- Foolish (album)
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Foolish Studio album by Superchunk Released 1994 Recorded Nov. 30 - Dec. 2, 1993 Genre Indie rock Length 50:15 Label Merge Records Producer Brian Paulson Superchunk chronology On the Mouth (1993) Foolish
(1994)Incidental Music 1991-95
(1995)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic link Robert Christgau [1] Rolling Stone link This table needs to be expanded using prose. See the guideline for more information. Foolish is Superchunk's fourth studio album. It was recorded November 30 through December 2, 1993, at Pachyderm Studios, by Brian Paulson. It was released by Merge Records in 1994.
The cover art is credited to the band's bassist, Laura Ballance.
This is the second consecutive Superchunk album where the band recorded a song of the same name, but didn't put it on the album. The US vinyl edition of the album included "Foolish" on a bonus 7" single.[2] The song eventually appeared on the band's Incidental Music compilation.
The video for "Driveway to Driveway" is a takeoff on the classic film The Philadelphia Story. In the video, drummer Jon Wurster plays a rich buffoon and singer Mac McCaughan plays a scrappy lower-class guy both competing for the affections of Ballance's character. Guitarist Jim Wilbur plays a butler. The four members also portray musicians.
Track listing
- "Like a Fool" - 4:42
- "The First Part" - 4:47
- "Water Wings" - 4:03
- "Driveway to Driveway" - 4:41
- "Saving my Ticket" - 3:25
- "Kicked In" - 4:22
- "Why Do You Have to Put a Date on Everything" - 4:33
- "Without Blinking" - 3:10
- "Keeping Track" - 4:42
- "Revelations" - 3:38
- "Stretched Out" - 4:13
- "In a Stage Whisper" - 3:59
References
Studio albums EPs The Freed Seed · Hit Self-Destruct · On Paper It Made Perfect Sense · The Laughter Guns · Leaves in the GutterLive albums The Clambakes Series, Vol. 1: Acoustic In-Stores East & West • The Clambakes Series, Vol. 2: A Page of Madness • When We Were 10: Live at the Cat's Cradle, 1999 • Clambakes Series, Vol. 4: Sur La Bouche - Live in Montreal 1993Singles "Slack Motherfucker" · "Fishing" · "The Breadman" · "Tower" · "Mower" · "The Question Is How Fast" · "Ribbon" · "The First Part" · "Driveway to Driveway" · "Hyper Enough" · "Watery Hands" · "The Majestic" · "Hello Hawk" · "1,000 Pounds" · "Late-Century Dream" · "Art Class (Song for Yayoi Kusama)" · "Misfits and Mistakes" · "Crossed Wires" · "Digging for Something"Compilations Tossing Seeds (Singles 89-91) · Incidental Music 1991-95 · Cup of SandRelated articles Categories:- 1994 albums
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