Big Plans for Everybody

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Big Plans for Everybody
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Studio album by
Let's Active
Released1986 (1986)
Recorded Drive-In, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Length40:30
Label I.R.S.
Producer Mitch Easter
Let's Active chronology
Cypress
(1984)		Big Plans for Everybody
(1986)		 Every Dog Has His Day
(1988)

Big Plans for Everybody is the second studio album by the American rock band Let's Active, released in 1986 by I.R.S. Records. [1] [2] It was produced by band leader Mitch Easter at his own Drive-In Studio, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Philadelphia Inquirer Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Trouser Press favorable [5]

The Los Angeles Times determined that the album "combines lush, textured melodies with bright-eyed and bushy-tailed vocals." [6] The Chicago Tribune wrote: "It's pop, it's Southern, it's quirky, it's ringing guitars, it's neo-psychedelic, it's haunting." [7] The New York Times concluded that Easter "breaks the symmetry of ordinary pop tunes into irregular phrases, while his lyrics are quizzical and pessimistic." [8] The Philadelphia Inquirer opined that "Easter's rock-group hobby founders this time around on a series of Beatle salutes and a tedious obsession with '60s rock." [4]

Tracklist

All songs written by Mitch Easter.

  1. "In Little Ways" – 3:46
  2. "Talking to Myself" – 3:30
  3. "Writing the Book of Last Pages" – 3:56
  4. "Last Chance Town" – 3:35
  5. "Won't Go Wrong" – 3:21
  6. "Badger" – 3:08
  7. "Fell" – 3:37
  8. "Still Dark Out" – 5:50
  9. "Whispered News" – 4:34
  10. "Reflecting Pool" – 2:26
  11. "Route 67" – 2:47

References

  1. ↑ DeCurtis, Anthony (May 22, 1986). "Records: Big Plans for Everybody". Rolling Stone. No. 474. p. 82.
  2. ↑ Griffin, John (June 5, 1986). "Let's Active – More Plans For Everybody". The Gazette. Montreal. p. D13.
  3. ↑ Woodstra, Chris. "Big Plans for Everybody – Let's Active | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved May 31, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Tucker, Ken (April 27, 1986). "Let's Active Big Plans for Everybody". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. K3.
  5. ↑ Phillips, Elizabeth; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Let's Active". TrouserPress.com . Retrieved May 31, 2016.
  6. ↑ Greenstein, Jane (March 30, 1986). "Activ-ity". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 54.
  7. ↑ Brogan, Daniel (March 28, 1986). "Let's Active, Big Plans for Everybody". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. 62.
  8. ↑ Pareles, Jon (April 11, 1986). "Pop Album of the Week". The New York Times. p. C25.
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