''Tank Top City'' is the second album by

Sugarsmack ''Sugarsmack'' were an American alternative rock band based in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, formed by Hope Nicholls and Aaron Pitkin. The group was put together after Hope had departed from her previous band, Fetchin Bones, and had b ...

, released in 1998 through

Sire Records Sire Records (formerly Sire Records Company) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Records. History Beginnings The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer ...

. The album was one of many late 1990s Sire alternative rock releases that failed commercially.

Critical reception

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'' called the album "kinetic, jagged rock that lies somewhere between England’s The Fall and Atlanta’s late, lamented The Jody Grind," writing that it "finds the band in top form." The ''

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'' wrote that the band "has adopted an almost-over-the-top punk swagger that makes it stand out." ''

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'' called ''Tank Top City'' a "16-song luge ride through wild terrain," writing that "the secret of getting on the band's wavelength when listening to a song like 'Reagan' is to just say no to logic and submit to the band's altered neural pathways."

Track listing

Personnel

;Sugarsmack *John Adamian –

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, guitar, Keyboard instrument, keyboards, Singing, vocals *Chris Chandek – guitar *Hope Nicholls – vocals, saxophone, harmonica *Aaron Pitkin – bass guitar, guitar, vocals ;Production and additional personnel *Aaron Bachelder – timpani *Mindy Barker – flute *Marc Becker – record producer, production, Audio engineering, engineering, Audio mixing (recorded music), mixing *Greg Calbi – Audio mastering, mastering *Cookie Jackson – cello *Sarah Beth Turner – saxophone

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1998 albums Sire Records albums Sugarsmack albums