Selling the Sizzle! | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1996 | |||
Studio | Sonic Iguana Studios | |||
Genre | Punk rock | |||
Label | Mint/ Lookout! [1] | |||
Producer | Mass Giorgini | |||
The Smugglers chronology | ||||
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Selling the Sizzle! is an album by the Canadian band the Smugglers, released in 1996. [2] [3] "Especially You" was the first single. [4]
The band promoted the album by touring with the Mr. T Experience. [5] Selling the Sizzle! sold more than 13,000 copies in its first six months of release. [6]
Recorded in Lafayette, Indiana, the album was produced by Mass Giorgini. [7] [8] "Dusty's Lament" is an instrumental. [9] "Reno Nickel" is about the band's love of gambling. [10]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [11] |
Deseret News | [12] |
Winnipeg Sun | [13] |
Trouser Press thought that, "with drum-tight playing, soaring fidelity and [Grant] Lawrence as the versatile mouthpiece, the Smugs step out of the slop-rock shadows as a rip-roaring ’60s showband with deliciously memorable party songs that serve equally well as tribute and parody." [14] The Globe and Mail determined that "garage rock soldiers on, cheap, cheerful, sloppy, unpretentious and fun." [15] The Washington Post opined that the songs "depend more on enthusiasm than originality, but there's no shortage of the former." [16]
The Province deemed the album "a platter full of greasy rock 'n' roll junk food and The Smugglers' best so far." [17] The Record concluded that "the cartoonish Nuggets-redux band is lost somewhere in the no- man's-land between camp appeal and real songwriting." [18] The Calgary Herald called Selling the Sizzle! "classic '60s one-zit wonder rock all dressed up in punk attitude." [19] The Deseret News wrote: "Rooted in garage punk-rock, the Smugglers play catchy, if somewhat nasal, two- or three-minute songs that breeze right by." [12]
AllMusic stated that the Smugglers "strike their usual midpoint between the Mr. T Experience and pure '60s beat-rock." [11]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "To Serve, Protect and Entertain" | |
2. | "Especially You" | |
3. | "Bishy-Bishy!" | |
4. | "Big Trouble" | |
5. | "She Ain't No Egyptian" | |
6. | "Death of a Romantic" | |
7. | "The Dedication" | |
8. | "I Need a Vacation" | |
9. | "The B 'n' L" | |
10. | "Pick 'Em Up Truck" | |
11. | "Queasy" | |
12. | "Bad Guys" | |
13. | "Dusty's Lament" | |
14. | "Reno Nickel" | |
15. | "Barkerville" |
Selling the Sizzle! | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1996 | |||
Studio | Sonic Iguana Studios | |||
Genre | Punk rock | |||
Label | Mint/ Lookout! [1] | |||
Producer | Mass Giorgini | |||
The Smugglers chronology | ||||
|
Selling the Sizzle! is an album by the Canadian band the Smugglers, released in 1996. [2] [3] "Especially You" was the first single. [4]
The band promoted the album by touring with the Mr. T Experience. [5] Selling the Sizzle! sold more than 13,000 copies in its first six months of release. [6]
Recorded in Lafayette, Indiana, the album was produced by Mass Giorgini. [7] [8] "Dusty's Lament" is an instrumental. [9] "Reno Nickel" is about the band's love of gambling. [10]
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [11] |
Deseret News | [12] |
Winnipeg Sun | [13] |
Trouser Press thought that, "with drum-tight playing, soaring fidelity and [Grant] Lawrence as the versatile mouthpiece, the Smugs step out of the slop-rock shadows as a rip-roaring ’60s showband with deliciously memorable party songs that serve equally well as tribute and parody." [14] The Globe and Mail determined that "garage rock soldiers on, cheap, cheerful, sloppy, unpretentious and fun." [15] The Washington Post opined that the songs "depend more on enthusiasm than originality, but there's no shortage of the former." [16]
The Province deemed the album "a platter full of greasy rock 'n' roll junk food and The Smugglers' best so far." [17] The Record concluded that "the cartoonish Nuggets-redux band is lost somewhere in the no- man's-land between camp appeal and real songwriting." [18] The Calgary Herald called Selling the Sizzle! "classic '60s one-zit wonder rock all dressed up in punk attitude." [19] The Deseret News wrote: "Rooted in garage punk-rock, the Smugglers play catchy, if somewhat nasal, two- or three-minute songs that breeze right by." [12]
AllMusic stated that the Smugglers "strike their usual midpoint between the Mr. T Experience and pure '60s beat-rock." [11]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "To Serve, Protect and Entertain" | |
2. | "Especially You" | |
3. | "Bishy-Bishy!" | |
4. | "Big Trouble" | |
5. | "She Ain't No Egyptian" | |
6. | "Death of a Romantic" | |
7. | "The Dedication" | |
8. | "I Need a Vacation" | |
9. | "The B 'n' L" | |
10. | "Pick 'Em Up Truck" | |
11. | "Queasy" | |
12. | "Bad Guys" | |
13. | "Dusty's Lament" | |
14. | "Reno Nickel" | |
15. | "Barkerville" |