Bad Pumpkin

Bad Pumpkin
Studio album by
Fetchin Bones
Released1986
Length37:01
LabelCapitol
ProducerDon Dixon
Fetchin Bones chronology
Cabin Flounder
(1985) 		Bad Pumpkin
(1986) 		Galaxy 500
(1987)

Bad Pumpkin is the second album by the American band Fetchin Bones, released in 1986 through Capitol Records.[1][2] The band supported the album by touring with R.E.M.[3] They briefly broke up a short time after its release.[4]

Production

The album was produced by Don Dixon.[1] It was recorded in nine days.[5] Bass player Danna Pentes played violin on some tracks.[6] "Chitty Chitty" was inspired by the theme to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.[7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]

The Globe and Mail wrote that "the sound is American hip country punk with a comic twist."[9] The Los Angeles Times determined that the album "retains the raucous garage-band sensibility of last year's debut, Cabin Flounder, while expanding the Bones' eclectic-and eccentric-tendencies."[5] The Vancouver Sun concluded that "Hope Nicholls sounds a lot like Patti Smith, and Fetchin' Bones has the energetic freshness of a new wave band, circa 1978."[10] The Providence Journal noted that "the pop ingenues of one track become artful satirists on others, tossing in backwards tape effects, disco whistles, demented Dylanesque harmonica, diabolically scratchy violin and deep, gloomy backup vocals that sound like medieval chanting."[11]

Track listing

All songs written by Fetchin Bones

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Leaning on the Horn"2:59
2."Little Red Lines"3:13
3."Bed of Seems"3:09
4."Flounder"3:47
5."½ Past"4:03
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."High Noon"3:59
2."Greensburg"2:53
3."Wine"4:40
4."Tag Along"2:40
5."Chitty Chitty"2:51
6."All Clocks"2:47
Total length:37:01

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b MacInnis, Craig (7 Nov 1986). "Carolina cow-punks ready to cut loose". Toronto Star. p. D14.
  2. ^ Jaffe, Jody (October 10, 1986). "Bad Pumpkin? Say What?". The Charlotte Observer. p. 2D.
  3. ^ Bessman, Jim (Dec 27, 1986). "Fetchin Rattles Some Bones". Billboard. 98 (52): 37.
  4. ^ MacInnis, Craig (4 Mar 1988). "Fetchin Bones". Toronto Star. p. D12.
  5. ^ a b Strauss, Duncan (20 Dec 1986). "Fetchin Bones Upgrades Its Position". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 3.
  6. ^ "Fetchin Bones". Trouser Press. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  7. ^ Toombs, Mikel (February 1, 1987). "Dixon's style is producing some winners". The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. E3.
  8. ^ "Bad Pumpkin". AllMusic. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  9. ^ Lacey, Liam (6 Nov 1986). "Bad Pumpkin Fetchin Bones". The Globe and Mail. p. D3.
  10. ^ "Fetchin Bones: Bad Pumpkin". Vancouver Sun. 24 Jan 1987. p. E6.
  11. ^ Boehm, Mike (November 6, 1986). "Pop Music: 2 groups whoop it up beyond Southern rock". The Providence Journal. p. B11.