Broadcaster (album)

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Broadcaster
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Studio album by
Triple Fast Action
Released1996
Genre Alternative rock
Label Capitol [1]
Producer Don Fleming
Triple Fast Action chronology
Broadcaster
(1996)		Cattlemen Don't
(1997)

Broadcaster is the first album by the American band Triple Fast Action, released in 1996. [2] [3] "Revved Up" was the album's first single. [4] The band supported the album with a North American tour. [5] Broadcaster was a commercial failure. [6]

Contents

Production

The album was produced by Don Fleming in New York, with Brad Wood working on two tracks at Idful Music Corporation in Chicago. [7] The band finished recording the album in March 1995, although it was not released until April 1996. [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

The Chicago Tribune wrote that "tempos rise and fall like a roller coaster, texture counts as much as hooks, and the studio is used like a mood-enhancing drug." [9] Trouser Press thought that, "on the dreamy 'Don’t Tell', the concussive 'American City World' and the closing ten-minute 'Superstar' (by turns wan and wild), [Wes] Kidd shows that he can do propulsive, smartened-up modern rock as well as anyone else these days." [11] The Washington Post noted that the band's "gift for melody overwhelms its more self-conscious tendencies ... The album is occasionally annoying, but its dumb gimmicks are roughly balanced by smart songs." [12]

The Richmond Times-Dispatch praised the "breakneck rhythms, guitar pyrotechnics and angst-filled vocals," writing that "each song points to a lot of consideration in arrangements, execution and mix." [13] The Daily Herald called the album "chock-full of energetic, pop-laced modern rock nuggets distinguished by Kidd's appealingly raspy vocals and his and [Ronnie] Schneider's aggressive guitar work." [14] The Chicago Sun-Times opined that the band's "brand of power pop has an undeterred grace fueled by Wes Kidd's vibrant vocals and the group's solid musicianship." [15]

AllMusic wrote that "the band's full-throttle, post-Nirvana rock would have played better in 1993 than in 1996, when this type of thing was already going out of style." [8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Aerosmith"3:08
2."Anna (Get Your Gun)"3:23
3."Revved Up"4:11
4."Bird Again"2:27
5."超級巨星"1:38
6."Don't Tell"5:36
7."American City World"3:38
8."Cheery"3:39
9."Rest My Head"4:59
10."Never Ever Care"3:21
11."Sally Tree"2:59
12."Paris"4:56
13."Superstar"9:59

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Borzillo, Carrie (February 24, 1996). "Capitol's tripl3fastaction revs up". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 8. p. 13.
  2. ↑ "Triple Fast Action Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Tripl3fastaction Bests Candlebox at Starz". The Morning Call. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Seattle, not Seattle". The Morning Call. May 31, 1996. p. D7.
  5. ↑ Puckett, Jeffrey Lee (May 11, 1996). "One of the better guitar pop albums...". Scene. Courier Journal. p. 6.
  6. ↑ Thompson, Stephen (January 29, 1998). "Chicago's Triple Fast Action...". Rhythm. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 9.
  7. 1 2 Wyman, Bill (February 15, 1996). "Triple Fast Action Waits for the Green". Chicago Reader. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Broadcaster". AllMusic. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  9. 1 2 Kot, Greg. "Triple Fast Action's 'Broadcaster' Plays Like Radio". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  10. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 262.
  11. ↑ "Tripl3fastaction". Trouser Press. Archived from the original on February 28, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  12. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (April 26, 1996). "Wide-Roving Dogs; A Smart-Dumb Triple". The Washington Post. p. N14.
  13. ↑ McCarty, Patrick (April 11, 1996). "Tripl3fastaction Members Learned Their Nirvana Grunge Lessons Well". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. D25.
  14. ↑ Kening, Dan (April 5, 1996). "Merging into the fast track". Time Out. Daily Herald. p. 5.
  15. ↑ Houlihan-Skilton, Mary (May 24, 1996). "Club Hopping". Weekend Plus. Chicago Sun-Times. p. 5.
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