Betti-Cola

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Betti-Cola
Betticola.jpg
Studio album by
Cub
ReleasedOctober 1, 1993 (1993-10-01)
RecordedAugust 23, 1992 – August 15, 1993
Studio
Genre Cuddlecore [1]
Length48:00
Label Mint
Producer
  • Jean Smith
  • Cub
  • Nicolas Bragg
  • Anthony Hempell
  • Pat Maley
  • Dave Carswell
  • Kevin Komoda
  • Adam Sloan
Cub chronology
Betti-Cola
(1993)		 Come Out Come Out
(1995)

Betti-Cola is the debut album by the Canadian band Cub. [2] [3] It was released on October 1, 1993, by Mint Records. [4] The album was remastered and re-released with bonus tracks in 2007.

Contents

The album contains tracks taken from various 7-inch EPs as well as a handful of covers. A 12-song double 7-inch EP titled Betti-Cola, with similar cover art, was released at roughly the same time as the CD.

The cover art is by Archie Comics cartoonist Dan DeCarlo. [5]

Recording

Cub recorded Betti-Cola primarily with microphones and a Digital Audio Tape machine. The album was recorded in various locations, including in Olympia, Washington, and at CBC Television. [5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
Pitchfork 8.0/10 [1]

"While the band's primitive, sweet formula changes little over the duration of the set," wrote Jason Ankeny in a retrospective review for AllMusic, "the performances grow more assured with each passing track; whether tackling Lisa Marr's own infectious compositions ... or well-chosen covers ... Cub's naive charm is irresistible." [6] Ira Robbins of Trouser Press likewise found that as a whole, the album captures Cub's "increasing musical strength and confidence (especially on the part of guitarist Robynn Iwata and singer/bassist Lisa Marr; a procession of drummers make rhythmic progress impossible to chart)." [2] Pitchfork 's Marc Hogan stated that "like Jonathan Richman post- Modern Lovers , Cub prove that childlike whimsy can be, in the words of Joe Harvard, 'a purer form of rebellion.'" [1]

Track listing

All songs written by Cub, except where indicated.

  1. "Go Fish" – 2:00
  2. "What the Water Gave Me" – 1:14
  3. "Motel 6" – 2:21
  4. "A Party" – 1:18
  5. "Flying Carpet" – 2:38
  6. "My Chinchilla" – 1:23
  7. "Electric Chair" – 2:33
  8. "Nicolas Bragg" – 1:56
  9. "Pretty Pictures" – 1:38
  10. "They Don't" – 1:40
  11. "A Picnic" – 1:24
  12. "It's True" – 1:28
  13. "Someday" – 1:44
  14. "Cast a Shadow" (Beat Happening cover) – 2:12
  15. "The Day We Met" – 1:34
  16. "Surfer Girl" (The Beach Boys cover) – 1:33
  17. "Little Star" – 1:13
  18. "My Assassin" – 1:51
  19. "Tell Me Now" (Daniel Johnston cover) – 3:00
  20. "Lucky 7" – 1:46
  21. "Through My Hoop" – 2:25
  22. "Leapfrog" – 2:10
  23. "Backwoods" (Windwalker cover) – 3:14
  24. "What the Water Gave Me" (performed by NFA; Cub cover) – 3:45

2007 reissue bonus tracks

  2. "Chico" – 1:15
  3. "Sweet Pea" (Tommy Roe cover) – 1:24
  4. "Summer Samba" (Astrud Gilberto cover) – 1:41
  5. "Hello Kitty" – 1:33
  6. "Wipeout!" (live) (unlisted) – 0:20

Notes

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [7]

Cub

  • Lisa Marr – vocals, bass
  • Robynn Iwata – guitar, backup vocals (tracks 1 and 15)
  • Valeria Fellini – drums (tracks 1–8 and 17–23), backup vocals (track 1)
  • Neko Case – drums (tracks 12 and 14–16)

Additional musicians

  • Dave Carswell – drums (tracks 9, 10, and 13), acoustic guitar (tracks 11 and 13), glockenspiel (track 9)
  • NFA (Jason Ogden, Andrew Earle, Craig Moore) – guest performance (track 24)

Production

  • Jean Smith – production (tracks 1–4)
  • Cub – production (tracks 1–23)
  • Adam Sloan – engineering (tracks 1–8 and 17–23), production (tracks 17–23)
  • Nicolas Bragg – production (tracks 5–8)
  • Anthony Hempell – production (tracks 5–8)
  • Pat Maley – production and engineering (tracks 9–13)
  • Dave Carswell – production (tracks 9–13)
  • Kevin Komoda – production (tracks 14–16)
  • Anthony "Fu" Valcic – mastering, assembly

Design

  • Dan DeCarlo – cover drawing
  • Derrick Hanni – outer back cover photograph
  • Allen May – booklet back cover photograph
  • Miles Constable, Bill Baker, Lisa Marr, Robynn Iwata, Allen May, Derrick Hanni, Linda Scholten – booklet photographs
  • Adam, Melanie, Valeria Fellini – booklet drawings

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hogan, Marc (May 10, 2007). "Cub: Betti-Cola / Come Out Come Out". Pitchfork . Retrieved November 15, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Robbins, Ira. "Cub". Trouser Press . Retrieved November 15, 2025.
  3. ↑ Prested, Kevin (2014). Punk USA: The Rise and Fall of Lookout Records. Microcosm Publishing. p. 109.
  4. ↑ Fontana, Kaitlin (October 22, 2011). Fresh at Twenty: The Oral History of Mint Records. ECW Press. ISBN   9781770900523 – via Google Books.
  5. 1 2 Barclay, Michael; Jack, Ian A.D.; Schneider, Jason (2011). Have not been the same: the CanRock renaissance, 1985-1995. ECW Press. p. 20. ISBN   9781550229929. OCLC   702799226.
  6. 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. "Betti-Cola – Cub". AllMusic . Retrieved November 15, 2025.
  7. ↑ Betti-Cola (liner notes). Cub. Mint Records. 1993. MRD-002.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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