| Friday Night Is Killing Me | ||||
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| Released | 1993 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Sire/Reprise [1] | |||
| Producer | Don Smith | |||
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Friday Night Is Killing Me is the first album by the American rock band Bash & Pop, released in 1993. [2] [3] It was Tommy Stinson's first project after the dissolution of the Replacements. [4] The band supported the album with a North American tour that included dates opening for the Black Crowes. [5]
The album was produced by Don Smith. [6] Stinson was unable to settle on a permanent band lineup, and ended up playing many of the instruments himself; it had already been his intention to switch from bass to guitar. [2] [7] Members of the Heartbreakers also contributed to the recording, although Stinson wasn't in the studio during those sessions. [8] The album's last track, "First Steps", was originally demoed for the Replacements' Don't Tell a Soul . [4] Stinson took voice lessons in order to improve his singing on the album; he also asked Paul Westerberg to contribute some backing vocals. [9] [10]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [11] |
| Austin American-Statesman |  [12] |
| Calgary Herald | B+ [13] |
| Chicago Tribune | [14] |
| Robert Christgau |  [15] |
| The Indianapolis Star | [16] |
| Lincoln Journal Star | [17] |
| Los Angeles Times | [18] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [19] |
| Orlando Sentinel | [10] |
The Chicago Tribune wrote: "Once past the ersatz Faces riffs, Stinson writes the kind of midtempo heart-wrenchers (the title track, 'Tiny Pieces') and acoustic ballads ('Nothing', 'First Steps') that came a dime a dozen to the Replacements' Paul Westerberg." [14] The Washington Post decided that, "unlike Westerberg, Stinson doesn't show much aptitude for the change-of-pace track." [1] Trouser Press considered that "Stinson can do a credible imitation of Rod Stewart’s lurch and rasp might be enough for a journeyman career, but Friday Night is hardly the adult achievement his alma mater primed him for." [20] The Indianapolis Star thought that "it's something like nuclear fission—when a great band breaks apart, astonishing energy is released." [16] The Lincoln Journal Star noted that the album "avoids the retro feel of the Black Crowes and Izzy Stradlin." [17]
AllMusic wrote that "decades after its release, the album feels like a bit of the hangover from the '80s, a celebration of irreverent roots rock performed with an audible grin." [11] Magnet considered it "the best batch of songs by any Replacement since 1987’s Pleased To Meet Me." [21] The Spin Alternative Record Guide opined that it "got over on sheer bar-band enthusiasm." [22]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Never Aim to Please" | 4:09 |
| 2. | "Hang Ups" | 2:42 |
| 3. | "Loose Ends" | 4:09 |
| 4. | "One More Time" | 2:08 |
| 5. | "Tickled to Tears" | 3:37 |
| 6. | "Nothing" | 3:41 |
| 7. | "Fast & Hard" | 3:12 |
| 8. | "Friday Night (Is Killing Me)" | 4:39 |
| 9. | "He Means It" | 3:33 |
| 10. | "Tiny Pieces" | 4:37 |
| 11. | "First Steps" | 4:15 |
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