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- Date Released: July 5, 1994
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Pop
- Label: 550 Music - Epic
- Copyright: (P) 1994 Creation Records Limited
Guaranteed to make you "Smile"
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We Say...
Rhode Islanders tend to focus on the little things, but these adoptive Ocean Staters went after the big questions on their second album, released in 1994. Namely, what makes the purest power pop so transcendent? Borrowing Brian Wilson's great quote about his elusive opus "Smile," Teenage Symphonies to God finds the sweet spot again and again in its shimmering 45 minutes, from the heavenly arena heft of "Hold Me Up" to the very "Girlfriend"-like "Something's Gotta Give" (written by Matthew Sweet, who produced the band's debut; Mitch Easter did this one).
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They Say...
Velvet Crush's second album is an old-fashioned pop record: 12 songs in 40 minutes, filled with ultra-melodic guitar hooks and simple, memorable melodies. While it's traditional in form, the music on Teenage Symphonies to God isn't retro. Velvet Crush manage to inject a real enthusiasm and freshness in the standard three-minute pop song, whether they're playing originals that sound like forgotten classics ("Time Wraps Around You," "This Life is Killing Me," "My Blank Pages," "Hold Me Up") or forgotten classics themselves (Gene Clark's "Why Not Your Baby" and Matthew Sweet's "Something's Gotta Give"). With a crisp, warm production from Mitch Easter, Teenage Symphonies to God is one record that deserves to take its title from Brian Wilson.
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| 01. |  |
Hold Me Up |
2:59 |
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| 02. | |
My Blank Pages |
3:30 |
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| 03. | |
Why Not Your Baby |
4:48 |
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| 04. | |
TIME WRAPS AROUND YOU |
4:13 |
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| 05. | |
Atmosphere |
3:53 |
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| 06. | |
#10 |
2:23 |
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| 07. | |
Faster Days |
4:36 |
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| 08. | |
Something's Gotta Give |
5:50 |
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| 09. | |
This Life Is Killing Me |
2:49 |
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| 10. | |
Weird Summer |
3:52 |
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| 11. | |
Star Trip |
4:18 |
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| 12. | |
Keep On Lingerin' |
2:30 |
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12 Total Tracks, 45:41 Total Length
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Credits
- Stephen Duffy - ? // Stephen Duffy - ? // Velvet Crush - Producer // Velvet Crush - Producer // Velvet Crush - Main Performer // Velvet Crush - Main Performer // Greg Calbi - Mastering // Mike Denneen - ? // Mitch Easter - Producer // Mitch Easter - Engineer // Mitch Easter - Mixing // Wes Lachot - ? // Greg Leisz - ? // Scott Litt - Mixing // Ric Menck - ? // John Paterno - Mixing Assistant // Lloyd Puckitt - Engineer // Tracy Schroeder - Assistant Engineer // Lynn Blakey - ? // Jeffrey Borchardt - ? // Paul Chastain - ? // John Chumbris - ? // Francesca Restrepo - Art Direction // Francesca Restrepo - Design // Ed Fotheringham - Illustrations // Julian Peploe - Design
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