Misplaced Pages

Songs from Suburbia

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.
(Redirected from Songs From Suburbia) 1998 studio album by Spring Heeled Jack USA
Songs From Suburbia
Studio album by Spring Heeled Jack USA
ReleasedJuly 21, 1998
RecordedThe Hit Factory in New York City
GenreThird-wave Ska
Length37:24
LabelIgnition Records
(A subsidiary of Tommy Boy Records)
ProducerMr. Colson
Spring Heeled Jack USA chronology
Static World View
(1996) 		Songs From Suburbia
(1998) 		Sound Salvation
(2017)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Houston Press

Songs From Suburbia is the second album by Spring Heeled Jack. The album was recorded at The Hit Factory recording studio in New York City.

The band released a music video for the song "Jolene". "Time" originally appeared on the band's demo cassette, Connecticut Ska. "Makisupa Policeman" is a cover of the Phish song.

Critical reception

The Houston Press called the band "an insufferably sunny septet from Connecticut's bedroom-community wasteland," writing that "all of it goes down as easily as room-temperature Bud Light inhaled through an Olympic-sized beer bong." The Omaha World-Herald deemed the album "good ska tunes—many with a rock edge."

AllMusic wrote that "while Spring Heeled Jack earned themselves a niche in the East Coast ska scene with their debut album Static World View, the follow-up Songs From Suburbia is far superior."

Track listing

All songs by Spring Heeled Jack USA except "Pop Song (Green)" by Engle, Green and "Makisupa Policeman" by Trey Anastasio.

  1. "Mass Appeal Madness" – 3:06
  2. "Jolene" – 3:09
  3. "Beggin'" – 4:03
  4. "Pop Song" (Green) – 2:06
  5. "Waiting, Watching" – 2:40
  6. "Tied Up" – 3:41
  7. "MCMLIX" (1959) – 3:31
  8. "Where I Belong" – 3:33
  9. "Makisupa Policeman" – 3:27
  10. "Time" – 2:53
  11. "Morning Sun" – 3:35
  12. "Man of Tomorrow" – 3:40

References

  1. ^ "Just Out". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. August 5, 1998 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Songs from Suburbia - Spring Heeled Jack U.S.A. | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ Patterson, Rob (July 23, 1998). "Rotation". Houston Press. Music.
  4. "Spring Heeled Jack U.S.A. Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  5. "A Connecticut Band Returns The Favor". www.newtownbee.com.
  6. "Spring Heeled Jack Reunites For Toad's Place Show This Weekend". Hartford Courant. 6 May 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  7. Oliver, Alex. "Ska-burbia". Orlando Weekly.
  8. Minge, Jim (July 19, 1998). "Short Shots". Omaha World-Herald. Entertainment. p. 3.



Stub icon

This 1990s rock album–related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: