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Tropic of Scorpio

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Tropic of Scorpio
Studio album by
Released1992
RecordedAugust 1991 (1991-08)
StudioInner Ear Studios, Arlington, VA[1]
GenreIndie rock
Length31:09
LabelAdult Swim
ProducerEli Janney
Girls Against Boys chronology
Nineties vs. Eighties
(1990)
Tropic of Scorpio
(1992)
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
(1993)

Tropic of Scorpio is the debut studio album by American band Girls Against Boys, released in 1992 by record label Adult Swim.[2][3]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

Trouser Press wrote that the album "rocks savagely on 'Wow Wow Wow', staggers drunkenly on 'Wasting Away' and pushes the distortion envelope on 'Plush'."[5] The Washington Post noted that "'Matching Wits with Flaming Frank' and 'Wasting Away' possess some needed vehemence, but such jazzy tracks as 'Everywhere I Go I Seem to Spend $20' ... are just so much vapor."[6]

AllMusic called it "a slightly off-and-on affair, but when it works it fulfills the promise of the earliest recordings and then a little bit more."[4]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Girls Against Boys

No.TitleLength
1."My Night of Pleasure (With the Mudjacking Contractors)"4:21
2."Wow Wow Wow"2:29
3."Matching Wits with Flaming Frank"2:46
4."Can't Do Anything but Love You, Babe"3:05
5."Wasting Away"2:54
6."Plush"4:16
7."Everything I Do Seems to Cost Me $20"4:38
8."Taste All the Fruit"2:55
9."Little Buccaneer"2:01
10."Everywhere I Go I Seem to Spend $20"1:44

Personnel

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Adapted from the Tropic of Scorpio liner notes.[7]

Girls Against Boys
Production and additional personnel

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1992 Adult Swim CD, CS, LP AS4

References

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  1. ^ Tricarico, Antonia (2023). The Inner Ear of Don Zientara: A Half Century of Recording in One of America’s Most Innovative Studios, Through the Voices of Musicians. Akashic Books.
  2. ^ Sweeting, Adam (June 11, 1992). "Bile and Bite of the Indie Underdogs". The Guardian. p. 28.
  3. ^ The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. 2003. p. 428.
  4. ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "Tropic of Scorpio". AllMusic. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  5. ^ Kot, Greg (2007). "Girls Against Boys". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  6. ^ Jenkins, Mark (Jan 1, 1993). "Girls Against Boys: A Sonic Standoff". The Washington Post. p. N16.
  7. ^ Tropic of Scorpio (booklet). Girls Against Boys. Washington, D.C.: Adult Swim Records. 1992.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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