I Spent a Week There the Other Night

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I Spent a Week There the Other Night
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Studio album by
Moe Tucker
Released1991
StudioToxic Shock, New York City
Genre Punk
Length44:40
Label New Rose
Producer Maureen Tucker
Moe Tucker chronology
Life in Exile After Abdication
(1989)		I Spent a Week There the Other Night
(1991)		Oh No, They're Recording This Show
(1992)

I Spent a Week There the Other Night is an album by the American musician Moe Tucker, released in 1991. [1] [2]

Contents

Included on the album is a cover of "Then He Kissed Me", originally by the Crystals, as well as a cover of the Velvet Underground song "I'm Waiting for the Man". [3] I Spent a Week There the Other Night was reissued in 1994. [3]

Production

The album has performances by members of the Velvet Underground, including Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison and John Cale. [4] All four original Velvets play together on "I'm Not", making it their only studio collaboration on original material since 1968. Members of Violent Femmes also contributed to the album. [5] Tucker stuck mostly to rhythm guitar. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
Chicago Sun-Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Orlando Sentinel Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

The Orlando Sentinel wrote that "the basement minimalism is perfect for her ingenuous songs and flat but expressive vocals." [8] Trouser Press praised "Lazy", writing that, "for a 46-year-old mother of five, 'Lazy' is pure punk perfection." [9]

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Maureen Tucker except where noted.

  1. "Fired Up" – 4:01
  2. "That's B.A.D." – 4:58
  3. "Lazy" – 2:28
  4. "S.O.S." – 3:12
  5. "Blue, All the Way to Canada" (Tucker, Jim Turner) – 3:52
  6. "(And) Then He Kissed Me" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) – 2:31
  7. "Too Shy" – 3:35
  8. "Stayin' Put" – 4:23
  9. "Baby, Honey, Sweetie" – 3:18
  10. "I'm Not" – 6:55
  11. "I'm Waiting for the Man" (Lou Reed) – 5:27

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, David (December 12, 1991). "The Year in Records — I Spent a Week There the Other Night by Moe Tucker". Rolling Stone (619/620): 189.
  2. ↑ Reed, Jeremy (2014). The Life and Music of Lou Reed. Omnibus Press.
  3. 1 2 Jenkins, Mark (September 30, 1994). "Tucker's Solo Discs: Blue-Collar Plaints". The Washington Post. p. N13.
  4. 1 2 DeRogatis, Jim (August 14, 1994). "I Spent a Week There the Other Night". Show. Chicago Sun-Times. p. 6.
  5. ↑ "Maureen Tucker Interview". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  6. ↑ Greenman, Ben (April 16, 2012). "Moe, Then a Feeling". The New Yorker. Vol. 88, no. 9. p. 18.
  7. ↑ "I Spent a Week There the Other Night Review by John Dougan". AllMusic. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  8. 1 2 Gettelman, Parry (November 27, 1992). "John Cale, Moe Tucker". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 10.
  9. ↑ "Maureen (Moe) Tucker". Trouser Press. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
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