Down in the Shacks Where the Satellite Dishes Grow | ||||
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Released | 1992 | |||
Studio | Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York | |||
Genre | Jangle pop, alternative rock | |||
Length | 47:20 | |||
Label | Sire | |||
Producer | Richard Gottehrer, Jeffrey Lesser | |||
The Judybats chronology | ||||
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Down in the Shacks Where the Satellite Dishes Grow is the second album by the American band the Judybats, released in 1992 by Sire Records. [1] The single "Saturday" peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. [2]
Recorded in the summer of 1991, the album was produced by Richard Gottehrer and Jeffrey Lesser. [3] [4] Frontman Jeff Heiskell considered most of the songs to be autobiographical. [5] The album also includes a cover of the Kinks' "Animal Farm". [6] The band had attempted to recruit Kate Pierson of the B-52's to sing on "Poor Bruised World" but were rejected by her agent, who felt she was "overexposed" at the time. [7]
A music video was made for "Is Anything". The band opened for the Original Sins on several tour dates. [8]
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The Indianapolis Star stated: "The JudyBats' breezy, guitar-driven music is a 75-degree, sunny April day; its lyrics a lonely November in singer Jeff Heiskell's soul." [10] The Washington Post wrote that "what really offsets Heiskell's dolorous, if often original and intriguing, lyrics are the band's abundant energy, shimmering harmonies and contagious choruses." [11]
The Chicago Tribune considered the album to be "filled with vaguely arty but ultimately rather meaningless jangly guitar pop." [12] The San Antonio Express-News opined that it "has a harder edge that the debut, though there is still plenty of guitar jangle." [13]
All music by the Judybats, lyrics by Jeff Heiskell, except where otherwise indicated.
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