Dyslexicon

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Dyslexicon
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Studio album by
Dandelion
ReleasedAugust 1, 1995
Genre Grunge
Length41:41
Label Ruffhouse [1]
Producer Phil Nicolo [2]
Dandelion chronology
I Think I'm Gonna Be Sick
(1993)		Dyslexicon
(1995)

Dyslexicon is the second and final album by the Philadelphia grunge band Dandelion, released in 1995. [3]

Contents

The band promoted the album by touring with Quicksand; they also played the 1995 Lollapalooza festival. [1] [4] Its first single, "Weird-Out", reached No. 14 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. [5] [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau-neither.png [7]

The Philadelphia Inquirer determined that "the band rages through every cliche in the modern- rock lexicon yet manages to make each one as invigorating as a cold shower in a heat wave." [4] Trouser Press wrote: "Despite the extra instrumentation ... Dyslexicon is bland, and an anticlimactic false ending provides a poetic inkling of the sputtering fade-out soon in store for this over-hyped band." [8]

The Hartford Courant stated: "Cut through the trippy fuzz that gives this album such a homogeneous throwback acid-rock feel, and you're into some seriously hard-core rock 'n' roll." [9] The Record concluded that "there is an intriguingly ever-present babble of raw noise just beneath the surface of Dyslexicon, but the vague cliches of the song titles—'Super Cool', 'Weird-Out', 'Whatever'—bespeak a group directionless and muddled." [10]

Track listing

All tracks by Dandelion

  1. "Pass the Stone" – 2:45
  2. "Weird-Out" – 3:41
  3. "Trailer Park Girl" – 3:16
  4. "What a Drag" – 3:03
  5. "Super Cool" – 4:31
  6. "Retard" – 2:30
  7. "False Alarm" – 2:00
  8. "Tapped" – 5:17
  9. "Whatever" – 1:47
  10. "Snow Job" – 4:16
  11. "Viva Kneval" – 3:44
  12. "Melon from Heaven" – 4:51

Two promotional singles from the album were released, "Weird-Out" and "Trailer Park Girl." Both of these singles feature at least one or two remixes.

References

  1. 1 2 "To Catch A Thief". mycitypaper.com.
  2. ↑ Sprague, David (June 24, 1995). "Dandelion's 2nd album springs up on Ruffhouse". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 25. p. 19.
  3. ↑ "Perfect Sound Forever: Dandelion- grunge, Philly style- interview". Perfect Sound Forever.
  4. 1 2 Moon, Tom (July 28, 1995). "NO BIG NAMES? NO BIG DEAL . . . LOLLAPALOOZA CAN SELL ITSELF". FEATURES WEEKEND. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 16.
  5. ↑ Thompson, Stephen (February 15, 1996). "All this isn't to say there aren't strong national bands...". Rhythm. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 7.
  6. ↑ "Modern Rock Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 36. September 9, 1995. p. 117.
  7. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: Dandelion". www.robertchristgau.com.
  8. ↑ "Dandelion". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  9. ↑ Robinson, Kenton (September 21, 1995). "POP/ROCK". CALENDAR. Hartford Courant. p. 5.
  10. ↑ Weiler, Derek (October 19, 1995). "Dandelion Dyslexicon". The Record. p. D6.
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