''Look What the Rookie Did'' is the debut album by Canadian band

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, released in 1995. The album is available for listening online. Videos were released for the singles "The Party Rages On" and "I Dig You".

Production

The album was produced by Kevin Kane. It was recorded about two years prior to its release.

Critical reception

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wrote that "the freshness of Zumpano's sound, combined with adventurous melodies and rhythms, makes this an essential piece of work." ''

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'' wrote that "Zumpano is able to fight off the potential for coyness in its polka dot endeavors and ambitious enough to raise the ante with dramatic horns and pedal steel, treating period evocation as an intermediate goal rather than the stylistic finish line." ''

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'' wrote that "the proceedings are sometimes a little arch, but Zumpano and company usually marshal the melodies to keep their concept from flagging." ''

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'' thought that "the sound is so perversely incongruous with everything else going on today, and is played with such unabashed garage-band innocence, that it actually sounds fresh, and you just can't help but be charmed." ''

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'' opined that ''Look What the Rookie Did'' "combines peerless tunefulness with instrumental complexity (guitars, keyboards, backing vocals and horns all stacked Yurtle high), topped with

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Newman's incomparable, lispy vocals." In a retrospective review, ''

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'' wrote that the album's "best songs ('The Party Rages On', 'Temptation Summary', 'I Dig You') were on par with the Brill Building breezy-listening pop that inspired them, possessing the sort of pristine, heartfelt, melancholy melodies that were all but banished from the airwaves by 1995."

Track listing

# The Party Rages On # Oh That Atkinson Girl # Rosecrans Boulevard # Platinum Is Best Served Cold # Evil Black Magic # Temptation Summary # I Dig You # Wraparound Shades # Snowflakes and Heartaches # Jeez-Louise # (She's a) Full-Blooded Sicilian # Bonus Track

References

1995 debut albums Zumpano albums Sub Pop albums {{1990s-indie-rock-album-stub