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Firecracker picks up right where Loeb's 1995 debut Tails
left off, mixing relentlessly upbeat pop numbers with moody ballads
tied together with her innate sense for a memorable melody. Firecracker
starts particularly strong: A thumping bass line propels the rhythmic
"I Do," lush string arrangements swoon behind "Falling in Love,"
"Truthfully" posesses the same kind of simple pop grace that made her
1994 song "Stay" a huge hit, and "Let's Forget About It" is probably
the most instantly catchy song of the bunch. Overall Firecracker shows Loeb clearly avoiding the "sophomore slump" curse.
Track listing 1. I Do 2. Falling in Love 3. Truthfully 4. Let's Forget About It 5. How 6. Furious Rose 7. Wishing Heart 8. Dance With the Angels 9. Jake 10. This 11. Split Second 12. Firecracker
Details Contributing artists: Shawn Colvin Producer: Juan Patino, Lisa Loeb Distributor: Universal Distribution Recording type: Studio Recording mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a
Album notes Personnel includes: Lisa Loeb (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Tony Berg, Mark Spencer (guitar); David Gresham (clarinet); Juan Patino (piano, vibraphone, drums, tambourine, bongos, shaker, triangle, loops, background vocals); Leland Sklar, Joe Quigley, Trent Hellerstein (bass); John Robinson, Ronny Crawford (drums); Shawn Colvin (background vocals). Recorded at 52nd St. Digital, Clinton Recording Studios, Avatar Studios and Juan's Apartment, New York, New York; Dreamland, Woodstock, New York; Groovemasters Studio, Santa Monica, California. All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology. FIRECRACKER was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. You remember, don't you? The impossibly winsome girl with the tortoise-shell specs who staged a bloodless coup on MTV thanks to a strategically-placed cut on the REALITY BITES soundtrack? The one who shamelessly pledged allegiance to Olivia Newton John and endeared herself to every teenage girl with a diary full of subversive secrets? She's back for a second round of radio-friendly alterna-pop on FIRECRACKER. Loeb earned a Grammy nomination for her last effort, and a legion of fans who will find this album full of the same sparkly pop-rock confections they gobbled up so avidly on the gold-certified TAILS.
Editorial reviews 2.5 Stars (out of 5) - ...disappointing....staid arrangements and lackluster riffs. Loeb's songwriting and delivery haven't aged as much as she apparently thinks they have, either... Rolling Stone (11/27/1997)
5 (out of 10) - ...Record companies don't know what to do with talented, smart indie girls with guitars....Problem is, Loeb was a bit of a pale indie-imitation from the start: like her debut TAILS, FIRECRACKER is underwhelming and middlebrow, overproduced and pointlessly moody... Spin (02/01/1998)
...Loeb's earnest confessionals are melodically attractive, but the album's chilly, relentlessly polite musical approach is at odds with the artist's soul-baring lyrical stance... - Rating: C Entertainment Weekly (11/14/1997)
2.5 Stars (out of 5) - ...disappointing....staid arrangements and lackluster riffs. Loeb's songwriting and delivery haven't aged as much as she apparently thinks they have, either... Rolling Stone (11/27/1997)
...Loeb's earnest confessionals are melodically attractive, but the album's chilly, relentlessly polite musical approach is at odds with the artist's soul-baring lyrical stance... Entertainment Weekly (11/14/1997)
Item specifics - Music: CDs Artist: Lisa Loeb Release Date: Nov 11, 1997 Format: CD Record Label: Geffen Records (USA) UPC: 720642514122 Genre: Rock Duration: Album Condition: Like New
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