Chocolate Chip Cookies (album)

Chocolate Chip Cookies
Studio album by
Leslie Spit Treeo
Released1996
LabelTag Tunes/Page Music[1]
ProducerLeslie Spit Treeo[2]
Leslie Spit Treeo chronology
Hell's Kitchen
(1994) 		Chocolate Chip Cookies
(1996)

Chocolate Chip Cookies is an album by Canadian folk rock band Leslie Spit Treeo, released in 1996.[3][4] It is subtitled "A Rock & Roll Adventure".[5]

The band intended to make "the mother of all concept albums."[6] It contains a cover of Bob Snider's "Ancient Eyes".[6] The band promoted the album by embarking on a full tour of Canada.[7]

Release

A double album, Chocolate Chip Cookies was originally released in a unique paper bag package similar to a cookie bag, with labelling that resembled the design of a Chips Ahoy! bag.[3][8] Several weeks after the album's release, Nabisco threatened the band with a copyright infringement lawsuit, and in response, the band recalled all unsold copies of the album, held a bonfire in Toronto's High Park to burn the cookie bag packages, and rereleased the album in a conventional jewel case.[9][10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[11]
Times Colonist[2]

The Times Colonist stated: "Those seeking Mellon Collie-type angst in their sprawling, double disc epics will take solace in 'Average Joe''s rallying chorus cry of 'Life sucks!' and ballad 'Book of Rejection''s assertion that 'self- esteem may be over-rated/You're going nowhere without some hatred'."[2]

AllMusic wrote that "the whole, interspersed with Chipmunks-speed spoken-word snippets that more or less advance (or confuse) the narrative, is worthy of Frank Zappa's wry genius in its combination of self-mockery and pinpoint satire."[11]

Track listing

Disc One

  1. Warning
  2. Overture/Second
  3. Nebulous
  4. Bad Omen
  5. Happily Ever After Again
  6. Average Joe
  7. Falling Down Again
  8. Book of Rejection
  9. The Single
  10. Can't Stop
  11. Talking
  12. Bus to Nowhere
  13. Chocolate Chip Cookies
  14. Too You
  15. Hell or Heaven
  16. Bystander
  17. Mole
  18. Moth to a Flame
  19. All Is Not Lost
  20. Stuck in the Middle of a Song
  21. Outro/Disappear

Disc Two

  1. Oh Canada
  2. Still Talking
  3. Roly Poly
  4. Soup Line
  5. All on Myself
  6. Ancient Eyes
  7. Pirates
  8. Lonely Only
  9. How Much Is That Doggie
  10. It's a Dog's Life
  11. Warthogs Can Fly
  12. People
  13. Moderation
  14. A Way In
  15. The Single (Dance Remix)
  16. So Close Yet So Far
  17. UFO
  18. Cathy
  19. Sheila
  20. Serendipity
  21. Hold Strong

References

  1. ^ Crossingham, John (8 Nov 1997). "THE LESLIE SPIT TREEO Chocolate Chip Cookies". St. Catharines Standard. p. D9.
  2. ^ a b c Pogue, Liz (10 Apr 1997). "Two Humans and a dog present stunning album...". Times Colonist. News. p. 1.
  3. ^ a b "Leslie Spit Treeo Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Renzetti, Elizabeth (9 Oct 1996). "Arts Ink Band tosses cookie logo". The Globe and Mail. p. C5.
  5. ^ Brousseau, Christine (18 Sep 1997). "LESLIE SPIT TREEO COMING TO TOWN". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Front. p. 25.
  6. ^ a b "Chips ahoy! It's the Leslie Spit Treeo". The Hamilton Spectator. 28 May 1997. p. E2.
  7. ^ Stoute, Lenny (16 Oct 1997). "Nice to report Leslie Spit Treeo's 42-track Chocolate Chip Cookies album is selling well enough...". Toronto Star. p. K13.
  8. ^ Krewen, Nick (23 May 1997). "Leslie Spit Treeo has experienced the highs, lows of the music business". The Record. p. A18.
  9. ^ Dunford, Gary (October 16, 1996). "GOOD COOKIES". Toronto Sun. News. p. 6.
  10. ^ "IN PASSING". Toronto Star. 31 Oct 1996. p. J4.
  11. ^ a b "Chocolate Chip Cookies - Leslie Spit Treeo | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.