''Stormy Weather'' is the third album by the American band

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, released in 1989. The CD version included their previous album, ''

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''. The band supported the album by touring with

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and

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. "So What If I Did" was a minor modern rock hit.

Production

The album was produced by

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. "For My Lover" is a cover of the

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song; "

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" is a cover of the

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song. Many of the songs are about accepting personal responsibility.

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did the photography for ''Stormy Weather''. "Sammy Hagar Weekend" is about teenage troublemakers in

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; it was added to album when the band realized they had too many serious songs. The band offers admiration for

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on "Lena Horne Still Sings Stormy Weather". "Colorblind" describes

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Critical reception

The ''

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'' wrote that "guitarists Dix Deanney and Mike Martt set the stylistic tone on the album's opening tracks with ringing, rhythmic layers of electric guitars that initially recall the impact of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers." ''

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'' determined that, "rather than be locked in by the limited ambition that pervades the college-indie-band mindset, Thelonious Monster makes the sarcastic digs stick by cranking up music that is at times as good as Stones and Beatles-influenced rock gets when set firmly in a late-'80s context." The ''

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'' noted that "the guitars are turned up, the rock 'n' roll is as straight forward as a sledgehammer and odd harmonies run rampant." ''

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'' called the album "white soul, with one foot in adolescence and the other in that record store where you bought all your old J. Geils and Cream albums."

Track listing

# "So What If I Did" (3:47) # "Oh (No Sense At All)" (3:17) # "Lena Horne Still Sings Stormy Weather" (2:26) # "For My Lover" (2:31) (

) # "My Boy" (3:16) # "Bourbon St. Stagger" (1:51) (cassette bonus track) # "Colorblind" (3:15) # "Real Kinda Hatred" (3:37) # "Nuthin's Perfect" (3:25) # "Sammy Hagar Weekend" (3:00) # "You Better Run" (2:47) # "

" (3:30) (

) # "I'm Goin' Shoppin'" (1:58) (cassette bonus track)

Personnel

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- vocals * Dix Denney - guitar * Christopher Handsome - guitar * Mike Martt - guitar, vocals * Pete Weiss - drums, background vocals with * Rob Graves - bass * Mark E. Hall - guitar Additional musicians:

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, Sondra Christianson,

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References

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