All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today
All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today | ||||
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Studio album by Chocolate USA | ||||
Released | 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1990 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 50:15 | |||
Label | Bar/None[1] | |||
Producer | Chocolate USA | |||
Chocolate USA chronology | ||||
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All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today is the debut full-length album by the American band Chocolate USA.[2][3] Released in 1992, it was their first album for Bar/None Records.[4] The band started working on it in 1990.[5] It was recorded under Chocolate USA's former name, Miss America.[6]
Critical reception
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Trouser Press wrote that "Chocolate USA is nothing if not eclectic; although most of the album is acoustic slacker pop, 'Skyphilis/Air Raid' kicks off as a pastiche of Tommy Dorsey’s big band sound and glides into an extended free-jazz fantasy."[8] The Tampa Bay Times called the album "rife with fragmented genius, nervous energy and a creative vibe so powerful, it could send shivers down a spine of stainless steel."[9] The Times Union considered it a "wonderfully wild pastiche of pop."[10] The Tampa Tribune deemed the album "a montage of silly love songs, jazz fusion, guitar-distortion noise and snippets of a taped correspondence."[11]
Track listing
- Test (Julian Koster) :40
- All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today (Koster) – 3:14
- Doogie Love Theme/Wysotsky's Tea (Koster) – 2:25
- My Little Two Eyes (Koster) – 3:04
- 100 Feet Tall (Koster) – 2:36
- The Feelies Show (Eric Morrison) – 3:02
- Skyphilis/Air Raid (Koster) – 3:46
- The Shower Song (Koster) – 3:57
- Wash My Face (Koster) – 4:32
- Two Dogs (Koster) – 1:58
- Vocal Exercise No. 1 (Koster) :32
- The Crashing Song (Koster) – 2:33
- Luniks Furniture (Koster) – 2:39
- Kriss Ford (Koster) – 2:43
- Kathy (Koster) – 1:38
- Nervous Aged Catalunian (Koster) – 3:07
- Loud (Koster) – 4:22
- Smile (Koster) – 3:27
- She's an Aeroplane (Koster) – 4:21
Personnel
- Julian Koster - vocals, guitar, bass
- Liza Wakeman - violin
References
- ^ "Chocolate U.S.A. — Bar/None Records". Bar-none.com. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today by Chocolate USA". Billboard. Vol. 105, no. 20. May 15, 1993. p. 54.
- ^ Clair, Adam (2022). Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery. Hachette Books.
- ^ "Chocolate U.S.A. Biography by Mike DaRonco". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ Perez, Steven (November 23, 1990). "These kids are alright". Tampa Bay Times. The Tampa Tribune. p. 23.
- ^ "The man behind Miss America". Tampa Bay Times.
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ "Chocolate USA". Trouser Press. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "Local music takes off in the soaring "All Jets'". Tampa Bay Times.
- ^ Haymes, Greg (July 22, 1993). "If the Florida group Chocolate USA...". Times Union. p. P4.
- ^ Booth, Philip (27 Mar 1992). "Classical and Pop Music". Friday Extra!. The Tampa Tribune. p. 3.