''Me. Me. Me.'' (also stylized as ''me. me. me.'') is the only album by the American

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band

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, released in 1995. It was recorded after the breakup of

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, the former band of guitarist Mark Robinson and bassist Bridget Cross. The band promoted the album with a North American tour that included shows with

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Production

Recorded during two weeks in May 1995 at

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, in Miami, the album was produced by Guy Fixsen; Gabriel Stout played drums. It was the band's intention to produce an album of short songs. "Afternoon Train" is a re-recording of the final Unrest single.

Critical reception

''Me. Me. Me.'' was met with generally favourable reviews. ''

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'' wrote that Robinson and Cross "trade lead vocals on 13 short songs that combine bubblegum tunefulness ('Neely'), with lounge-ballad melancholy ('Seabird'), evanescent soundscapes ('Reprise') and occasional space-rock bleeps." ''

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'' thought that "the bubblegum aftertaste left by segments of ''Me. Me. Me.'' is a bit too strong when Robinson indulges his propensity for creating inconsequential chantalongs like 'World Cup Fever', but he offsets that with reams of bracing, Fire Engines-styled guitar and a guileless new wave sensibility (see 'Dolphin Expressway') that should sway all but the most diehard Anglophobe." ''

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'' deemed the album "a heady mix of danceable trivialities and serious longing." ''

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'' concluded that "Air Miami soars through a universe of pop styles with a surfeit of panache and a minimum of bombast... Pure pleasure—clean, clever, surprising." ''

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'' called Robinson "one of the few men in indieland who can hold a vocal melody," and wrote that "the guitar work here is as nimble as Dean Wareham's." ''

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'' determined that "Robinson's avant pop/punk songs are fun, and serve as great set-ups for Cross' more oblique offerings." The ''

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'' labeled the album "alternately fun and pretentious, like most 4AD stuff," writing that "faced with the choice of copping either atmospheric Velvets-style arrangements or Wire-esque sprinters, Air Miami did the all-American thing and riffed off both."

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wrote that, "unsurprisingly, early drum machines provide percussion as well, a sonic signifier that also fits nicely more often than not ... ''Me, Me, Me'' is a simpler musical pleasure than most." '' MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide'' opined that ''Me. Me. Me.'' "doesn't have the giddiness of the Unrest work, but it is sweet to listen to."

Legacy

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'' considered the album cover to be one of the 40 best of the 1990s. "Seabird" was covered by Maria Somerville for the 2021

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compilation '' Bills & Aches & Blues''.

Track listing

References

{{Authority control Air Miami albums 1995 debut albums 4AD albums TeenBeat Records albums