Bob Dinners and Larry Noodles Present Tubby Turdner's Celebrity Avalanche is the final album by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, released in 2001 through Communion Records.[8]
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| Released | April 16, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | Lowdown Studios, San Francisco, California | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 50:20 | |||
| Label | Communion | |||
| Producer | Greg Freeman, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282[1] | |||
| Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Alternative Press |  [3] |
| The Boston Phoenix | [4] |
| Robert Christgau |  [5] |
| The Great Alternative & Indie Discography | 4/10[6] |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.6/10[7] |
Production edit
Akin to past albums, the band recorded hours of rehearsals and then cut and pasted together musical passages to create songs.[9]
Critical reception edit
SF Weekly called the album "the band's most layered recording yet, with no shortage of keyboards, overdubs, vocal harmonies, and perplexing noises."[10] The East Bay Express wrote that "strange and ordinary instruments converge to make a blend of music that is at once identifiable but yet vastly different from anything you've ever heard before."[9] Portland Mercury wrote: "Stooges riffs clash with mechanical clicks; quivering melodies frame John Bonham-style percussion blasts, then melt Velveeta-smooth into cracked-out vocal asides."[11] CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that "an immense, haunting radiance erupts from [the band's] tortured instruments."[12]
Track listing edit
All tracks are written by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Another Clip" | 3:51 |
| 2. | "Sno Cone" | 5:14 |
| 3. | "You Will Be Eliminated" | 0:12 |
| 4. | "Holy Ghost" | 6:30 |
| 5. | "Everything's Impossible" | 4:06 |
| 6. | "Birth of a Rock Song" | 0:34 |
| 7. | "You in a Movie" | 5:01 |
| 8. | "Boob Feeler" | 1:02 |
| 9. | "In the Stars I Can Sizzle Like a Battery" | 3:11 |
| 10. | "El Cerrito" | 4:38 |
| 11. | "'91 Dodge Van" | 1:37 |
| 12. | "Reminder" | 0:41 |
| 13. | "The Barker" | 3:49 |
| 14. | "He Keeps Himself Fed" | 10:06 |
Personnel edit
- Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
- Mark Davies – instruments
- Anne Eickelberg – instruments
- Brian Hageman – instruments
- Jay Paget – instruments
- Hugh Swarts – instruments
- Production and additional personnel
- Whitney Cowing – photography
- Saul Downs – design
- Greg Freeman – production, engineering
- John Golden – mastering
- Earl Kuck – design
- Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 – production
References edit
- ^ "Thinking Fellers Union Local 282". www.furious.com.
- ^ Way, Brian. "Bob Dinners and Larry Noodles Present Tubby Turdner's Celebrity Avalanche". Allmusic. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
- ^ columnist (July 2001). "Thinking Fellers Union Local #282: Bob Dinners and Larry Noodles Present Tubby Turdner's Celebrity Avalanche". Alternative Press: 77.
- ^ "The Boston Phoenix April 20-26, 2001: Vol 30 Iss 16". Boston Phoenix. 20 April 2001.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Thinking Fellers Union Local #282: Bob Dinners and Larry Noodles Present Tubby Turdner's Celebrity Avalanche". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1999). The great alternative & indie discography. Canongate. ISBN 9780862419134.
- ^ Tangari, Joe (March 20, 2001). "Thinking Fellers Union Local 282: Bob Dinners and Larry Noodles Present Tubby Turdner's Celebrity Avalanche". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
- ^ "Thinking Fellers Union Local 282". Trouser Press. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ a b Turner, Michelle (11 May 2001). "Union, Si!". East Bay Express.
- ^ "Collective Cacophony". SF Weekly. May 2, 2001.
- ^ Hiller, Joan. "Family Reunion". Portland Mercury.
- ^ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. April 9, 2001 – via Google Books.
External links edit
- Bob Dinners And Larry Noodles Present Tubby Turdner's Celebrity Avalanche at Discogs (list of releases)