''Big Plans for Everybody'' is the second studio album by the American rock band

Let's Active Let's Active is an American rock group formed in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1981, and often identified with the jangle pop guitar work of the group's frontman and songwriter Mitch Easter. After disbanding in 1990, the group reformed in Augus ...

, released in 1986 by

I.R.S. Records I.R.S. Records was an American record label founded by Miles Copeland III, Jay Boberg, and Carl Grasso in 1979. I.R.S. produced some of the most popular bands of the 1980s, and was particularly known for issuing records by college rock, new wave ...

. It was produced by band leader

Mitch Easter Mitchell Blake Easter (born November 15, 1954) is a musician, songwriter, and record producer. Frequently associated with the jangle pop style of guitar music, he is known as producer of R.E.M.'s early albums from 1981 through 1984, and as frontm ...

at his own Drive-In Studio, in

Winston-Salem, North Carolina Winston-Salem is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the second-largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the 5th most populous city in N ...

Critical reception

The ''

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'' determined that the album "combines lush, textured melodies with bright-eyed and bushy-tailed vocals." The ''

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'' wrote: "It's pop, it's Southern, it's quirky, it's ringing guitars, it's neo-psychedelic, it's haunting." ''

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'' concluded that Easter "breaks the symmetry of ordinary pop tunes into irregular phrases, while his lyrics are quizzical and pessimistic." ''

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'' opined that "Easter's rock-group hobby founders this time around on a series of Beatle salutes and a tedious obsession with '60s rock."

Tracklist

#"In Little Ways" – 3:46 #"Talking to Myself" – 3:30 #"Writing the Book of Last Pages" – 3:56 #"Last Chance Town" – 3:35 #"Won't Go Wrong" – 3:21 #"Badger" – 3:08 #"Fell" – 3:37 #"Still Dark Out" – 5:50 #"Whispered News" – 4:34 #"Reflecting Pool" – 2:26 #"Route 67" – 2:47

References

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* {{Authority control Let's Active albums 1986 albums I.R.S. Records albums Albums produced by Mitch Easter