Something Fierce is the second album by Rocktopus, produced by Spencer Albee and Steve Drown, and released in 2003.[1] The songs "Vacation" and "Something Fierce" received airplay on New England rock radio stations such as WFNX.

Something Fierce
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1, 2003
GenreRock
Length50:42
LabelFPFC Productions
ProducerSpencer Albee
Steve Drown
Rocktopus chronology
I Love You! Good Morning!
(2002)
Something Fierce
(2003)
Open Letter to the Damned
(2006)

This was the last studio album released by Rocktopus before changing the band's name to As Fast As.

Reception edit

Paul Verna, reviewing the album for Billboard, called the album's sound "as original as it is compelling", and described it as revelling "in the pop-art craft of the Brian Wilsons and Harry Nilssons while also bowing at the altar of late-'70s-era power pop".[1] Allmusic writer Daphne Carr gave the album two and a half stars out of five, describing it as combining "big power pop guitars with bizarrely childish lyrics for a sonically diverse yet immature effort".[2]

Track listing edit

  1. "Vacation" – 4:29
  2. "Little Miss Used" – 3:52
  3. "Saturday Night" – 3:40
  4. "Forevermore" – 3:33
  5. "Get Away" – 3:32
  6. "Something Fierce" – 3:48
  7. "Suit & Tie" – 4:26
  8. "Leaving Town" – 4:16
  9. "25" – 3:13
  10. "Soak in the Sun" – 4:15
  11. "Killer" – 3:28
  12. "2 Feet" - 3:49
  13. "Down & Out" - 4:13

References edit

  1. ^ a b Verna, Paul (2003) "Rocktopus Something Fierce", Billboard, April 12, 2003, p. 27. Retrieved July 27, 2020
  2. ^ Carr, Daphne "Something Fierce Review", Allmusic. Retrieved July 27, 2020