The Gasoline Age is an album by East River Pipe, released in 1999.[5][6]

The Gasoline Age
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 10, 1999
Length44:37
LabelMerge Records[1]
East River Pipe chronology
Mel
(1996)
The Gasoline Age
(1999)
Garbageheads on Endless Stun
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[3]
Pitchfork Media8.0/10[4]

Critical reception edit

The A.V. Club wrote that "the synthy, slightly samey pleasures of The Gasoline Age aren't quite as compelling as Cornog's earlier works—in fitting with the car theme, some of it sounds like it was composed on cruise control—but East River Pipe still has a way with moody, mellow mini-epics that puts other sad sacks to shame."[7]

Track listing edit

  1. "Shiny, Shiny Pimpmobile" – 3:40
  2. "Hell Is an Open Door" – 2:39
  3. "Cybercar" – 3:13
  4. "Wholesale Lies" – 1:44
  5. "My Little Rainbow" – 2:14
  6. "Party Drive" – 3:31
  7. "King of Nothing Never" – 1:57
  8. "14th Street Boys Stolen Car Club" – 2:19
  9. "All You Little Suckers" – 2:07
  10. "Astrofarm" – 4:30
  11. "Down 42nd Street to the Light" – 4:04
  12. "Atlantic City (Gonna Make a Million Tonight)" – 9:43
  13. "Don't Hurry" – 2:56

References edit

  1. ^ Ballance, Laura; Cook, John; McCaughan, Mac (September 15, 2009). Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small. Algonquin Books. ISBN 9781565129689 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ The Gasoline Age at AllMusic
  3. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: East River Pipe". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Hooker, Zach (August 10, 1999). "East River Pipe – The Gasoline Age". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  5. ^ Richards, Sam (November 8, 2016). "Cult heroes: East River Pipe – outsider pop craftsman of humble majesty". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
  6. ^ "The best pop albums of 1999". The Independent. December 17, 1999. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18.
  7. ^ "East River Pipe: The Gasoline Age". Music. 29 March 2002.