Very, Very Powerful Motor
| Very, Very Powerful Motor | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, indie rock | |||
| Length | 33:02 | |||
| Label | PopLlama Records | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 8/10[2] |
Very, Very Powerful Motor is the second studio album by the Fastbacks, released in 1990 on PopLlama Records.[3]
The second track, "Apologies," is a cover of a Pointed Sticks song.
Critical reception
[edit]Trouser Press wrote that the album "gives Bloch’s pop-rooted songs rocking arrangements that occasionally overwhelm them."[3] Greil Marcus, in Artforum, called it "unreconstructed punk with a lot of melody, no apologies ... and Kim Warnick, for whom singing flat is just a form a realism."[4]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Kurt Bloch, except where noted.
- "In the Summer" – 3:23
- "Apologies" (Nick Jones) – 1:50
- "Trouble Sleeping" – 3:18
- "Better Than Before" – 3:25
- "What to Expect/Dirk's Car Jam" – 5:02
- "Says Who?" – 4:12
- "Last Night I Had a Dream That I Could Fly" – 5:13
- "I Won't Regret" – 3:25
- "I Guess" – 2:41
- "Always Tomorrow" – 4:25
- "I'll Be Okay" – 5:00
- "Everything I Don't Need" – 3:22
Personnel
[edit]- Kim Warnick – vocals, bass
- Kurt Bloch – guitar
- Lulu Gargiulo – guitar
- Nate Johnson – drums
References
[edit]- ^ Very, Very Powerful Motor at AllMusic
- ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 144.
- ^ a b "Fastbacks". Trouser Press. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ Marcus, Greil (October 20, 2015). Real Life Rock: The Complete Top Ten Columns, 1986-2014. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300218596 – via Google Books.
