God Don't Make No Junk

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God Don't Make No Junk
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Studio album by
The Halo Benders
Released24 June 1994
RecordedDub Narcotic
Genre Indie rock, alternative rock
Length33:18
Label K Records
Producer Steve Fisk
The Halo Benders chronology
God Don't Make No Junk
(1994)		 Don't Tell Me Now
(1996)
Professional ratings
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God Don't Make No Junk is the first studio album by the American indie rock band The Halo Benders. [2] [3] It was released in 1994 on K Records. [4] The album was the first full-length release by the Halo Benders, a side project of Calvin Johnson (of Beat Happening) and Doug Martsch (of Built to Spill). [5] Its catalogue number is KLP29.

Contents

The album title references the black pride slogan of the 1970s. [6]

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "a sampler of extraordinary diversity" and "a stack of strange gems." [7] Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996 praised "Canned Oxygen," calling it "a musical high point for both principal personalities." [8] Spin listed the album as one of "Rock's 25 Greatest Team-ups." [9]

Track listing

  1. "Snowfall" – 3:50
  2. "Don't Touch My Bikini" – 3:38
  3. "Will Work for Food" – 4:44
  4. "Freedom Ride" – 2:25
  5. "Sit on It" – 1:17
  6. "Canned Oxygen" – 3:23
  7. "Scarin" – 1:52
  8. "On a Tip" – 3:05
  9. "I Can't Believe It's True" – 4:54
  10. "Big Rock Candy Mountain" – 4:10

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References

  1. ↑ AllMusic
  2. ↑ "The Halo Benders | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Crain, Zac (March 18, 1999). "Perfect, now". Dallas Observer.
  4. ↑ "Heavy Rotation". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. October 10, 1994 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Lemme Get an Encore: Built to Spill". June 19, 2012.
  6. ↑ "CD Review: Wye Oak". Cleveland Scene.
  7. ↑ "Halo Benders". Trouser Press. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  8. ↑ Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN   9780760346488 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ "Rock's 25 Greatest Team-ups". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. April 10, 2007 – via Google Books.
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