''Jubilee'' is the fourth and final studio album by

Grant Lee Buffalo Grant Lee Buffalo was an American rock band based in Los Angeles, California, United States, consisting of Grant-Lee Phillips (vocals and guitar), Paul Kimble ( bass) and Joey Peters (drums). All three were previously members of another Los Ange ...

, released in 1998. The single "

Truly, Truly "Truly, Truly" is a song by American rock band Grant Lee Buffalo. It was released in May 1998 as the lead single from their fourth album, ''Jubilee''. Written by Grant-Lee Phillips and produced by Paul Fox, the single peaked at number 11 on the ' ...

" received significant radio airplay, appearing on ''Billboards Modern Rock chart for 13 weeks, peaking at #11. According to Grant Lee Phillips, the album may have suffered from high expectations at the label. :"The celebrational spirit of ''Jubilee'' actually brought a renewed optimism to me personally. The album was well received and understandably the expectations at the label were high, probably too high. Although the highly refined ''Jubilee'' had brought the band considerable success at radio with "Truly, Truly", a shift within the industry was well underway. The label's constant nagging about "Call-out Response" was both a new term and a bewildering concept to our ears. The basic strategy: a radio station arranges to call up a listener who is asked to consume about 30 songs over the phone, perhaps 20 seconds of each. From this remote encounter, the listener will then proceed to judge the material. Insufficient call-out response was a big reason that ''Jubilee'' hardly got a shot at Warners. Grant Lee Buffalo tunes are often like an old car or an old amp that needs a few seconds to get warmed up, but when it does... look out! Meanwhile, a new crop of young record buyers, the largest since the Baby Boomer era, were now being targeted to the exclusion of Gen-Xers, like myself, still waiting for the Pixies to reform." The album would be the last for the band, though Phillips has released a number of solo albums. :"As for Grant Lee Buffalo, I sensed they were beginning to wonder if we'd ever get through finishing school. Before that could happen, band and label parted as did Peters and myself. The scenery was changing and I was looking for new explorations. I'm sure we all were. Perhaps we always will be."

Critical reception

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'' called the album "glam-rock with barely a hint of alt-country." The ''

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'' wrote that it "starts slowly, only to reveal kaleidoscopic songwriting colors that suggest the ambition of late-period Beatles."

Track listing

# "APB" - 3:37 - # "Seconds" - 4:21 - # "Change Your Tune" - 3:21 - # "Testimony" - 3:59 - # "

" - 3:58 - # "SuperSloMotion" - 5:42 - # "Fine How'd Ya Do" - 3:52 - # "Come To Mama, She Say" - 4:31 - # "8 Mile Road" - 4:55 - # "Everybody Needs A Little Sanctuary" - 4:01 - # "My My My" - 4:05 - # "Crooked Dice" - 4:43 - # "Jubilee" - 3:38 - # "The Shallow End" - 4:16 -

Personnel

Grant Lee Phillips Grant-Lee Phillips (born Bryan G. Phillips; September 1, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He led the group Grant Lee Buffalo in the 1990s, afterwards launching a solo career. He features as the town troubadour ...

- vocals, guitars, mellotron, celeste * Joey Peters - drums, sleigh bells * Dan Rothchild - bass, additional vocals *

Jon Brion Jon Brion is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and composer. He performed with the Excerpts, the Bats, 'Til Tuesday and the Grays before becoming an established producer and film score composer. Brion has ...

- piano, vibraphone *

Greg Leisz Gregory Brian Leisz ( ; born September 18, 1949) is an American musician. He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer. He plays guitar, dobro, mandolin, lap steel and pedal steel guitar. Biography Leisz grew up in the garage band cu ...

- pedal steel *

Rami Jaffee Rami Jaffee (born March 11, 1969) is an American musician. He is best known as the keyboardist for the rock band Foo Fighters, whom he initially joined in a touring and session capacity in 2005. Jaffee has contributed to six of the band's studi ...

- B3 organ * Phil Parlapiano - accordion on "Everybody Needs a Little Sanctuary" *

Robyn Hitchcock Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born 3 March 1953) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano, and bass guitar. After leading the Soft Boys in the late 1970s and releasing the ...

- harmonica on "My, My, My", additional vocals on "My, My, My" and "The Shallow End" * Andrew Williams - additional vocals on "Truly, Truly" and "8 Mile Road" * e - additional vocals on "Come To Mama, She Say" *

Michael Stipe John Michael Stipe (; born January 4, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and artist, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of alternative rock band R.E.M. He is known for his vocal quality, poetic lyrics and unique stage presence. Poss ...

- additional vocals on "Everybody Needs a Little Sanctuary"

References

Grant Lee Buffalo albums 1998 albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub