| Cereal Killers | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Power pop | |||
| Length | 48:26 | |||
| Label | Giant | |||
| Producer | Paul Fox | |||
| Too Much Joy chronology | ||||
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Cereal Killers is the third album by Scarsdale, New York-based power pop band Too Much Joy. It was released in 1991 on Giant Records, and was produced by Paul Fox. [1]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | A– [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A– [4] |
| People | (favorable) [5] |
| PopMatters | (favorable) [6] |
Cereal Killers received favorable reviews from critics, both at the time of its release [5] [3] and in a 2006 retrospective review by PopMatters . [6]
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