Flubber
Studio album by
Souled American
Released1989
Recorded1989
GenreCountry folk
Length50:59
LabelRough Trade
ProducerSouled American, Jeff Hamand
Souled American chronology
Fe
(1988)		 Flubber
(1989)		 Around the Horn
(1990)

Flubber is the second album by Chicago-based band Souled American.[1][2] It was released in 1989 by Rough Trade Records, and re-released, as part of the Framed box set, by tUMULt Records in 1999.[3][4] "Cupa Cowfee" is a cover of the John Fahey song.[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Chicago Tribune[7]
New Musical Express8/10[8]

The Chicago Tribune wrote: "Employing odd, broken rhythms and unorthodox sequences of notes and chords in a guitars-bass-drums format, Souled American basically breaks up the conventions of country-folk then reassembles them in a new and distinctive way."[7] The Chicago Reader called Flubber "an offhandedly pretty and searchingly lyrical record."[9]

Track listing

  1. "All Good Things" (Adducci) – (4:41)
  2. "Mar'boro Man" (Adducci/Grigoroff) – (2:56)
  3. "Wind to Dry" (Adducci) – (4:08)
  4. "Drop in the Basket" (Grigoroff) – (2:59)
  5. "Heywire" (Adducci/Grigoroff/Tuma) – (2:33)
  6. "The Torch Singer" (Prine) – (7:08)
  7. "True Swamp" (Adducci/Barnard/Grigoroff/Tuma) – (3:19)
  8. "Marleyphine Hank" (Adducci/Grigoroff) – (2:33)
  9. "You and You Alone" (Adducci) – (4:41)
  10. "Cupa Cowfee" (Fahey) – (2:14)
  11. "Over the Hill" (Grigoroff) – (4:57)
  12. "Zillion" (Adducci) – (4:55)
  13. "Why Are You" (Adducci/Grigoroff) – (3:37)

Personnel

  • Joe Adducci – bass, vocals
  • Jamey Barnard – drums
  • Chris Grigoroff – guitar, vocals
  • Scott Tuma – guitar

References

  1. ↑ Lee, Craig (17 July 1989). "Souled American Makes Its Own Kind of Folk". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 5.
  2. ↑ Sutherland, Steve (Jun 10, 1989). "Albums: Souled American". Melody Maker. 65 (23): 33.
  3. ↑ "Souled American Biography by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  4. ↑ Morris, Chris (Jun 26, 1999). "Souled-Out". Billboard. 111 (26): 77.
  5. ↑ "Souled American". Trouser Press. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Flubber at AllMusic
  7. 1 2 Popson, Tom (20 Apr 1989). "Recordings". Chicago Tribune. p. 11F.
  8. ↑ Romney, Jonathan (24 June 1989). "Souled American — Flubber (Rough Trade Records)". New Musical Express. London: IPC Limited. p. 37. ISSN 0028-6362. Retrieved 27 May 2023 – via Flickr.
  9. ↑ Wyman, Bill. "Camper Van Beethoven/Souled American". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  • Harp Magazine: "How Souled American's Flubber Changed My Life", by John Darnielle, September, 2006.
  • Chicago Sun-Times: "Album feels good to Souled American", by Don McLeese, May 26, 1989.
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