''Flubber'' is the second album by

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. It was released in

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, and re-released, as part of the ''Framed''

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, by tUMULt Records in 1999. "Cupa Cowfee" is a cover of the John Fahey song.

Critical reception

The ''

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'' wrote: "Employing odd, broken rhythms and unorthodox sequences of notes and chords in a guitars-bass-drums format, Souled American basically breaks up the conventions of country-folk then reassembles them in a new and distinctive way." The ''

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'' called ''Flubber'' "an offhandedly pretty and searchingly lyrical record."

Track listing

# "All Good Things" (Adducci) – (4:41) # "Mar'boro Man" (Adducci/Grigoroff) – (2:56) # "Wind to Dry" (Adducci) – (4:08) # "Drop in the Basket" (Grigoroff) – (2:59) # "Heywire" (Adducci/Grigoroff/Tuma) – (2:33) # "The Torch Singer" ( Prine) – (7:08) # "True Swamp" (Adducci/Barnard/Grigoroff/Tuma) – (3:19) # "Marleyphine Hank" (Adducci/Grigoroff) – (2:33) # "You and You Alone" (Adducci) – (4:41) # "Cupa Cowfee" (

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) – (2:14) # "Over the Hill" (Grigoroff) – (4:57) # "Zillion" (Adducci) – (4:55) # "Why Are You" (Adducci/Grigoroff) – (3:37)

Personnel

* Joe Adducci – bass, vocals * Jamey Barnard – drums * Chris Grigoroff – guitar, vocals *

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– guitar

References

* '' Harp Magazine'': "How Souled American's Flubber Changed My Life", by John Darnielle, September, 2006. * ''

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'': "Album feels good to Souled American", by Don McLeese, May 26, 1989. {{Authority control Souled American albums 1989 albums Rough Trade Records albums