Lockjaw (album)

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Lockjaw
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Studio album by
Dance Hall Crashers
ReleasedAugust 29, 1995 [1]
Recorded1995
Fantasy Studios
(Berkeley, California)
Genre Ska punk, pop punk
Length40:52
Label (510) Records [2]
Producer Dance Hall Crashers, Stoker, Rob Cavallo
Dance Hall Crashers chronology
Dance Hall Crashers
(1990)		Lockjaw
(1995)		 Honey, I'm Homely!
(1997)

Lockjaw is the second studio album by American rock band Dance Hall Crashers. [3] [4] Produced by the band themselves, Stoker and Rob Cavallo, the album was released on August 29, 1995, in the United States by (510) Records, an imprint of MCA Records.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pemberton Roach of AllMusic called Lockjaw a "wonderful reminder of the original spirit of ska-punk," elaborating that "Rather than celebrate the meathead/frat boy misogyny and overly simplistic anarchistic politics that have plagued a lot of "third-wave" ska and punk-pop, Dance Hall Crashers choose to throw a big ol' party." [5] Trouser Press considered the album "a marvelous surge of mature and catchy power pop accented with punk juice and set—almost incidentally—to a breathless bluebeat." [6] Music critic Gina Arnold referred to the dual vocals of Elyse Rogers and Karine Deniké as "...(being) in a manner reminiscent of the '80s group Bananarama." Arnold classified the album as 'utterly frothy,' and several songs were criticized for being "...fun but lacking in depth." [2] John Everson of Southtown Star (Tinley Park, IL) gave the album a 5 out of 5, claiming Lockjaw as "the funniest album I've heard so far this year." [7] An unspecified critic from Oakland Tribune highly criticized Lockjaw by giving the album a 1 out of 5 and blaming its shortcomings on Green Day's former managers who signed DHC onto (510) Records. Rogers' and Deniké's vocals were also criticized as were the song choices, notably "Queen for a Day" and "We Owe," although the latter was also praised by the critic due in part to guitarists Jason Hammon and Scott Goodell, as was "Sticky." [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dance Hall Crashers (Elyse Rogers, Karina Deniké, Jason Hammon, Scott Goodell, Mikey Weiss and Gavin Hammon), except where noted:

No.TitleLength
1."Shelley"3:11
2."Don't Wanna Behave"2:24
3."Queen for a Day"2:49
4."Flyin"3:13
5."Good for Nothin"3:20
6."Buried Alive"2:24
7."Sticky"3:02
8."Too Late"2:38
9."Go"3:11
10."Enough"2:59
11."Pictures" (Tim Armstrong)2:29
12."Day Job"2:35
13."So Sue Us"3:18
14."We Owe"2:19
Total length:40:52

"Go" was previously released as a cassette single in early-1994 exclusively to Hawaii. [9]

A 2024 limited re-release of the album, referred to by the band as a '29+1⁄2th anniversary release,' includes two unreleased songs: "American Dream" and "Footsteps". The re-release also includes a previously unreleased song, "Punk Rock Boy," along with "Truly Comfortable" from their 1998 EP Blue Plate Special. [10]

Two songs from the album are featured in movies: "Enough" is featured in the 1995 film Angus , and "Don't Wanna Behave" is part of the soundtrack in the 1996 film Bio-Dome . [11]

Personnel

Information adapted from liner notes. [12]

Charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
US Top Heatseekers ( Billboard ) [13] 8

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rosen, Craig (November 18, 1995). "New, Aggressive Ska Returns to Modern Rock". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 15, 24 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 Arnold, Gina (September 17, 1995). "Dance Hall Crashers Lead Ska Revival". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 254. Retrieved October 11, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Boehm, Mike (January 13, 1996). "Crashers' Course : Dance Hall's Path Furthers Young America's Education in a Hybrid of Ska-Pop-Punk". latimes.com.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Dave (June 22, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  5. 1 2 Roach, Pemberton. "Review: Lockjaw". Allmusic . Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  6. ↑ Robbins, Ira. "Dance Hall Crashers". trouserpress.com.
  7. ↑ Everson, John (September 21, 1995). "Dance Hall Crashers: Lockjaw (510/MCA)". Southtown Star. p. 60. Retrieved October 14, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Dance Hall Crashers - "Lockjaw," (510 Records/MCA) (Review)". Oakland Tribune. September 3, 1995. p. 44. Retrieved October 14, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Berger, John (April 1, 1994). "Crash and Yearn". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. p. 17. Retrieved October 14, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Lockjaw - DHC Limited Edition 2 Disc Vinyl". dancehallcrashers.com. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  11. ↑ Minge, Jim (February 4, 1996). "Dance Hall Crashers Like to Cut Loose on Stage". Omaha World-Herald. p. 148. Retrieved October 10, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Lockjaw (liner notes). Dance Hall Crashers. US: (510) Records. 1995. FTD-11326.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ↑ "Lockjaw Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
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