Marlborough Farms

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Marlborough Farms
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 4, 1996 (1996-10-04)
Genre Indie pop
Label Feeding Frenzy
The Ladybug Transistor chronology
Marlborough Farms
(1996)
Beverley Atonale
(1997)
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Marlborough Farms is the first album by the Brooklyn indie pop band the Ladybug Transistor. [3] It was released on October 4, 1996.[ citation needed ]

Contents

The album was named after vocalist/guitarist Gary Olson's home studio. [4]

Critical reception

Douglas Wolk, in Salon , called the album "a competent Pavement rip-off with some curious touches in its arrangements, like singer Gary Olson's trumpet parts." [5]

Track listing

  1. "Wheel"
  2. "(Theme To) Lout"
  3. "Magic Forest Report"
  4. "Sneedle"
  5. "Seadrift"
  6. "Blaze"
  7. "95 Miles Per Hour"
  8. "Land"
  9. "Twice a Lifetime"
  10. "Song for Vocoder and Trumpet"

References

  1. ↑ Pruett, Jon. Marlborough Farms Review at AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 62.
  3. ↑ Sendra, Tim. "The Ladybug Transistor Biography". AllMusic.
  4. ↑ Gilmer, Marcus; Murray, Noel (February 16, 2012). "Elephant 6". The A.V. Club.
  5. ↑ Wolk, Douglas (March 31, 1999). "Sharps & Flats: Ladybug Transistor". Salon.