Total Entertainment!

Total Entertainment!
Studio album by
Pansy Division
ReleasedAugust 12, 2003
GenreQueercore, punk rock
Length45:20
LabelAlternative Tentacles[1]
ProducerChris Xefos
Pansy Division chronology
Absurd Pop Song Romance
(1998) 		Total Entertainment!
(2003) 		The Essential Pansy Division
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Total Entertainment! is a studio album by American queercore band Pansy Division.[3][4] It was released in 2003 by Alternative Tentacles.[5][6]

Critical reception

Now called the album "a goofy alt-rock amusement park ride of a record, with more hooks than a crocheting bee in a doily-happy nursing home and the gayest lyrics this side of Rufus Wainwright."[7] The Richmond Times-Dispatch called it "pipin' with hilarity and crunching power pop."[8] The Advocate called it the band's "most varied effort to date."[9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
0."untitled pre-gap track" 0:55
1."Who Treats You Right?"lyrics: Ginoli, music: Ginoli/Freeman2:20
2."Blurry Down Below"lyrics: Ginoli, music: Ginoli/Freeman/Goodwin/Illades2:19
3."When He Comes Home"Freeman2:59
4."Too Many Hoops"lyrics: Ginoli, music: Ginoli/Freeman2:54
5."Spiral"Freeman3:09
6."Saddest Song"lyrics: Ginoli, music: Ginoli/Freeman/Goodwin3:13
7."No Protection"lyrics: Freeman/Ginoli, music: Freeman/Ginoli/Goodwin3:59
8."Alpine Skiing"Ginoli3:14
9."Not Good Enough"Freeman1:20
10."Scared to Death"Freeman2:02
11."I'm Alright"Ginoli2:30
12."First Betrayal"Freeman4:02
13."Sleeping in the Cold"lyrics: Freeman, music: Freeman/Ginoli/Goodwin/Illades4:23
14."He Whipped My Ass in Tennis, Then I Fucked His Ass in Bed"Ginoli2:08
15."Total Entertainment"lyrics: Ginoli/Goodwin, music: Goodwin/Freeman/Ginoli2:07
16."At the Mall" (Bonus track unlisted on the back cover, but listed in the lyric sheet)Ginoli12:06
Total length:45:20

0 is about 40 seconds of silence, followed by what sounds like a movie sample, set in a record store, in which a woman offers to play the new Pansy Division they just got in and a man declines. 16 is preceded by a 2:55 silent pre-gap.

Personnel

Pansy Division

  • Chris Freeman – bass, vocals
  • Jon Ginoli – rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Patrick Goodwin – lead guitar, vocals
  • Luis Illades – drums, saxophone, vocals

Additional musicians

  • Victor Krummenacher – acoustic guitar on track 6
  • Scott Wagar – tambourine on tracks 2 and 4
  • Danny Cao – trumpet on tracks 7, 8 and 10
  • Doug Hilsinger – pedal steel guitar on track 14
  • Josh Pollock – banjo on track 14
  • Chris Xefos – keyboards

References

  1. ^ "Total Entertainment!". June 13, 2018.
  2. ^ "Total Entertainment! - Pansy Division | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ "Sock It to Your Hole! – OC Weekly". www.ocweekly.com.
  4. ^ Summers, Claude (April 24, 2012). The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, and Musical Theater. Cleis Press Start. ISBN 9781573448758 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Pansy Division | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^ "OK Then". SF Weekly. September 3, 2003.
  7. ^ "NOW: Pansy Division, Jul 31 - Aug 6, 2003". December 6, 2004. Archived from the original on 2004-12-06.
  8. ^ "Sound Off". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 17 November 2003.
  9. ^ "Return of the Pansys". The Advocate. Here Publishing. September 16, 2003 – via Google Books.