| Swing the Statue! | ||||
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| Released | June 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Studio | Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California | |||
| Length | 43:58 | |||
| Label | Rough Trade | |||
| Producer | Michael Blair, Victoria Williams | |||
| Victoria Williams chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide |  [2] |
| Select | 4/5 [3] |
Swing the Statue! is the second album by American singer/songwriter Victoria Williams, released in 1990 by Rough Trade Records.
Williams’ debut, 1987's Happy Come Home, received some good critical reviews but made zero commercial impact, selling only fourteen thousand copies. [4] Her original label Geffen was unimpressed by the nonexistent sales and dropped Victoria, [5] after she fired her manager by mail. [6] Early in 1989 her marriage to Peter Case also fell apart.
After her split with Geffen, Victoria would record “Don't Let It Bring You Down” for the Neil Young tribute album The Bridge . She would record her second album in four days early in 1990, [6] focusing on the more joyful of the dozens of songs she had written over the three years since the debut album.
Williams would sign with Rough Trade Records early in 1990, as one of that label's last ever signings. [7] Despite many positive critical reviews, the collapse of Rough Trade would mean Swing the Statue! fared even worse commercially that its predecessor, selling a mere eleven thousand copies. [4]
All tracks are written by Victoria Williams, unless otherwise noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Why Look at the Moon" | 2:30 | |
| 2. | "Boogieman" | 3:50 | |
| 3. | "Clothesline Song"/"Swing Little Girl" | "Swing Little Girl" – Charlie Chaplin | 4:32 |
| 4. | "Tarbelly and Featherfoot" | 4:30 | |
| 5. | "On Time" | 3:12 | |
| 6. | "Holy Spirit" | 4:38 | |
| 7. | "Summer of Drugs" | 4:50 | |
| 8. | "I Can't Cry Hard Enough" | David Williams, Marvin Etzioni | 3:38 |
| 9. | "Wobbling" | 3:15 | |
| 10. | "Vieux Amis" | 2:10 | |
| 11. | "Weeds" | 3:36 | |
| 12. | "Lift Him Up" | Traditional | 3:17 |
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