Seasick (album)

Seasick
Studio album by Imperial Teen
Released	May 7, 1996
Recorded	1996
Genre	Indie pop
Length	38:47
Label	Slash/London
Producer	Steve McDonald, Imperial Teen
Imperial Teen chronology
Seasick (1996) What Is Not to Love (1998)

Seasick is the debut studio album by the American band Imperial Teen, released on May 7, 1996, by Slash Records. ^[1] The album received positive reviews from critics.

Recording and release

Seasick was recorded in one week after the band had been together for six months. ^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [4]
The Guardian	[5]
NME	8/10 [6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[8]
Spin	9/10 [2]
The Village Voice	A− [9]

Writing for Spin , Barry Walters praised the songwriting, stating that the "hooks are immediate, nearly non-stop, and the happy/sad lyrics draw you in with abstract intimacy." ^[2] The New York Times concluded that "listening to Seasick is like listening to a beautifully arranged Beach Boys album with the lyrics changed to diatribes about how much the band hates sun, surfing and girls." ^[10] The album was ranked number 24 in The Village Voice 's 1996 Pazz & Jop critics' poll. ^[11]

In a retrospective review, AllMusic reviewer Ned Raggett felt that Seasick was "in many ways the lost Breeders album after Last Splash —brash, sharp-edged, taking no crap, and having good fun while doing so." ^[3]

Track listing

1. "Imperial Teen" – 4:56
2. "Water Boy" – 1:37
3. "Butch" – 4:28
4. "Pig Latin" – 3:04
5. "Blaming the Baby" – 2:15
6. "You're One" – 3:23
7. "Balloon" – 3:46
8. "Tippy Tap" – 4:14
9. "Copafeelia" – 4:33
10. "Luxury" – 4:23
11. "Eternity" – 3:54

References

1. Mirkin, Steven (March 30, 1996). "Slash's Imperial Teen in motion with 'Seasick'". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 13. p. 21.
2. Walters, Barry (June 1996). "Imperial Teen: Seasick". Spin . Vol. 12, no. 3. p. 110. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
3. Raggett, Ned. "Seasick – Imperial Teen". AllMusic . Archived from the original on September 13, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
4. Flaherty, Mike (May 10, 1996). "Seasick". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved August 31, 2015.
5. Sweeney, Kathy (September 13, 1996). "Imperial Teen: Seasick (Slash/London)". The Guardian .
6. Cigarettes, Johnny (July 9, 1996). "Imperial Teen – Seasick". NME . Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
7. McDonnell, Evelyn (May 16, 1996). "Imperial Teen: Seasick". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on May 28, 2002. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
8. Matos, Michaelangelo (2004). "Imperial Teen". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 403. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8 . Retrieved August 31, 2015.
9. Christgau, Robert (September 17, 1996). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
10. Strauss, Neil (May 14, 1996). "Realities of Living, Bad and Not". The New York Times. p. C13.
11. "The 1996 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice . February 25, 1997. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.

External links

• Seasick at Discogs (list of releases)