Box Office Bomb (album)

Box Office Bomb
Studio album by
Dramarama
Released1987
RecordedMay 18–28, 1987
GenreHard rock, glam rock
Length44:49
LabelQuestionmark Records[1]
ProducerChris Carter, John Easdale, Mark Ettel[2]
Dramarama chronology
Cinéma Vérité
(1985) 		Box Office Bomb
(1987) 		Stuck in Wonderamaland
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Robert ChristgauA−[4]
Los Angeles Times[1]

Box Office Bomb is the second album by the alternative rock band Dramarama.[5]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "while Box Office Bomb suffers slightly from pressed-for-time-and-money production, 'Modesty Personified' still has plenty of Blondiesque bite, and the sextet invigorates Easdale’s vengeful frustration in 'Whenever I’m With Her' ('Sorry I bit her…') with hothouse guitar drama."[6]

Track listing

All songs written by John Easdale, except where noted.

  1. "Steve & Edie" - 5:05
  2. "New Dream" - 3:30
  3. "Whenever I'm With Her" - 3:09
  4. "Spare Change" - 3:15
  5. "400 Blows" - 3:52
  6. "Pumping (My Heart)" (Patti Smith, Ivan Kral, Jay Dee Daugherty) - 3:16
  7. "It's Still Warm" - 3:54
  8. "Out in the Rain" (Easdale, Julie Miller) - 4:13
  9. "Baby Rhino's Eye" - 5:01
  10. "Worse Than Being By Myself" - 5:27
  11. "Modesty Personified" - 4:07

1988 CD bonus tracks (The Best of Cinema Verite)

  2. "Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)" - 3:44
  3. "Scenario" - 4:14
  4. "Questions?" - 3:12
  5. "Visiting The Zoo" - 3:55
  6. "Candidate" - 3:18
  7. "Some Crazy Dame" - 3:48
  8. "Emerald City" - 3:00

1995 CD reissue bonus tracks

  2. "Hitchhiking" - 3:10
  3. "Private World (David Johansen, Arthur Kane) - 3:37
  4. "Last Cigarette (Demo Version)" - 4:22
  5. "Would You Like (Demo)" - 4:36
  6. "Worse Than Being By Myself (Demo Version)" - 5:13
  7. "It's Still Warm (Original Version)" - 6:22

References

  1. ^ a b "Dramarama Blurs : * * * * Great Balls of Fire * * * Good Vibrations * * Maybe Baby * Running on Empty". Los Angeles Times. November 15, 1987.
  2. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 26, 1987 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Box Office Bomb at AllMusic
  4. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Dramarama". www.robertchristgau.com.
  5. ^ Thompson, Dave (July 4, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Dramarama".



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