Lohio

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Lohio
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Studio album by
Ass Ponys
ReleasedJune 12, 2001 (2001-06-12)
Genre Indie rock
Length46:50
Label Checkered Past Records
Producer Brad Jones
Ass Ponys chronology
Some Stupid with a Flare Gun
(2000)		Lohio
(2001)

Lohio is the sixth and final studio album by Ohio-based indie rock band Ass Ponys. It was released on June 12, 2001, on Checkered Past Records. It was produced by Brad Jones, who also produced their previous album, Some Stupid with a Flare Gun . [1] Ass Ponys frontman Chuck Cleaver thought that the album was the Ass Ponys' best, which was one reason the band disbanded soon after it was released. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Exclaim! favorable [1]
No Depression favorable [4]
PopMatters favorable [5]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Times Colonist 4/5 [7]
The Village Voice Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [8]

Lohio received mixed reviews when it was originally released. [9] One favorable review was written by Kevin Oliver of PopMatters , who wrote that the album "provides ample proof of [Ass Ponys'] natural progression into a kind of alternative-universe country rock." [5] In 2012, Ned Lannamann of the Portland Mercury called Lohio "a dark, weird, marvelous album" and "a record of heartland rock that, for once, accurately reflected the state of the American heartland—one troubled by blight, marginalized by big-box businesses, and pepped up on meth." [10]

Track listing

  1. Last Night It Snowed – 2:13
  2. Kung Fu Reference – 3:47
  3. Donald Sutherland – 3:27
  4. Black Dot – 3:21
  5. Dried Up – 4:06
  6. Only – 2:50
  7. Fire In The Hole – 3:36
  8. (Baby) I Love You (Baby) – 3:20
  9. Calendar Days – 3:44
  10. Baby In A Jar – 4:18
  11. Dollar A Day – 3:00
  12. Butterfly – 6:06
  13. Nothing Starts Today – 3:05
  14. Untitled (Hidden Bonus Track) – 0:38

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Stewart, Mark D. (August 31, 2001). "Lohio Review". Exclaim! . Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ Communications, Emmis (December 1, 2009). "The Ballad of Chuck and Lisa". Cincinnati Magazine. Emmis Communications. p. 164.
  3. ↑ Lankford, Ronnie D. Jr. "Lohio". AllMusic . Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Lohio Review". No Depression . August 31, 2001. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Oliver, Kevin (June 11, 2001). "Lohio Review". PopMatters . Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  6. ↑ Brackett, Nathan (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide . Simon & Schuster. pp.  26. ISBN   9780743201698.
  7. ↑ Devlin, Mike (October 23, 2001). "CD Reviews". Times Colonist .
  8. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide: Ass Ponys". Village Voice. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Ass Ponys' new release receiving tepid reviews". Cincinnati Post . July 5, 2001.
  10. ↑ Lannamann, Ned (June 14, 2012). "If You Ever Gave a Damn". The Portland Mercury . Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Lohio Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
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