Copacetic (Velocity Girl album)

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Copacetic
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Studio album by
Velocity Girl
Released1993
Recorded Memphis, 1993
Genre Indie rock, shoegaze
Label Sub Pop
Producer Bob Weston
Velocity Girl chronology
Velocity Girl
(1993)		Copacetic
(1993)		 Simpatico
(1994)

Copacetic is an album by Velocity Girl, released in 1993. [1] [2] It is their first full-length album and features the singles "Crazy Town" and "Audrey's Eyes," both of which were given music videos. The album's title derives from an American slang word meaning "everything's ok". [3]

Contents

Production

The album was produced by Bob Weston and was recorded over five days for less than $5,000. [4] [5] Its sound is heavily influenced by shoegaze, a subgenre of indie rock. Kelly Riles described the recording of the album: "We mixed the album in a very different way than people would have expected us to—it's very rough sounding. It's a deliberate move away from the lighter production on the singles". [3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau-neither.png [8]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin (mixed) [11]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]

A review in Lime Lizard at the time of its release drew comparisons with My Bloody Valentine, stating that "this could be the rejected demos for Isn't Anything ". [13] The Washington Post noted that "the noisy dream-pop works some of the time (the opening 'Pretty Sister', for example), although when it gets too dreamy (the over-long 'Here Comes', the instrumental 'Candy Apples') it can just seem vague." [14] Trouser Press wrote: "Despite being taken as shoegazers, Velocity Girl makes its songs here jump up and down rather than simply stare at the floor." [15]

The album was listed among "75 Lost Classics" in the Spring 2007 issue of Magnet . [16]

Track listing

  1. "Pretty Sister" (4:59)
  2. "Crazy Town" (3:47)
  3. "Copacetic" (3:41)
  4. "Here Comes" (4:42)
  5. "Pop Loser" (2:24)
  6. "Living Well" (3:06)
  7. "A Chang" (5:48)
  8. "Audrey's Eyes" (3:02)
  9. "Lisa Librarian" (2:18)
  10. "57 Waltz" (2:49)
  11. "Candy Apples" (3:07)
  12. "Catching Squirrels" (5:42)

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References

  1. ↑ Rogers, Ray (Apr 1993). "It's spring! Sing! — Copacetic by Velocity Girl". Interview. Vol. 23, no. 4. p. 44.
  2. ↑ Bonner, Michael (Apr 10, 1993). "Copacetic by Velocity Girl". Melody Maker. Vol. 69, no. 15. p. 29.
  3. 1 2 Bonner, Michael (1993) "Velocity Girl: Cop This", Lime Lizard, May 1993, p. 74
  4. ↑ "Copacetic by Velocity Girl". Billboard. Vol. 105, no. 16. Apr 17, 1993. p. 52.
  5. ↑ DeLuca, Dan (June 17, 1994). "Velocity Girl Finding That Perseverance Pays". Features Weekend. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 15.
  6. ↑ Huey, Steve "Copacetic Review", AllMusic, Macrovision Corporation, retrieved 24 October 2009
  7. ↑ Margasak, Peter (1993-05-13). "Velocity Girl Copacetic (Sub Pop)". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  8. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Velocity Girl". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  9. ↑ Ali, Lorraine (1993-04-09). "Copacetic". Entertainment Weekly .
  10. ↑ Diehl, Matt (1993) "Album Reviews: Velocity Girl - Copacetic", Rolling Stone , Issue 658
  11. ↑ Aaron, Charles (1993-04-01). "Spins". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. p. 96.
  12. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2000). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music. Virgin Books. p. 414.
  13. ↑ Grundy, Gareth (1993) "Velocity Girl Copacetic", Lime Lizard, May 1993, p. 59
  14. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (1993-03-26). "'Copacetic' Hits a Decent Velocity". The Washington Post . ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  15. ↑ Levine, Robert. "Velocity Girl". Trouser Press. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  16. ↑ Magnet Magazine's "75 Lost Classics": We Found Eight of Them (SubPop Records) Archived 2009-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
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