''Perennial Favorites'' is an album by the swing revival band
Squirrel Nut Zippers, released in 1998.
The album peaked at No. 18 on the
''Billboard'' 200. It achieved gold status.
Production
The album was recorded at Ken Mosher's studio, in
Pittsboro, North Carolina
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Critical reception
AllMusic wrote: "Part of the reason
he Zippersstand apart from the rest of the neo-swing crowd is that they don't forget that there was a bit of menace in the days of hot jazz -- it wasn't a naive, swinging party, there was some genuine hedonism as well."
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Entertainment Weeklys review called the band "adept but inconsequential," writing that Katherine Whalen's "sleepy Billie Holiday cadences verge on satire."
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'' called the album "self-congratulatory, jokey, essentially heartless cartoon music masquerading as 1920s 'hot jazz'."
Track listing
# "Suits Are Picking Up the Bill" ( Jimbo Mathus) – 3:04
# "Low Down Man" (Mathus) – 4:14
# "Ghost of Stephen Foster" (Mathus) – 3:32
# "Pallin' with Al" (Maxwell) – 2:41
# "Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter" (Mathus) – 2:47
# "Trou Macacq" (Maxwell) – 3:17
# "My Drag" (Mathus) – 3:27
# "Soon" (Maxwell) – 3:02
# "Evening at Lafitte's" (Mathus) – 2:48
# "The Kraken" (Maxwell) – 3:40
# "That Fascinating Thing" (Mathus) – 2:43
# "It's Over" (Mathus) – 1:49
* Hidden track: "Berceuse Tendres" – 1:16 etween tracks 11 and 12
Personnel
* Jimbo Mathus – vocals, trombone, banjo, piano, lead guitar, guitar, percussion, backing vocals
* Tom Maxwell – vocals, tenor and baritone saxophone, gong, backing vocals, clarinet, rhythm guitar
* Katharine Whalen Katharine Whalen is a musician, singer, and songwriter originally from Greenville, North Carolina. She contributed vocals, banjo, and ukulele as a member of the Chapel Hill jazz band Squirrel Nut Zippers, a group that she founded in 1993 with then- ...
– vocals, banjo
* Ken Mosher – alto and baritone saxophone, guitar, cymbal, Fender Rhodes
* Je Widenhouse – cornet, trumpet, backing vocals
* Stuart Cole – bass
* Don Raleigh – bass
* Chris Phillips – drums, percussion, steel drum, contraption kit, backing vocals
Additional personnel
* Andrew Bird – violin, percussion, background vocals
* Emily Laurance – harp
* Steve Watson – pedal steel
* Rick Lassiter – bass
* Jay Faires
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– executive producer
* Steve Balcom – executive producer
* Clay Walker – Enhanced CD Design, Multimedia Producer, Photography, Video Editor, Video Producer
References
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1998 albums
Squirrel Nut Zippers albums
Mammoth Records albums