Misplaced Pages

Nursing Home (album)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

2011 studio album by Let's Wrestle
Nursing Home
Studio album by Let's Wrestle
ReleasedMay 17, 2011 (2011-05-17)
RecordedElectrical Audio, Chicago
GenreIndie rock
Length30:40
LabelMerge Records, Full Time Hobby
ProducerSteve Albini
Let's Wrestle chronology
In the Court of the Wrestling Let's
(2009) 		Nursing Home
(2011) 		Let's Wrestle
(2014)

Nursing Home is the second album by indie rock band Let's Wrestle. It was released on May 16, 2011 on Full Time Hobby, and the following day on Merge Records. It was recorded at Electrical Audio in Chicago and was produced by Steve Albini.

The album was produced under the working title Trout Mask Wrestlica, after Captain Beefheart's 1969 album Trout Mask Replica, which would have continued the trend of naming their albums after classic albums which was explored by their first album, In the Court of the Wrestling Let's, but as frontman Wesley Patrick Gonzalez said in 2011, "we didn’t want to have to carry on the whole parody album names forever. I don’t want us to be looked at in the way a band like Half Man Half Biscuit are, a Joke Band."

Lyrics

The album's lyrics contain humor and wit, focusing on topics such as playing computer games and hanging out with friends. The lyrics are also more self-deprecating and apathetic than those of Let's Wrestle's previous songs.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The A.V. ClubB–
Boston Phoenix
Drowned in Sound8/10
MSN Music (Expert Witness)A–
MusicOMH
NME7/10
Pitchfork6.7/10
PopMatters6/10

The album received generally favorable reviews from critics. In a mixed review, Daniel Tebo wrote, "There’s still a lot of fun to be had at this Nursing Home but it’s pretty clear that the party is winding down." In a more positive review, Robert Christgau wrote that in addition to maturing, the members of Let's Wrestle "do what all maturing s.-p.o.w.t.a. wish they could do – write better songs." Drowned in Sound's Michael Wheeler awarded the album a score of 8/10 and wrote that the song "For My Mother" was "probably the best and further proof of Let’s Wrestle’s idiot-savant genius."

Many reviewers perceived Nursing Home as reflecting a more mature band than did the band's debut, In the Court of the Wrestling Let's. According to Daniel Tebo, Nursing Home is "a few shades darker than expected." David Sheppard also praised Nursing Home as an improvement over their debut, writing that Nursing Home was "understandably crunchier than its predecessor," and that "this time the melodies are more consistently nagging and Gonzalez’s lyrics broader in scope." Michael Wheeler wrote that Nursing Home was "if not exactly refined, than certainly a little tighter and more focused in its abandon" than In the Court of the Wrestling Let's, and also described it as more coherent and unified.

Track listing

  1. In Dreams (Part 2)
  2. If I Keep on Loving You
  3. In the Suburbs
  4. Bad Mamories
  5. Dear John
  6. For My Mother
  7. I'm So Lazy
  8. There's a Rockstar in My Room
  9. I Forgot
  10. I Am Useful
  11. I Will Not Give In
  12. Getting Rest

Personnel

  • Steve Albini—Engineer
  • Darkus Bishop—Drums, Group Member
  • Wesley Patrick Gonzalez—Artwork, Composer, Group Member, Guitar, Vocals
  • Adam Kerle—Mastering
  • Mike Lightning—Bass, Group Member, Keyboards, Vocals
  • Merida Richards—Art Supervisor

References

  1. ^ Sheffield, Hazel (11 May 2011). "Nursing Home Review". NME. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  2. "Q&A: Let's Wrestle". Complete Music Update. 4 November 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  3. Mundy, Adriana (27 June 2011). "Interview: Let's Wrestle". Donewaiting.com. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  4. ^ Martin, Garrett (22 June 2011). "Nursing Home". Boston Phoenix. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  5. ^ Wheeler, Michael (17 May 2011). "Nursing Home". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Nursing Home by Let's Wrestle". Metacritic. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  7. Sendra, Tim. "Nursing Home". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  8. Mincher, Chris (17 May 2011). "Let's Wrestle: Nursing Home". AV Club. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  9. ^ Christgau, Robert (17 May 2011). "Let's Wrestle/The Henry Clay People". MSN Music. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  10. Winkie, Luke (16 May 2011). "Let's Wrestle – Nursing Home". MusicOMH. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  11. Love, Joshua (20 May 2011). "Let's Wrestle: Nursing Home". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  12. ^ Tebo, Daniel (15 May 2011). "Let's Wrestle: Nursing Home". PopMatters. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  13. Sheppard, David. "Nursing Home Review". BBC iPlayer. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
Categories: