Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy

Infobox Album
Name = Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy
Type = studio
Artist = Múm


Released = start date|2007|09|24
Recorded =
Genre = Electronica
Length = 44:13
Label = Fat Cat
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gnfwxzegld6e link]
*Rockfeedback Rating|4|5 [http://www.rockfeedback.com/article.asp?nObjectID=5261 link]
*Strange Glue Rating|4|5 [http://strangeglue.com/mum-go-go-smear-the-poison-ivy/2021/ link]
*Time Off Rating|3|5 [http://www.timeoff.com.au/index.php?area=Archive&pg=42&subarea=37&sel=7628&showcontent=7628 link]
*Twisted Ear Rating|3|5 [http://www.twistedear.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1127&Itemid=31 link]
*21st Century Music (7.7/10) [http://www.21stcenturymusic.co.uk/?p=398 link]
*Pitchfork (5.7/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/45812-go-go-smear-the-poison-ivy link]
Last album = "Summer Make Good"
(2004)
This album = "Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy"
(2007)
Next album =
Misc = Singles
Name = Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy
Type = studio
single 1 = They Made Frogs Smoke 'Til They Exploded
single 1 date = start date|2007|08|27
single 2 = Marmalade Fires
single 2 date = start date|2007|12|17

"Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy" is an album by the Icelandic group Múm. It was released on the Fat Cat label on 24 September 2007.

The album marks a shift from the group's original style as it uses more live instruments than electronics, and there is a different lyrical style, including male lyrics. Almost a full year prior to the release of this album, former lead singer of Múm, Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, departed from the band. According to reviews this is believed to be one reason for the break of style compared to earlier releases. [cite web |url=http://wm10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gnfwxzegld6e |title=Review of Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy |accessdate=2007-11-19 |work= Allmusic] [cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/45812-go-go-smear-the-poison-ivy |title=Review of Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy |accessdate=2007-11-19 |work= Pitchfork]

It should be noted that the seventh song is listed using this name "Rhubarbidoo" in the album liner notes, while it is named "Rhuubarbidoo" on the Marmalade Fires single.

Track listing

# "Blessed Brambles" – 6:00
# "A Little Bit, Sometimes" – 3:50
# "They Made Frogs Smoke 'Til They Exploded" – 4:02
# "These Eyes Are Berries" – 3:00
# "Moon Pulls" – 2:32
# "Marmalade Fires" – 5:03
# "Rhubarbidoo" – 1:34
# "Dancing Behind My Eyelids" – 4:07
# "Schoolsong Misfortune" – 2:39
# "I Was Her Horse" – 2:08
# "Guilty Rocks" – 5:02
# "Winter (What We Never Were After All)" – 4:08
# "The Amateur Show" — 5:02 (Bonus Track Japanese Edition only)

Personnel

*Samuli Kosminen — drums on track 1, 3, 4, 7 and 12.
*Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson – trumpet on track 8 and 10.
*Guðbjörg Hlin Guðmundsdóttir — violin.
*Þórarinn MárBaldursson — viola.
*Laufey Jensdóttir — violin.
*Gyða Valtýsdóttir — cello.
*Páll Ivan Pálsson — bass.
*Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir — harp.

References