Cruise Yourself is the third studio album by American post-hardcore band Girls Against Boys, released in October 1994 by record label Touch and Go.

Cruise Yourself
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 3, 1994 (1994-10-03)
RecordedMay 1994 (1994-05)
StudioOz Studios, Baltimore, United States
Genre
Length40:59
LabelTouch and Go
ProducerTed Niceley
Girls Against Boys chronology
(I) Don't Got a Place
(1994)
Cruise Yourself
(1994)
Kill the Sexplayer
(1995)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [4]
Kerrang!     [5]
MusicHound Rock     [6]
NME     [7]
Q     [8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide     [9]
Select     [10]
Trouser Pressunfavorable[11]

Cruise Yourself has received a mixed-to-favorable response from critics.

Accolades

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Year Publication Country Accolade Rank
1998 Alternative Press United States "The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s" 53 [12]
2000 Rock de Lux Spain "Best Albums of the '90s" 102 [13]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Girls Against Boys

No.TitleLength
1."Tucked-In"4:17
2."Cruise Your New Baby Fly Self"3:11
3."Kill the Sexplayer"3:16
4."(I) Don't Got a Place"3:43
5."Psychic Know-How"3:41
6."Explicitly Yours"4:59
7."From Now On"4:15
8."Raindrop"3:13
9."The Royal Lowdown"2:41
10."My Martini"3:41
11."Glazed-Eye"4:02

Personnel

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Adapted from the Cruise Yourself liner notes.[14]

Girls Against Boys
Production and additional personnel

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1994 Touch and Go CD, CS, LP TG134

References

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  1. ^ Jeff Terich. August 30, 2012. 10 Essential ’90s Post-Hardcore Albums. treblezine.com
  2. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Cruise Yourself". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Girls Against Boys". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Girls Against Boys". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3 (4th ed.). MUZE. p. 764. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  5. ^ Brannigan, Paul (October 1, 1994). "Albumz". Kerrang!. No. 514. EMAP. p. 46.
  6. ^ Ives, Brian (1999). "Girls Against Boys". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 485 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ columnist (October 1994). "Girls Against Boys: Cruise Yourself". NME: 52.
  8. ^ columnist (November 1994). "Girls Against Boys: Cruise Yourself". Q: 112.
  9. ^ Brackett, Nathan, ed. (November 2004). "Girls Against Boys". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 332. ISBN 9780743201698.
  10. ^ Cusack, Elaine (November 1994). "Girls Against Boys: Cruise Yourself". Select. EMAP. p. 103.
  11. ^ Kot, Greg (2007). "Girls Against Boys". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  12. ^ "The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s". Alternative Press. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  13. ^ "Best Albums of the '90s". Rock de Lux. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  14. ^ Cruise Yourself (booklet). Girls Against Boys. Chicago, Illinois: Touch and Go Records. 1994.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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