Track Listing
1. Party Rages On, The
2. Oh That Atkinson Girl
3. Rosecrans Boulevard
4. Platinum Is Best Served Cold
5. Evil Black Magic
6. Temptation Summary
7. I Dig You
8. Wraparound Shades
9. Snowflakes & Heartaches
10. Jeez Louise
11. Full-Blooded Sicilian, (She's A)
12. (Untitled Hidden Track)
| Details | | Playing Time: | 41 min. | | Producer: | Kevin Kane, Zumpano | | Distributor: | Alternative Dis. Alliance | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Zumpano: Carl Newman (vocals, guitar); Michael Ledwidge (guitar, keyboards); Stefan Niemann (bass, guitar); Jason Zumpano (drums, whistling).
Additional personnel: Kevin Kane (lap steel guitar, flute, background vocals); Jason Steele (tenor saxophone); Nick Cougar (trumpet); Deet Manning (trombone); Maynard Smylie (bass).
Engineers: Vince Gatti, Mark Guenther, Darryl Neudorf.
LOOK WHAT THE ROOKIE DID is a delightful debut by a Vancouver quartet devoted to the sprightly fun of power pop. Zumpano is the drummer's last name. It sounded good, so why not use it? The album offers ten originals and a cover of Jimmy Webb's tricky "Rosecrans Boulevard." While numbers such as "Evil Black Magic" add horns, often to wonderful effect, ROOKIE is primarily a celebration of the possibilities of a guitar/drum/bass/keyboard quartet.
Zumpano's clever titles betray the poetic wordplay afoot. The playful lyrics peek in and out of rocking ensemble. This is a great first album. The musicians' enthusiasm keeps them from sounding too retro in their obvious fondness for '60s and '70s touchstones. Be sure to check out Zumpano's second album, GOIN' THROUGH CHANGES.
Editorial Reviews
...takes the Beach Boys/Merseybeat ethos and twists it to its own alternative-minded designs....This is a record custom-made for the sick-of-dogma-and-diatribe rock fan who's grousing about MTV and how they just don't make songs like they used to...
Musician (03/01/1995)
...They're retro in a manner more Lambchop than Urge Overkill, and they seem to have picked up Tom Jones' used schtick at a flea market...
Option (05/01/1995)
...Imagine a whole album of limey retro-pop, sans the lo-fi....played, well, a tad wimpier than GBV....These eleven ingratiating ditties head straight for--and stick to--the part of your brain that would normally reject this stuff on principle...
Alternative Press (03/01/1995)
[T]he superior songcraft on LOOK WHAT THE ROOKIE DID drew a direct line to Newman's future as a New Pornographer.
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