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| Joy Rides for Shut-Ins | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Rock, power pop | |||
| Length | 38:48 | |||
| Label | Enigma | |||
| Producer | Ed Stasium | |||
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Joy Rides for Shut-Ins is the first studio album by the American band the Cavedogs, released in 1990. [1] [2] The band supported the album by touring with the Dead Milkmen and Mojo Nixon. [3]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
USA Today praised the "sass and spit-in-your-face attitude of punk [and] the melodic qualities of solid hard rock". [5]
In 1992, The New Yorker called the album "a collection of blissful power pop crunchers". [6] Trouser Press noted that "while quotes from summer-of-love sources (Move, Floyd, Beatles and Monkees to name but a few) abound you'll also hear enough echoes of the Jam, dB's, R.E.M. and the Smithereens to know the Boston-based trio has progressed past pure paisley." [7]
All songs written by the Cavedogs
Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Leave Me Alone | Modern Rock Tracks [8] | 17 |
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