Black Candy

Black Candy is the third studio album by indie pop band Beat Happening.^[3]

Black Candy
Studio album by Beat Happening
Released	1989[1]
Recorded	1988
Genre	Twee pop noise pop
Length	30:03
Label	K
Producer	Steve Fisk[2]
Beat Happening chronology
Jamboree (1988) Black Candy (1989) Dreamy (1991)

Release and reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Alternative Rock	4/10[5]
Hi-Fi News & Record Review	B:1[6]

Beat Happening promoted it with tours alongside Fugazi in 1990 and 1991.^[5]

Author Dave Thompson, in his book Alternative Rock (2000), wrote that despite the titular song "kick[ing] critical ass," the remainder of the album "sounds like BH didn't actually know they were making it. Or that someone was taping the rehearsal."^[5] The name of the song T.V. Girl was inspiration for indie pop group TV Girl's name.^[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by Beat Happening.

1. "Other Side" – 3:35
2. "Black Candy" – 3:00
3. "Knick Knack" – 2:13
4. "Pajama Party in a Haunted Hive" – 4:38
5. "Gravedigger Blues" – 2:26
6. "Cast a Shadow" – 2:31
7. "Bonfire" – 3:12
8. "T.V. Girl" – 2:31
9. "Playhouse" – 2:30
10. "Ponytail" – 3:27

Cover versions

Beat Happening's songs from Black Candy have been covered by other artists:

• Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth recorded a version of the album's title track with Epic Soundtracks, featuring vocals by Kim.
• Both Cub and Yo La Tengo have rendered their own versions of “Cast A Shadow”.