| Flubber | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Country folk | |||
| Length | 50:59 | |||
| Label | Rough Trade | |||
| Producer | Souled American, Jeff Hamand | |||
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Flubber is the second album by Chicago-based band Souled American. [1] [2] It was released in 1989 by Rough Trade Records, and re-released, as part of the Framed box set, by tUMULt Records in 1999. [3] [4] "Cupa Cowfee" is a cover of the John Fahey song. [5]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Chicago Tribune | [7] |
| New Musical Express | 8/10 [8] |
The Chicago Tribune wrote: "Employing odd, broken rhythms and unorthodox sequences of notes and chords in a guitars-bass-drums format, Souled American basically breaks up the conventions of country-folk then reassembles them in a new and distinctive way." [7] The Chicago Reader called Flubber "an offhandedly pretty and searchingly lyrical record." [9]
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