Butch (album)

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Butch
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Studio album by The Geraldine Fibbers
Released July 1, 1997
Recorded December 1996
Studio The Sound Factory, Los Angeles; USA.
Genre Alternative country, alternative rock, punk rock
Length50:49
Label Virgin
Producer Steve Fisk, The Geraldine Fibbers
The Geraldine Fibbers chronology
What Part of Get Thee Gone Don't You Understand?
(1997)		Butch
(1997)
Singles from Geraldine Fibbers
  1. "California Tuffy"
    Released: June 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [4]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
NME 7/10 [6]
Pitchfork 8.5/10 [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Spin 9/10 [9]

Butch is the second and final studio album by The Geraldine Fibbers, an American alternative country band. It was released on July 1, 1997.

Alternative country, or alternative country rock is a loosely defined subgenre of country music and rock music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream country music and pop country music. Alternative country artists are often influenced by alternative rock. However, the term has been used to describe country music bands and artists that have incorporated influences from alternative rock, indie rock, roots rock, bluegrass, neotraditional country, punk rock, rockabilly, punkabilly, honky-tonk, outlaw country, folk rock, indie folk, folk revival, hard rock, R&B, country rock, heartland rock, and Southern rock.

Contents

The album was recorded in December 1996 by John Goodmanson at The Sound Factory studios, in Los Angeles, California. The recording was mixed March–April 1997 at Brooklyn Recording, Los Angeles by Sally Browder assisted by Ronnie Rivera. [10]

John Goodmanson is an American recording engineer and indie rock record producer. He is best known for producing multiple albums by Bikini Kill, Blonde Redhead, Death Cab for Cutie, Los Campesinos!, and Sleater-Kinney.

The Sound Factory is a recording studio in Los Angeles, California.

Los Angeles City in California

Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in California and the second most populous city in the United States, after New York City. With an estimated population of four million, Los Angeles is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. The city is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, Hollywood and the entertainment industry, and its sprawling metropolis.

"California Tuffy" was released as a promotional music video and single. In the music video, Carla Bozulich uses a black cat puppet to lip synch the song while she and the band destroy furniture and set things on fire.

Spin magazine named Butch to their best albums of 1997 list. [11]

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Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."California Tuffy" Carla Bozulich 3:17
2."Toybox"Bozulich, William Tutton, Kevin Fitzgerald, Daniel Keenan3:11
3."I Killed the Cuckoo"Bozulich, Fitzgerald, Tutton2:10
4."Trashman in Furs"Bozulich, Tutton, Jessy Greene 3:43
5."Swim Back to Me"Bozulich, Fitzgerald3:25
6."Seven or in 10"Bozulich, Nels Cline 2:26
7."Claudine" The Geraldine Fibbers 2:19
8."Folks Like Me"Bozulich3:30
9."Pet Angel"Bozulich, Tutton, Greene3:39
10."Butch"Bozulich, Cline6:09
11."Arrow to My Drunken Eye"Bozulich, Greene6:32
12."You Doo Right" Can 5:20
13."The Dwarf Song"Bozulich5:12
14."Heliotrope"Bozulich6:11

Personnel

The Geraldine Fibbers
Carla Bozulich musician

Carla Ragin Bozulich is an American musician based in Los Angeles, known for her work as the lead singer, lyricist and founder of both The Geraldine Fibbers and Evangelista and as a founding member of Ethyl Meatplow and Scarnella. Her 2006 album, Evangelista, was released by Constellation Records, that label's first release by a non-Canadian artist. In 2007, she also named her ever-evolving touring group Evangelista eventually recruiting bassist Tara Barnes and keyboardist/sampler Dominic Cramp as permanent band members. However, the rest of the lineup of Evangelista as a recording, performing and touring band changes each time they play or record. In keeping with this change, the albums Hello, Voyager, Prince of Truth and In Animal Tongue were released under the band name Evangelista. In 2014, Constellation released Boy, with Carla Bozulich credited as solo artist. This album consists of more conventionally structured songs than those appearing on the Evangelista albums. Her most recent album with Constellation, Quieter is a compilation of previously unreleased recordings that function well as a single album. Quieter was released in May 2018. Bozulich has also been involved in other projects, including collaborations with Francesco Guerri, Noveller/Sarah Lipstate and Devin Sarno. In addition to singing and composing music, she is known to play guitar and work with samples and sound experimentation. She was born in New York City.

Glockenspiel percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano

A glockenspiel is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, thus making it a metallophone. The glockenspiel, moreover, is usually smaller and higher in pitch.

Nels Cline American guitarist and composer

Nels Courtney Cline (born January 4, 1956 is an American guitarist and composer. He has been the guitarist for the band Wilco since 2004.

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References

  1. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Butch – The Geraldine Fibbers". AllMusic . Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  2. ↑ Bertin, Michael (July 25, 1997). "The Geraldine Fibbers: Butch (Virgin)". The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ Kot, Greg (July 18, 1997). "Geraldine Fibbers: Butch (Virgin)". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ Brunner, Rob (July 11, 1997). "Butch". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  5. ↑ Cromelin, Richard (June 29, 1997). "The Geraldine Fibbers, 'Butch,' Virgin". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  6. ↑ Mulvey, John (October 11, 1997). "The Geraldine Fibbers – Butch". NME . Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  7. ↑ Coyle, James. "Geraldine Fibbers: Butch". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on March 4, 2001. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  8. ↑ Fine, Jason (August 7, 1997). "The Geraldine Fibbers: Butch". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on March 7, 2002. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  9. ↑ Vowell, Sarah (August 1997). "Geraldine Fibbers: Butch". Spin . 13 (5): 112. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  10. ↑ Butch (CD). The Geraldine Fibbers. Los Angeles: Virgin Records. 1997. CDVUS-133.
  11. ↑ Best Albums of 1997, Spin Magazine
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