Regretfully Yours

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Regretfully Yours
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 26, 1996
Recorded Easley Recording (Memphis, Tennessee), Fort Apache Studios (Cambridge, Massachusetts), etc.
Genre Alternative rock
Power pop
Indie rock
Length41:30
Label Elektra
Producer Tim O'Heir [1]
Superdrag chronology
The Fabulous 8-Track Sound of Superdrag
(1995)
Regretfully Yours
(1996)
Head Trip in Every Key
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Regretfully Yours is the debut album by Superdrag, released on Elektra Records in 1996. [4] [5] The first single, "Sucked Out", expressed disdain for the music industry. [6] It was an MTV Buzz Bin hit. [7] "Sucked Out" reached #17 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart.

Contents

A vinyl version—which didn't appear at the time of the original release despite the album's retro aesthetic—was released in 2012 on SideOneDummy Records. [8]

The album peaked at No. 158 on the Billboard 200. [9]

Critical reception

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music wrote that the album "suffered from a cleaner production than their independent debut, losing some of the band's rough power pop charm in the process." [3] Trouser Press wrote: "That [John] Davis’ vulnerably sweet and sour songwriting is in full effect is the album's saving grace, but the audible sense of what Superdrag is about has changed a lot." [1]

Track listing

All songs written by John Davis.

  1. "Slot Machine" - 2:36
  2. "Phaser" - 3:19
  3. "Carried" - 2:15
  4. "Sucked Out" - 2:46
  5. "Cynicality" - 3:20
  6. "Destination Ursa Major" - 3:55
  7. "Whitey's Theme" - 4:42
  8. "Truest Love" - 2:41
  9. "What If You Don't Fly" - 2:14
  10. "Garmonbozia" - 3:38
  11. "N.A. Kicker" - 2:37
  12. "Nothing Good Is Real" - 4:43
  13. "Rocket" - 2:46

Personnel

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References

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  2. Regretfully Yours at AllMusic
  3. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 854.
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  6. "SUPERDRAG HOLDS ITS OWN AS TOP DOG". courant.com.
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