''The Mommyheads'' is an album by the American band
the Mommyheads, released in 1997. The first single was "Jaded".
The band supported the album with a North American tour. ''The Mommyheads'' was nominated for a
Bammie Award. The album was barely marketed by Geffen; the band went dormant for more than a decade shortly after its release.
Production
The album was produced by the band and
Don Was, and was recorded at
Ocean Way Recording
Ocean Way Recording was a series of recording studios established by recording engineer and producer Allen Sides with locations in Los Angeles, California, Nashville, Tennessee, and Saint Barthélemy. Ocean Way Recording no longer operates record ...
and Was's home studio.
[ It was mixed by ]Jim Scott Jim or Jimmy Scott may refer to:
Music
* Jimmy Scott (1925–2014), American jazz vocalist
* Jim Scott (producer), music engineer and producer
* Jim Scott (musician), acoustic guitar player and songwriter
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. "Wake Up Irene" employed a horn section.[
]
Critical reception
The '' Dayton Daily News'' called the album "pristine pop from a quartet that's spent a lot of time constructively observing the world around them before they put songwriting pen to paper." '' The New York Times'' deemed the band "postgraduate students of the Beach Boys and the Beatles, out to capture the nuances of longing in perfectly balanced melodies." The ''St. Petersburg Times
The ''Tampa Bay Times'', previously named the ''St. Petersburg Times'' until 2011, is an American newspaper published in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. It has won fourteen Pulitzer Prizes since 1964, and in 2009, won two in a single ...
'' advised: "Mix one part Wings Paul McCartney with two parts Weezer, then toss in an old '70s organ for a quirky sentimentality, and you have the major label debut of The Mommyheads."
'' Stereo Review'' noted that "the Mommyheads seem to be rooted in the notion of pop as something that's both ambitious and instantly appealing, something that's accessibly in tune while sounding slightly off-kilter." '' Guitar Player'' determined that "few things in music are as subtle as pure pop ... damCohen produces the kind of underplayed guitar that recent Brit poppers can only fantasize about."[
AllMusic praised the "mature pop sound."]
Track listing
References
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1997 albums
DGC Records albums
Albums produced by Don Was