Voyager (Space Needle album)

Voyager
Studio album by
Space Needle
Released1995
GenreIndie rock
Length41:47
LabelZero Hour
Space Needle chronology
Voyager
(1995) 		The Moray Eels Eat the Space Needle
(1997)

Voyager is the debut album by Space Needle, released in 1995.[1][2] The band supported it with a North American tour.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Robert Christgau(dud)[5]
Orlando Sentinel[6]
Spin7/10[7]

The Orlando Sentinel called the album "mysterious, often combining lo-fi sound and mock-futuristic sound effects."[6] Guitar Player wrote that Space Needle "shoots into the astral realm with billowing feedback clusters, pulsating noise dementia, and scattershot drum grooves—like Hendrix playing the 'Star-Spangled Banner' in a Long Island basement."[8]

Paste listed Voyager as the ninth best indie rock album of 1995.[9]

Track listing

  1. "Eyes to the World" 3:40
  2. ""Dreams"" 2:03
  3. "Put It on the Glass" 2:49
  4. "Beers in Heaven" 4:55
  5. "Patrick Ewing" 3:49
  6. "Starry Eyes" 4:56
  7. "Before I Lose My Style" 5:42
  8. "Scientific Mapp/Junky's Fingers/Callwood's Lament" 13:47

Personnel

  • Jud Ehrbar - drums, vocals, keyboards, guitars, percussion
  • Jeff Gatland - guitars, percussion

References

  1. ^ "Space Needle Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Blush, Steven (October 4, 2016). New York Rock: From the Rise of the Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. Macmillan. ISBN 9781250083616.
  3. ^ Shapiro, Samantha M. (3 Aug 1995). "Spacily Surreal". Get Out. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 22.
  4. ^ Carlson, Dea. Voyager at AllMusic
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Space Needle". Robert Christgau.
  6. ^ a b Gettelman, Parry (18 Aug 1995). "Space Needle". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 6.
  7. ^ Davis, Erik (Aug 1995). "Spins". Spin. Vol. 11, no. 5. pp. 95–97.
  8. ^ Rotondi, James (Jun 1996). "Indie-rock enters the space race". Guitar Player. Vol. 30, no. 6. p. 127.
  9. ^ "The 20 Best Indie Rock Albums of 1995". Paste. June 30, 2020.