Girls and Weather

Infobox Album
Name = Girls and Weather
Type = studio
Artist = The Rumble Strips


Released = September 10, 2007
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 37:46
Label = Fallout Records
Producer =
Reviews = *"NME" rating-10|7 (7/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-rumble-strips/8952 link]
*Rocklouder Rating|3|5 [http://www.rocklouder.co.uk/articles/3740/The-Rumble-Strips---Girls-And-Weather.html link]
*Q Rating|4|5
*"Spin" Rating|4|5 [http://www.spin.com/reviews/rumble-strips-girls-and-weather-gigantic link]
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:g9ftxzlgldfe link]
Last album =
This album = "Girls and Weather"
(2007)
Next album =

Girls and Weather is the first album from the Devon-based band The Rumble Strips. It was released on September 10, 2007 by the Universal Music Group sub-label Island Records.

allmusic reviewer Katherine Fulton says that "happy melodies coupled with bittersweet lyrics are a running theme throughout the album" quick to note this is a good thing because "it's a formula that works well for the Rumble Strips."cite web |url= http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:g9ftxzlgldfe~T1|title= Girls and Weather review|accessdate=2008-07-23 |last=Fulton |first=Katherine|publisher=allmusic |date= ] She sums up the album by saying it "loses neither steam nor charm throughout; it's an album for adults who want an excuse to behave like kids again." NME reviewer Jamie Fullerton focuses in particular on the frontman, indicating that the "cheesy, into-the-sunset fantasy is just another indication of Waller's total detachment from the current grot-rock set, just as he's detached from the cretins who brand him a Dexy's photocopier." [cite web |url= http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-rumble-strips/8952|title= The Rumble Strips album review|accessdate=2008-07-23 |last=Fullerton |first=Jamie|publisher=NME|date=2007-09-17]

Track listing

# "No Soul" - 2:44
# "Alarm Clock" - 3:13
# "Building A Boat" - 2:38
# "Girls And Boys In Love" - 2:33
# "Oh Creole" - 3:15
# "Motorcycle" - 3:56
# "Time" - 3:32
# "Clouds" - 3:37
# "Don't Dumb Down" - 2:53
# "Cowboy" - 2:39
# "Hate Me (You Do)" - 3:13
# "Hands" - 3:32

Personnel

"Band:"
* Charles Waller - guitar, vocals
* Henry Clark - trumpet, vocals, piano
* Tom Gorbutt - saxophone, vocals, bass
* Matthew Wheeler - drums"Production:"
* Todd Burke, Jason Gossman - engineers
* Jonathan de Villiers - photography
* Duncan Ellis - management
* Tappin Gofton - art direction, design
* Tony Hoffer - music producer, engineer, mixing
* Stephen Marcussen - mastering

References