Oolooloo

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Oolooloo
Pietasters-Oolooloo.jpg
Studio album by
Released1995
RecordedWalton Records
Genre Ska/soul
Length42:30
Label Moon Ska [1]
Producer Victor Rice [2]
The Pietasters chronology
The Pietasters
(1993)
Oolooloo
(1995)
Strapped Live!
(1996)

Oolooloo is the second album by the ska/soul band the Pietasters, released in 1995. [3] [4]

Contents

It was reissued on vinyl in 2012. [5] [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Province called the band "lighter of touch and breezier than most of their contemporaries." [9] In 1997, the Albuquerque Journal included Oolooloo at No. 2 on its list of 10 essential ska albums. [10]

Track listing

  1. "Something Better" (Raecke/Goodin) – 3:31
  2. "Freak Show" (Eckhardt/Goodin/Jackson) – 3:00
  3. "Tell You Why" (Goodin/Jackson/Roberts/Watt) – 4:05
  4. "Maggie Mae" (Goodin/Raecke/Eckhardt) – 3:01
  5. "It's the Same Old Song" (Holland/Dozier/Holland) – 3:02
  6. "Pleasure Bribe" (Eckhardt/Jackson/Goodin) – 3:52
  7. "Girl Take It Easy" (Goodin/Linares) – 5:03
  8. "Can I Change My Mind" (Tyrone Davis, arrg: Goodin/Jackson) – 6:00
  9. "Night Before" (Goodin/Jackson) – 3:21
  10. "Biblical Sense" (Goodin) – 3:30
  11. "Movin' on Up" (Eckhardt/Goodin/Linares/Roberts) – 4:05

Personnel

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