''All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today'' is the debut full-length

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by the American band Chocolate USA. Released in 1992, it was their first album for

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. It was recorded under the band's former name, Miss America.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "Chocolate USA is nothing if not eclectic; although most of the album is acoustic slacker pop, 'Skyphilis/Air Raid' kicks off as a pastiche of Tommy Dorsey’s big band sound and glides into an extended free-jazz fantasy." The ''

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'' called the album "rife with fragmented genius, nervous energy and a creative vibe so powerful, it could send shivers down a spine of stainless steel." The '' Times Union'' considered it a "wonderfully wild pastiche of pop."

Track listing

# Test ( Julian Koster) :40 # All Jets Are Gonna Fall Today (Koster) – 3:14 # Doogie Love Theme/Wysotsky's Tea (Koster) – 2:25 # My Little Two Eyes (Koster) – 3:04 # 100 Feet Tall (Koster) – 2:36 # The Feelies Show (Eric Morrison) – 3:02 # Skyphilis/Air Raid (Koster) – 3:46 # The Shower Song (Koster) – 3:57 # Wash My Face (Koster) – 4:32 # Two Dogs (Koster) – 1:58 # Vocal Exercise No. 1 (Koster) :32 # The Crashing Song (Koster) – 2:33 # Luniks Furniture (Koster) – 2:39 # Kriss Ford (Koster) – 2:43 # Kathy (Koster) – 1:38 # Nervous Aged Catalunian (Koster) – 3:07 # Loud (Koster) – 4:22 # Smile (Koster) – 3:27 # She's an Aeroplane (Koster) – 4:21

Personnel

* Julian Koster - vocals, guitar, bass *Liza Wakeman - violin

References

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