Flip-Flop | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1989 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Producer | Don Dixon | |||
Guadalcanal Diary chronology | ||||
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Flip-Flop is the fourth and final studio album by the American band Guadalcanal Diary. [1] [2] It was released in 1989 on Elektra Records. [3] The band supported the album with a North American tour. [4] "Always Saturday", for which a video was shot, was released as a single. [5]
The album was produced by Don Dixon. [6] Drummer John Poe wrote several of the album's songs. [7] "Ten Laws" was inspired by Joseph Campbell's Myths to Live By. [8]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [9] |
Chicago Tribune | [10] |
Houston Chronicle | [11] |
The Los Angeles Times wrote: "One of the most underrated, overlooked and inaccurately compared to R.E.M. bands around doesn't offer much to change that on its fourth album." [12] The Northwest Florida Daily News deemed the album "artsy rock 'n' roll" that "doesn't stray too far from homespun melodies and twangy guitars." [13]
The Toronto Star called it "raucous, energizing, intelligent guitar rock." [14] The Gazette determined that the album finds the band "working some of the melancholy out of singer Murray Attaway's vocals." [15] The Chicago Tribune labeled Flip-Flop "terrific mainstream rock, a shade quirkier than John Mellencamp or Tom Petty but no less deserving of Top 40 status." [10]
Flip-Flop | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1989 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Producer | Don Dixon | |||
Guadalcanal Diary chronology | ||||
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Flip-Flop is the fourth and final studio album by the American band Guadalcanal Diary. [1] [2] It was released in 1989 on Elektra Records. [3] The band supported the album with a North American tour. [4] "Always Saturday", for which a video was shot, was released as a single. [5]
The album was produced by Don Dixon. [6] Drummer John Poe wrote several of the album's songs. [7] "Ten Laws" was inspired by Joseph Campbell's Myths to Live By. [8]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [9] |
Chicago Tribune | [10] |
Houston Chronicle | [11] |
The Los Angeles Times wrote: "One of the most underrated, overlooked and inaccurately compared to R.E.M. bands around doesn't offer much to change that on its fourth album." [12] The Northwest Florida Daily News deemed the album "artsy rock 'n' roll" that "doesn't stray too far from homespun melodies and twangy guitars." [13]
The Toronto Star called it "raucous, energizing, intelligent guitar rock." [14] The Gazette determined that the album finds the band "working some of the melancholy out of singer Murray Attaway's vocals." [15] The Chicago Tribune labeled Flip-Flop "terrific mainstream rock, a shade quirkier than John Mellencamp or Tom Petty but no less deserving of Top 40 status." [10]