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8 Track Stomp
1991 studio album by Chickasaw Mudd Puppies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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8 Track Stomp is the second album by the American musical duo Chickasaw Mudd Puppies, released in 1991.[1][2] Its title refers to their love of 8-track cartridges.[3] The duo supported the album by touring with the Feelies and then Flat Duo Jets.[4][5] "Do You Remember", for which a video was shot, was a minor college radio hit.[6] Members Brant Slay and Ben Reynolds described their sound as "porch music".[7]
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Production
The album was produced by Michael Stipe and Willie Dixon; the duo's other choice was Tom Waits, who was enthusiastic but busy.[8][9] Dixon associates Cash McCall and Al Duncan contributed to the recording sessions.[10] "Oh, Yeah" was written by Dixon, who also used a copy of one of his albums as a percussive device on "Cicada".[11] Stipe played tuba and provided backing vocals on some of the tracks; Mamie Fike played violin.[12][13] "Omaha (Sharpless)" is about the farm in Omaha, Georgia, owned by Slay's parents.[7]
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The Fort Worth Star-Telegram called the album "a raucous, hilarious sing-along."[19] The Cincinnati Post said that it sounds like a "post-modern fish fry."[16] The Cincinnati Enquirer labeled 8 Track Stomp "Southern art-school blues."[15] The Philadelphia Inquirer opined that the duo "plays the blues with the joyous gee-whiz affectation of shut-in suburban kids whose main cultural reference is cartoons."[17] Spin stated that the duo "take a time-tested combination—wild voice plus gonzo guitar—and reduce it to a bunch of self-conscious mannerisms".[20]
The Courier-Journal said that the album "is a passel of field-holler fun, weird charm and ingratiating eccentricity."[21] The Tampa Tribune concluded that it "gains resonance over the course of a baker's dozen ragged and rich tracks."[12] The Indianapolis Star praised the "odd but inspired" blues rock.[22] The Calgary Herald likened 8 Track Stomp to "the Stone's 12 × 5 circa 1991."[14] The Santa Fe Reporter listed it among the best albums of 1991.[23]
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