Track Listing
1. Work With Me
2. It's Alright at Home
3. Out in the Rain
4. Straight and Narrow
5. Keep the Promise
6. Too Much Been Said
7. Whole Damn World
8. Almost Human
9. Judy's Problem
10. New Pusher Blues
11. While I Sleep
12. She Knows It
13. Old and in the Way
14. Look Out For That Train
15. Doll Hut
16. Brown Eyed Women
17. She Likes to Rock
18. Thing Just Goes, The
19. Can't Get Out of Bed
20. Girl From el Reno
21. Don't Have to Die
22. Be Married Song - (electric)
23. If You've Got to Go, Go Now - (bonus track)
| Details | | Distributor: | Ryko Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
The Pontiac Brothers: Matt Simon (vocals), Ward Dotson, Jon Wahl, Glen Floyd (guitar), Kurt Bauman (bass), D.A. Valdez (drums, acoustic guitar).
Additional personnel: Annette Vargas, Sue Gorilla (vocals), Dude Gnarly (guitar), Dan McGough (keyboards).
Producers: Chaz Ramirez, The Pontiac Brothers, Junior, Candii Samples, Brett Gurewitz.
Recorded at the Casbah, Fullerton, California; El Dorado Studios and Westbeach, Hollywood, California.
All songs written by members of The Pontiac Brothers except "If You've Got To Go, Go Now" (Dylan).
The first Pontiac Brothers release to hit American shores (the Los Angeles-based band's debut record was released only in France), DOLL HUT further refines the band's pairing of boozy, Rolling Stones-influenced roots rock and 1980s jangle pop. "It's Alright at Home"'s stick-in-the-ear melodies and punk rock edge will appeal to fans of the Replacements, while the hopped-up country beat of "Straight and Narrow" recalls the group's L.A. contemporaries, the Long Ryders.
On FIESTA EN LA BIBLIOTECA, the Pontiac Brothers benefit from a somewhat bigger, more "produced" sound while retaining their snarling, Stones-y roots-rock edge. "She Knows It"'s arpeggiated guitar chords presage the Replacements' PLEASED TO MEET ME by a couple of years, while "Look Out For That Train" is a shoulda-been-a-hit that recalls the Georgia Satellites' "Keep Your Hands to Yourself." The most fun track, however, is "She Likes to Rock," a spot-on parody of 1980s hair metal that reveals the Pontiac Brothers could have held their own in that venue as well.
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