Suddenly, Tammy! (album)

Last updated

Suddenly, Tammy!
Suddenly Tammy - Suddenly Tammy (album cover).jpg
Studio album by
Suddenly, Tammy!
ReleasedMay 25, 1993
Length45:12
Label spinART Records
Producer Suddenly, Tammy! [1]
Suddenly, Tammy! chronology
Suddenly, Tammy!
(1993)		 (We Get There When We Do.)
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Suddenly, Tammy! is the self-titled debut album by Suddenly, Tammy! [4] It was released in 1993 via spinART Records. [1]

Contents

The album sold around 14,000 copies the first year of its release, making it a success for spinART. [5]

Production

The album was recorded at the band's Cat Box studio, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. [3]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "The overly polite indie-label debut sidesteps the likely Carole King comparisons, mostly because the delicate melodies aren’t memorable enough and Beth Sorrentino hasn’t got that strong or distinctive a voice. (She is, however, a skillful pianist.)" [1] The Washington Post wrote that the album "does have moments that are hopelessly coy, but such lively tracks as 'Lamp' and 'Ryan' give Sorrentino's dreaming a kick inside." [6] The New York Times opined that the band "echoes the odd-angled melodies and enigmatic lyrics of Throwing Muses, the smoky voice of 10,000 Maniacs' Natalie Merchant, and the rolling arpeggios and choppy chords of Tori Amos; it also has the calm, determined eccentricity of those performers." [7]

Track listing

  1. "Stacey's Trip"
  2. "Plant Me"
  3. "The Way Up"
  4. "Intro To Babee" [Hidden Track]
  5. "Babee"
  6. "No Respect Girl"
  7. "Can't Decide"
  8. "Disease"
  9. "Lamp"
  10. "Intro To How He" [Hidden Track]
  11. "How He"
  12. "Instrumental"
  13. "Fearless"
  14. "Ryan"
  15. "Mt. Rushmore"

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Suddenly, Tammy!". Trouser Press. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Suddenly, Tammy! - suddenly, tammy! | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 824.
  4. ↑ "suddenly, tammy! | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ "SPINART". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 28, 1994 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (May 28, 1993). "SUDDENLY TAMMY, PRIMARILY BETH" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  7. ↑ Pareles, Jon (June 10, 1993). "Pop and Jazz in Review (Published 1993)" – via NYTimes.com.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.