Accelerator (Royal Trux album)

Accelerator
Studio album by Royal Trux
Released	April 21, 1998 (1998-04-21) [1]
Genre	Rock, noise rock, alternative rock
Length	35:16
Label	Drag City
Royal Trux chronology
Singles, Live, Unreleased (1997) Accelerator (1998) 3-Song EP (1998)

Accelerator is the seventh studio album by Royal Trux. It was released on Drag City in 1998. It peaked at number 32 on the UK Independent Albums Chart. ^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Drowned in Sound	8/10 [4]
The Guardian	[5]
Mojo	[6]
NME	8/10 [7]
Pitchfork	8.8/10 [8]
PopMatters	6/10 [9]
Q	[10]
Uncut	10/10 [11]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic said, "Royal Trux have rarely had both their songwriting and noise under control like they do here, and the result is pure dynamite -- possibly their best album to date." ^[3]

NME named it the 8th best album of 1998. ^[12] Pitchfork placed it at number 29 on the "50 Best Albums of 1998" list. ^[13]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album's 2012 reissue received an average score of 83 out of 100 based on 10 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". ^[14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Neil Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I'm Ready"	3:54
2.	"Yellow Kid"	2:10
3.	"The Banana Question"	3:43
4.	"Another Year"	4:03
5.	"Juicy, Juicy, Juice"	5:34
6.	"Liar"	2:48
7.	"New Bones"	4:47
8.	"Follow the Winner"	3:24
9.	"Stevie (for Steven S.)"	4:53
Total length:		35:16

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
10.	"P.T.20"	2:05
11.	"Mr. Crump Don't Like It"	2:03
Total length:		39:24

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Jennifer Herrema – vocals, recording, mixing
• Neil Hagerty – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, MIDI, tin whistle, kazoo, harmonica, percussion, recording, mixing
• Ken Nasta – drums, percussion
• Timothy McClain – synthesizer
• Rian Murphy – chorus vocals
• Paul Oldham – live sound recording
• Konrad Strauss – pre-mastering
• Howie Weinberg – mastering
• Dan Osborn – layout
• Patsy Desmond – photography
• Dan Koretzky – special operations

Charts

Chart	Peak position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [2]	32

References

1. "Royal Trux - Accelerator". Drag City . Retrieved February 20, 2018.
2. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 03 May 1998 - 09 May 1998". Official Charts Company . Retrieved February 20, 2018.
3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Accelerator – Royal Trux". AllMusic . Retrieved February 20, 2018.
4. Powell, Mike (November 30, 2012). "Album Review: Royal Trux – Accelerator (Reissue)". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on January 9, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
5. Cox, Tom (April 24, 1998). "Beautifully wasted". The Guardian .
6. "Royal Trux: Accelerator". Mojo . No. 229. December 2012. p. 101.
7. Mulvey, John (April 18, 1998). "Royal Trux – Accelerator". NME . Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
8. Berman, Stuart (October 11, 2012). "Royal Trux: Accelerator". Pitchfork . Retrieved February 20, 2018.
9. Fiander, Matthew (October 11, 2012). "Royal Trux: Accelerator". PopMatters . Retrieved February 20, 2018.
10. "Royal Trux: Accelerator". Q . No. 317. December 2012. p. 122.
11. "Royal Trux: Accelerator". Uncut . No. 189. February 2013. p. 94.
12. "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1998". NME . October 10, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
13. "The 50 Best Albums of 1998 (page 3 of 5)". Pitchfork . February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
14. "Accelerator (Reissue) by Royal Trux". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved February 20, 2018.

External links

• Accelerator at Discogs (list of releases)