Sentimental Education (Free Kitten album)

Sentimental Education is the second studio album by the band Free Kitten, released in 1997 on Kill Rock Stars. The album features a collaboration with DJ Spooky and a cover of Serge Gainsbourg's "Teenie Weenie Boppie". The album is named after the novel by French novelist Gustave Flaubert.

Sentimental Education
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1997
Recorded1997
GenreIndie rock, noise rock
Length58:44
LabelKill Rock Stars
ProducerKim Gordon, Marie Pierre, and Wharton Tiers
Free Kitten chronology
Punks Suing Punks
(1996)
Sentimental Education
(1997)
Inherit
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[2]
The Guardian[3]
Pitchfork8.0/10[4]
The Times8/10[5]

Track listing edit

  1. "Teenie Weenie Boppie" (Serge Gainsbourg) - 3:02
  2. "Top 40" - 2:49
  3. "Never Gonna Sleep" - 6:17
  4. "Strawberry Milk" - 2:33
  5. "Played Yrself" - 2:59
  6. "DJ Spooky's Spatialized Chinatown Mix" - 6:24
  7. "Bouwerie Boy" - 2:18
  8. "Records Sleep" - 1:36
  9. "Picabo Who?" - 0:35
  10. "Sentimental Education" - 12:21
  11. "One Forty Five" - 2:19
  12. "Eat Cake" - 1:05
  13. "GAA" - 6:57
  14. "Daddy Long Legs" - 5:38
  15. "Noise Doll" - 1:51

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Abebe, Nitsuh. "Sentimental Education Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Free Kitten". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  3. ^ Robinson, Paul (1997-10-31). "This week's pop CD releases". The Guardian – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ Tiffee, Bruce. "Free Kitten: Sentimental Education". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 2007-05-19.
  5. ^ Porter, Charlie (1997-10-25). "New album releases". The Times – via ProQuest.