''Copacetic'' is an album by Velocity Girl, released in 1993. It is their first full-length album and features the singles "Crazy Town" and "Audrey's Eyes," both of which were given music videos. The album's title derives from an American slang word meaning "everything's ok".Bonner, Michael (1993) "Velocity Girl: Cop This", ''Lime Lizard'', May 1993, p. 74 Its sound is heavily influenced by

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, a subgenre of indie rock. Kelly Riles described the recording of the album: "We mixed the album in a very different way than people would have expected us to—it's very rough sounding. It's a deliberate move away from the lighter production on the singles". A review in ''Lime Lizard'' at the time of its release drew comparisons with My Bloody Valentine, stating "this could be the rejected demos for '' Isn't Anything''". The album was listed among "75 Lost Classics" in the Spring 2007 issue of '' Magnet''.Magnet Magazine's "75 Lost Classics": We Found Eight of Them (SubPop Records)

Track listing

# "Pretty Sister" (4:59) # "Crazy Town" (3:47) # "Copacetic" (3:41) # "Here Comes" (4:42) # "Pop Loser" (2:24) # "Living Well" (3:06) # "A Chang" (5:48) # "Audrey's Eyes" (3:02) # "Lisa Librarian" (2:18) # "57 Waltz" (2:49) # "Candy Apples" (3:07) # "Catching Squirrels" (5:42)

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External links

Lost Classics: Velocity Girl "Copacetic"
''Magnet'', 20 February 2009 1993 albums Velocity Girl albums Sub Pop albums {{1990s-indie-rock-album-stub