Crush (Doughboys album)

Crush (Doughboys album)
Crush
Studio album by Doughboys
Released August 3, 1993
Recorded Magic Shop/Baby Monster, New York
Genre Hard rock, alternative rock, pop-punk
Label A&M
Producer Daniel Rey
Doughboys chronology
Happy Accidents
(1990)		 Turn Me On
(1996)
Singles from Crush
  1. "Shine"
    Released: 1993
  2. "Fix Me"
    Released: 1994
  3. "Neighbourhood Villain"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]

Crush is a 1993 album by Montreal pop-punk band Doughboys. Crush was released on A&M records and was produced by Daniel Rey and mixed by Dave Ogilvie. The album earned a number of critical accolades. In 1994 it was nominated for a Juno Award for Best Hard Rock Album.[2] Toronto radio station CFNY-FM named it the 24th best album of 1993.[3]. The single "Shine" off the album was also named by Chart Magazine as number 38 on their 2000 list of Top 50 Canadian Songs Of All-Time.[4], and 189th by CFNY in their 2009 "Top 200 Songs of All Time"[5]. "Shine" was also the theme song for MuchMusic's alternative themed show The Wedge during the 1990s.

Contents

Overview

Crush was the Doughboys first album for a major label and went Gold in Canada, staying on the Canadian Top Albums/CDs chart until December 1993, spending 16 weeks there.[6]

The album spawned the top 40 hit single "Shine". Co-written with Wiz from Mega City Four, "Shine" also reached #2 on RPM Magazine's Canadian Content Charts in August of 1993.[7] In 1994, the single "Neighbourhood Villain" also cracked the top 5 of the Cancon charts.[8]

The album was recorded at the The Magic Shop in New York and mixed at The Warehouse in Vancouver. At the 1994 Juno awards, the album was nominated for the Juno Award for Best Hard Rock Album, but lost to I Mother Earth.

Track listing

All songs written by Doughboys unless otherwise indicated.

  1. Shine (Doughboys, Wiz)
  2. Melt
  3. Disposable
  4. Fix Me (Doughboys, Wiz)
  5. Neighbourhood Villain
  6. Shitty Song
  7. Tearin' Away
  8. Treehouse
  9. Everything
  10. Fall
  11. End of the Hall
  12. Summer Song

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ 1994 Juno Awards
  3. ^ Top 102 Albums of 1993
  4. ^ Top 50 Canadian Songs Of All-Time
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ Top Albums/CDs - Volume 58, No. 23, December 18 1993
  7. ^ Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 58, No. 5, August 14 1993
  8. ^ Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 59, No. 14, April 25 1994

External links

Video for "Fix Me"


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