13] Trouser Press wrote: "Able to conjure up a potent haze of slacker sloth and then obliterate it with a fierce rock assault (see 'It’s Your Ceiling' for a concise demonstration), Fig Dish keeps attitude out of the effort, concentrating on simply effective tunes."[7]
CMJ New Music Monthly deemed it "a respectably tight-fisted punch of buzzing guitar caterwaul."[14] The Chicago Tribune called it "a minor revelation," and praised the "sturdy melodies, concisely and smartly arranged."[9] The Washington Post judged That's What Love Songs Often Do to be "lively pop-grunge with more than a touch of Nirvana's swirling feedback and woozy despair."[15]
AllMusic wrote that the album delivers "solid alternative pop with a big guitar sound."[8] In a retrospective feature, the Riverfront Times called "Bury Me" "a sub-three-minute nerd-rock waltz with interesting arrangements (i.e., a bridge that slows down dramatically, before speeding up again in a drumming fury) and the plaintive (and effective) call, 'Wanna be with you!'"[16]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Bury Me" | |
2. | "Weak and Mean" | |
3. | "Seeds" | |
4. | "Chew Toy" | |
5. | "Nimble" | |
6. | "Wrong Nothing" | |
7. | "Quiet Storm King" | |
8. | "Going Gone" | |
9. | "Lemonader" | |
10. | "Rollover, Please" | |
11. | "It's Your Ceiling" | |
12. | "Resistance Is Futile" | |
13. | "First History" |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Fig Dish Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "The Rise, Fall, and Re-Release of Fig Dish". Chicago.
- ^ Thompson, Stephen (October 26, 1995). "Pop, Kitsch, Punk: All Here". Rhythm. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 8.
- ^ Flick, Larry (Feb 17, 1996). "Bury Me, a single by Fig Dish". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 7. p. 88.
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 448.
- ^ a b Hopper, Kevin (13 Oct 1995). "That's What Love Songs Often Do Fig Dish". Albuquerque Journal. p. F18.
- ^ a b "Fig Dish". Trouser Press. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ a b "That's What Love Songs Often Do". AllMusic.
- ^ a b Kot, Greg (28 July 1995). "Locally Grown: Weighting a Bumper Crop of Fresh-Cut Albums". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. O.
- ^ Nichols, M. David (August 18, 1995). "Fig Dish 'That's What Love Songs Often Do'". Time Out. Daily Herald. p. 7.
- ^ Rowland, Hobart (August 31, 1995). "Sound Check". Music. Houston Press.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 422.
- ^ "Fig Dish Serves Up Plate of Pop Hooks". The Morning Call. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ Botchick, Cheryl (Sep 1995). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 25. p. 34.
- ^ Jenkins, Mark (29 September 1995). "Agreeable Cleo, Pop-Grunge Dish". The Washington Post. p. N15.
- ^ Zaleski, Annie. "Second Spin: Fig Dish, That's What Love Songs Often Do". Riverfront Times.