| That's What Love Songs Often Do | ||||
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| Released | 1995 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Atlas | |||
| Producer | Lou Giordano | |||
| Fig Dish chronology | ||||
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That's What Love Songs Often Do is an album by the American band Fig Dish, released in 1995. [1] [2] "Seeds" and "Bury Me" were released as singles. [3] [4] That's What Love Songs Often Do was a commercial disappointment. [5] The band supported it with a North American tour. [6]
The band recorded the album in three weeks, immediately after being signed by Polydor Records. [1] It was produced by Lou Giordano. [7]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Albuquerque Journal |   [6] |
| AllMusic | [8] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [9] |
| Daily Herald | [10] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
| Houston Press | [11] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [12] |
The Morning Call called the album "an exemplary collection of modern-day Chicago rock," writing that "the strong guitar melodies of Blake Smith and Rick Ness complement their equally intricate vocal melodies, and the tongue-in-cheek approach taken to hint at the horrid keeps the recording fun, never tedious." [13] Trouser Press wrote: "Able to conjure up a potent haze of slacker sloth and then obliterate it with a fierce rock assault (see 'It’s Your Ceiling' for a concise demonstration), Fig Dish keeps attitude out of the effort, concentrating on simply effective tunes." [7]
CMJ New Music Monthly deemed it "a respectably tight-fisted punch of buzzing guitar caterwaul." [14] The Chicago Tribune called it "a minor revelation," and praised the "sturdy melodies, concisely and smartly arranged." [9] The Washington Post judged That's What Love Songs Often Do to be "lively pop-grunge with more than a touch of Nirvana's swirling feedback and woozy despair." [15]
AllMusic wrote that the album delivers "solid alternative pop with a big guitar sound." [8] In a retrospective feature, the Riverfront Times called "Bury Me" "a sub-three-minute nerd-rock waltz with interesting arrangements (i.e., a bridge that slows down dramatically, before speeding up again in a drumming fury) and the plaintive (and effective) call, 'Wanna be with you!'" [16]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bury Me" | |
| 2. | "Weak and Mean" | |
| 3. | "Seeds" | |
| 4. | "Chew Toy" | |
| 5. | "Nimble" | |
| 6. | "Wrong Nothing" | |
| 7. | "Quiet Storm King" | |
| 8. | "Going Gone" | |
| 9. | "Lemonader" | |
| 10. | "Rollover, Please" | |
| 11. | "It's Your Ceiling" | |
| 12. | "Resistance Is Futile" | |
| 13. | "First History" |
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