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1992 studio album by Girls Against Boys
Tropic of Scorpio
Studio album by Girls Against Boys
Released1992
RecordedAugust 1991 (1991-08)
StudioInner Ear Studios, Arlington, VA
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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

Trouser Press wrote that the album "rocks savagely on 'Wow Wow Wow', staggers drunkenly on 'Wasting Away' and pushes the distortion envelope on 'Plush'." 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."

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."

Track listing

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

Adapted from the Tropic of Scorpio liner notes.

Girls Against Boys
Production and additional personnel

Release history

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

References

  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. ^ 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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