Cruise Yourself

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Cruise Yourself
Girls Against Boys Cruise Yourself.jpeg
Studio album by
Girls Against Boys
ReleasedOctober 3, 1994 (1994-10-03)
RecordedMay 1994 (1994-05)
StudioOz Studios, Baltimore, United States
Genre
Length40:59
Label Touch and Go
Producer Ted Niceley
Girls Against Boys chronology
(I) Don't Got a Place
(1994)		Cruise Yourself
(1994)		 Kill the Sexplayer
(1995)

Cruise Yourself is the third studio album by the American post-hardcore band Girls Against Boys, released in October 1994 by the record label Touch and Go.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
MusicHound Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Select Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Trouser Press unfavorable [11]

Cruise Yourself has received a mixed-to-favorable response from critics.

Accolades

YearPublicationCountryAccoladeRank
1998Alternative PressUnited States"The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s"53 [12]
2000Rock de LuxSpain"Best Albums of the '90s"102 [13]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Girls Against Boys.

No.TitleLength
1."Tucked-In"4:17
2."Cruise Your New Baby Fly Self"3:11
3."Kill the Sexplayer"3:16
4."(I) Don't Got a Place"3:43
5."Psychic Know-How"3:41
6."Explicitly Yours"4:59
7."From Now On"4:15
8."Raindrop"3:13
9."The Royal Lowdown"2:41
10."My Martini"3:41
11."Glazed-Eye"4:02

Personnel

Adapted from the Cruise Yourself liner notes. [14]

Girls Against Boys
Production and additional personnel

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1994 Touch and Go CD, CS, LP TG134

References

  1. ↑ Jeff Terich. August 30, 2012. 10 Essential ’90s Post-Hardcore Albums. treblezine.com
  2. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Cruise Yourself". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Girls Against Boys". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Girls Against Boys". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3 (4th ed.). MUZE. p.  764. ISBN   978-0-19-531373-4.
  5. ↑ Brannigan, Paul (October 1, 1994). "Albumz". Kerrang! . No. 514. EMAP. p. 46.
  6. ↑ Ives, Brian (1999). "Girls Against Boys". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p.  485 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ↑ columnist (October 1994). "Girls Against Boys: Cruise Yourself". NME : 52.
  8. ↑ columnist (November 1994). "Girls Against Boys: Cruise Yourself". Q : 112.
  9. ↑ Brackett, Nathan, ed. (November 2004). "Girls Against Boys". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide . Simon and Schuster. p.  332. ISBN   9780743201698.
  10. ↑ Cusack, Elaine (November 1994). "Girls Against Boys: Cruise Yourself". Select . EMAP. p. 103.
  11. ↑ Kot, Greg (2007). "Girls Against Boys". Trouser Press . Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  12. ↑ "The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s". Alternative Press . Archived from the original on February 15, 2006. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Best Albums of the '90s". Rock de Lux. Archived from the original on February 14, 2006. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  14. ↑ Cruise Yourself (booklet). Girls Against Boys. Chicago, Illinois: Touch and Go Records. 1994.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)


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