Pup Tent

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Pup Tent
Pup Tent.jpg
Studio album by
Released29 July 1997
Recorded Sear Sound, Pachyderm Studio, Baby Monster Studios, and RPM Studios
Genre Indie pop, indie rock
Length46:46
Label Elektra
Producer Pat McCarthy
Luna chronology
EP
(1996)
Pup Tent
(1997)
The Days of Our Nights
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide A− [3]
Entertainment Weekly A [4]
Pitchfork 7.9/10 [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Pup Tent is the fourth album by the American alternative rock band Luna, released in 1997.

Contents

Background

"Bobby Peru" is named after an eccentric, overtly creepy character played by Willem Dafoe in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart . Wareham read the phrase "Fuzzy Wuzzy" in a Don DeLillo book. [7] Wareham said that "The Creeps" isn't terribly good and probably should have been left off the album. [8]

Track listing

All lyrics by Dean Wareham, music by Luna.

  1. "IHOP" – 5:44
  2. "Beautiful View" – 3:43
  3. "Pup Tent" – 5:55
  4. "Bobby Peru" – 3:43
  5. "Beggar's Bliss" – 3:34
  6. "Tracy I Love You" – 4:45
  7. "Whispers" – 3:55
  8. "City Kitty" – 5:44
  9. "The Creeps" – 3:35
  10. "Fuzzy Wuzzy" – 5:48

Personnel

Luna

with:

Production

Notes

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Pup Tent - Luna". AllMusic . Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  2. Stewart, Allison (1997-08-08). "Luna Pup Tent (Elektra)". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 2017-12-29.[ dead link ]
  3. Christgau, Robert (2000). "Luna: Penthouse". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s . Macmillan Publishers. ISBN   0-312-24560-2 . Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  4. Kim, Wook (1997-08-08). "Pup Tent". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  5. Schreiber, Ryan. "Luna: Pup Tent". Pitchfork Media . Archived from the original on 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  6. Kot, Greg (1997-08-21). "Luna: Pup Tent Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2002-02-23. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  7. Ayscough, Aaron (2004-11-29). "Dean Wareham of Luna - Interview". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-12-05. Retrieved 2018-01-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. "Features: Luna". Splendid. Archived from the original on 2006-08-14. Retrieved 2018-01-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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