Business Casual (Beep Beep album)

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Business Casual
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Studio album by
Beep Beep
ReleasedAugust 24, 2004
Genre Electronic [1]
Length30:18
Label Saddle Creek Records
Beep Beep chronology
Business Casual
(2004)		Enchanted Islands
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 53/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME 5/10 [6]
Pitchfork 6.8/10 [1]
PopMatters 4/10 [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Under the Radar 8/10 [11]

Business Casual is the debut studio album by American band Beep Beep. It was released August 24, 2004 on Saddle Creek Records. [12]

Contents

This album is the 63rd release of Saddle Creek Records.

Critical reception

Business Casual was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 53 based on 13 reviews. [2]

In a review for Pitchfork , critic reviewer Brian Howe wrote: "One can't accuse Beep Beep of being lackluster or uninspired. Business Casual is fierce and competent, and evinces the rippling of powerful musical muscles. But its affectations are so grating that it's tough to make it through it all in a single listen." [1]

Track listing

Business Casual track listing
No.TitleLength
1."I am the Secretary"3:09
2."Oh No!"2:19
3."Misuse their Bodies"3:45
4."Giggle Giggle"3:00
5."Electronic Wolves"3:02
6."Chewy Poison"0:41
7."Executive Foliage"2:03
8."The Fluorescent Lights"2:30
9."Vertical Cougar"3:05
10."The Threat of Nature"6:44

Musicians

References

  1. 1 2 3 Howe, Brian (September 4, 2004). "Beep Beep: Business Casual Album Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Business Casual by Beep Beep". Metacritic . Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  3. ↑ "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  4. ↑ Overall, the Beeps still seem like a work in progress. [Nov 2004, p.140]
  5. ↑ For Beep Beep, New Wave means not zippy synth-pop but the brute force of '70s punk turned into screwed-up yet finely calibrated outbursts. [Sep 2004, p.134]
  6. ↑ On first listen sound[s] like someone taking the piss out of The Rapture. [11 Sep 2004, p.57]
  7. ↑ "PopMatters Review". PopMatters . February 22, 2004. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  8. ↑ Rendered with all the warmth of a fax machine. [Sep 2004, p.117]
  9. ↑ [Bemberger's] annoyingly wordy yelp carries only a few memorable lines and fewer melodies. [14 Oct 2004, p.98]
  10. ↑ "Tiny Mix Tapes Review". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  11. ↑ An invigorating and refreshing sonic brew. [#7]
  12. ↑ "Business Casual by Beep Beep". Apple Music . Retrieved April 16, 2021.


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