Copacetic | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1993 | |||
Recorded | Memphis, 1993 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, shoegaze | |||
Label | Sub Pop | |||
Producer | Bob Weston | |||
Velocity Girl chronology | ||||
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Copacetic is an album by Velocity Girl, released in 1993. [1] [2] It is their first full-length album and features the singles "Crazy Town" and "Audrey's Eyes," both of which were given music videos. The album's title derives from an American slang word meaning "everything's ok". [3]
The album was produced by Bob Weston and was recorded over five days for less than $5,000. [4] [5] Its sound is heavily influenced by shoegaze, a subgenre of indie rock. Kelly Riles described the recording of the album: "We mixed the album in a very different way than people would have expected us to—it's very rough sounding. It's a deliberate move away from the lighter production on the singles". [3]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [6] |
Chicago Tribune | [7] |
Robert Christgau | [8] |
Entertainment Weekly | C+ [9] |
Rolling Stone | [10] |
Spin | (mixed) [11] |
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music | [12] |
A review in Lime Lizard at the time of its release drew comparisons with My Bloody Valentine, stating that "this could be the rejected demos for Isn't Anything". [13] The Washington Post noted that "the noisy dream-pop works some of the time (the opening 'Pretty Sister', for example), although when it gets too dreamy (the over-long 'Here Comes', the instrumental 'Candy Apples') it can just seem vague." [14] Trouser Press wrote: "Despite being taken as shoegazers, Velocity Girl makes its songs here jump up and down rather than simply stare at the floor." [15]
The album was listed among "75 Lost Classics" in the Spring 2007 issue of Magnet. [16]
Copacetic | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1993 | |||
Recorded | Memphis, 1993 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, shoegaze | |||
Label | Sub Pop | |||
Producer | Bob Weston | |||
Velocity Girl chronology | ||||
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Copacetic is an album by Velocity Girl, released in 1993. [1] [2] It is their first full-length album and features the singles "Crazy Town" and "Audrey's Eyes," both of which were given music videos. The album's title derives from an American slang word meaning "everything's ok". [3]
The album was produced by Bob Weston and was recorded over five days for less than $5,000. [4] [5] Its sound is heavily influenced by shoegaze, a subgenre of indie rock. Kelly Riles described the recording of the album: "We mixed the album in a very different way than people would have expected us to—it's very rough sounding. It's a deliberate move away from the lighter production on the singles". [3]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [6] |
Chicago Tribune | [7] |
Robert Christgau | [8] |
Entertainment Weekly | C+ [9] |
Rolling Stone | [10] |
Spin | (mixed) [11] |
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music | [12] |
A review in Lime Lizard at the time of its release drew comparisons with My Bloody Valentine, stating that "this could be the rejected demos for Isn't Anything". [13] The Washington Post noted that "the noisy dream-pop works some of the time (the opening 'Pretty Sister', for example), although when it gets too dreamy (the over-long 'Here Comes', the instrumental 'Candy Apples') it can just seem vague." [14] Trouser Press wrote: "Despite being taken as shoegazers, Velocity Girl makes its songs here jump up and down rather than simply stare at the floor." [15]
The album was listed among "75 Lost Classics" in the Spring 2007 issue of Magnet. [16]