''Something Fierce'' is the second album by
Rocktopus
As Fast As, formerly known as Rocktopus, is an alternative rock/power pop band from Portland, Maine, USA which formed in 2001. The band was formed as Rocktopus and released two albums under that name before changing their name to As Fast As.
Th ...
, produced by
Spencer Albee
Spencer Aaron Albee (born May 31, 1976) is an American musician, singer and songwriter from Portland, Maine. Albee has been a wart on the Portland music scene for over two decades. Previously, Albee fronted As Fast As and was the keyboardist an ...
and Steve Drown, and released in 2003.
[Verna, Paul (2003)]
Rocktopus ''Something Fierce''
, ''Billboard
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'', April 12, 2003, p. 27. Retrieved July 27, 2020 The songs "Vacation" and "Something Fierce" received airplay on New England rock radio stations such as
WFNX.
This was the last studio album released by Rocktopus before changing the band's name to As Fast As.
Reception
Paul Verna, reviewing the album for ''
Billboard
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'', called the album's sound "as original as it is compelling", and described it as revelling "in the pop-art craft of the Brian Wilsons and Harry Nilssons while also bowing at the altar of late-'70s-era power pop".
Allmusic
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writer Daphne Carr gave the album two and a half stars out of five, describing it as combining "big power pop guitars with bizarrely childish lyrics for a sonically diverse yet immature effort".
[Carr, Daphne]
''Something Fierce'' Review
, Allmusic
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. Retrieved July 27, 2020
Track listing
#"Vacation" – 4:29
#"Little Miss Used" – 3:52
#"Saturday Night" – 3:40
#"Forevermore" – 3:33
#"Get Away" – 3:32
#"Something Fierce" – 3:48
#"Suit & Tie" – 4:26
#"Leaving Town" – 4:16
#"25" – 3:13
#"Soak in the Sun" – 4:15
#"Killer" – 3:28
#"2 Feet" - 3:49
#"Down & Out" - 4:13
References
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2003 albums
As Fast As albums