''Deflowered'' is the second studio album by American
queercore
Queercore (or homocore) is a cultural/social movement that began in the mid-1980s as an offshoot of the punk subculture and a music genre that comes from punk rock. It is distinguished by its discontent with society in general, and specifical ...
band
Pansy Division
Pansy Division is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California, United States, in 1991 by singer-songwriter Jon Ginoli and bassist Chris Freeman.
Conceived as the first openly gay rock band featuring predominantly gay musicians, P ...
, released in 1994 on
Lookout! Records
Lookout Records (stylized as Lookout! Records) was an independent record label, initially based in Laytonville, California and later in Berkeley, California, Berkeley, focusing on punk rock. Established in 1987, the label is best known for having ...
.
The cover features a photograph of
Mark Ewert
Marcus Ewert, previously known as Mark Ewert, is an American writer, actor and director, living in San Francisco.
Ewert began making and appearing in films in the 1990s. He has appeared in the Gus Van Sant short film ''Four Naked Boys and a Gu ...
(left) and Moon Trent (right), taken by Marc Gellar. The two men also appear together on the cover of Pansy Division's 1996 album ''
Wish I'd Taken Pictures'' and their 2016 album ''
Quite Contrary''.
Critical reception
AllMusic
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praised ''Deflowered'' for its "wry, silly and heartfelt" songwriting, singling out singer Jon Ginoli's "engagingly nerdish" vocals and "sweetly enjoyable" harmonizing with bassist Chris Freeman.
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Trouser Press
''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference ...
'' wrote that "Ginoli’s melodic constructs are appreciably better on ''Deflowered''; a raunchier guitar sound gives the improved second album more punk body."
The ''
Dallas Observer
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'' called the album "snappy" and "rollicking," and deemed it the band's best.
Track listing
All songs written by
Jon Ginoli, except where noted.
#"Reciprocate" – 2:52
#"Groovy Underwear" – 3:38
#"Anonymous" – 2:55
#"Fluffy City" – 3:22
#"James Bondage" (
Chris Freeman) – 2:51
#"Negative Queen" – 3:21
#"Denny" (Ginoli, Healey) – 2:38
#"Rachbottomoff" – 4:02
#"Beercan Boy" – 2:13
#"Kissed" (Ginoli, Freeman) – 2:29
#"A Song of Remembrance for Old Boyfriends" (
Jonathan Richman) – 3:26
#"Deep Water" – 2:08
#"Not Enough of You to Go Around" – 2:23
#"New Pleasures" – 3:31
#"
Homosapien" (
Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley (born Peter Campbell McNeish; 17 April 1955 – 6 December 2018) was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 wh ...
) – 2:18
Personnel
*
Jon Ginoli – vocals, guitars
*
Chris Freeman – vocals, bass, lead vocals on track 5
*Liam Hart – drums
References
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1994 albums
Pansy Division albums
Lookout! Records albums