Let's Go Scare Al

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Let's Go Scare Al
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Released1988
Label Gark
Gear Daddies chronology
Let's Go Scare Al
(1988)
Billy's Live Bait
(1990)

Let's Go Scare Al is the first album by the American band the Gear Daddies. [1] [2] The album was released in 1988 on the Gark record label, and re-released in 1990 on Polygram Records. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Entertainment Weekly A– [5]
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The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "scary stuff indeed, filled with all the painful feelings that come from not fitting in, trying to be cool and acting like a jerk instead, and being used and abused by those closest to you." [7] In 1999, the St. Cloud Times wrote that it "wonderfully combines the ups and downs of small-town living with a good-time country bar sound." [8]

Track listing

  1. Cut Me Off
  2. Statue of Jesus
  3. Boys Will Be Boys
  4. Don't Forget Me
  5. Heavy Metal Böyz
  6. Drank So Much (Just Feel Stupid)
  7. She's Happy
  8. Blues Mary
  9. This Time
  10. Strength

Personnel

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References

  1. Bream, Jon (25 Feb 1988). "Gear Daddies / 7th Street Entry". Star Tribune. p. 2E.
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  7. Heim, Chris (18 May 1990). "Some good things still appear in small venues". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. M.
  8. Leslie, Karl (30 Dec 1999). "Musical bright spots of 1999". St. Cloud Times. p. E4.