The Brooklyn Side

The Brooklyn Side
Studio album by the Bottle Rockets
Released	1994
Genre	Roots rock
Length	51:59
Label	East Side Digital TAG Atlantic
Producer	Eric Ambel
The Bottle Rockets chronology
Bottle Rockets (1993) The Brooklyn Side (1994) 24 Hours a Day (1997)

The Brooklyn Side is the second studio album by St. Louis, Missouri-based roots rock band the Bottle Rockets. It was released on East Side Digital in 1994, and was produced by Eric Ambel. It soon received many favorable reviews from critics, which prompted Atlantic Records to sign the band to their roster, after which they reissued the album in 1995. ^{[1] [2]}

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Austin Chronicle	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	A [5]
Orlando Sentinel	[6]
Q	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]
The Village Voice	A− [10]

The Brooklyn Side placed at number 35 on The Village Voice 's year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll. ^[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Welfare Music"	3:18
2.	"Gravity Fails"	3:21
3.	"I'll Be Comin' Around"	2:43
4.	"Radar Gun"	3:15
5.	"Sunday Sports"	4:59
6.	"Pot of Gold"	3:28
7.	"1000 Dollar Car"	4:46
8.	"Idiot's Revenge"	3:45
9.	"Young Lovers in Town"	3:33
10.	"Take Me to the Bank"	2:37
11.	"What More Can I Do?"	4:23
12.	"Stuck in a Rut"	4:45
13.	"I Wanna Come Home"	3:12
14.	"Queen of the World"	3:54
Total length:		51:59

2013 reissue with Bottle Rockets

Bottle Rockets/The Brooklyn Side
Compilation album by The Bottle Rockets
Released	November 19, 2013 (2013-11-19)
Genre	Roots rock
Length	2:25:34
Label	Bloodshot

On November 19, 2013, Bloodshot Records reissued a remastered version of both The Brooklyn Side and the band's previous album, 1993's Bottle Rockets. This reissue also included live and demo versions of some of the albums' songs. ^[12]

2013 reissue

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	89/100 [12]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[13]
American Songwriter	[14]
Blurt	[15]
Chicago Tribune	[16]
Exclaim!	9/10 [17]
The Guardian	[18]
PopMatters	8/10 [19]
Uncut	9/10 [20]

References

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4. Langer, Andy (November 10, 1995). "The Bottle Rockets: The Brooklyn Side (TAG/Atlantic)". The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved December 13, 2018.
5. Browne, David (January 27, 1995). "The latest in indie music". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved December 13, 2018.
6. Gettelman, Parry (May 12, 1995). "Bottle Rockets". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved December 13, 2018.
7. "The Bottle Rockets: The Brooklyn Side". Q . No. 118. July 1996. p. 151.
8. Kemp, Mark (October 19, 1995). "The Bottle Rockets: The Brooklyn Side". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on November 27, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
9. Kot, Greg (2004). "The Bottle Rockets". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp.  96–97. ISBN   9780743201698.
10. Christgau, Robert (April 11, 1995). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . Retrieved December 13, 2018.
11. "The 1995 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. February 20, 1996. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
12. "Reviews for Bottle Rockets/The Brooklyn Side [Reissue] by The Bottle Rockets". Metacritic . Retrieved December 13, 2018.
13. Deming, Mark. "Bottle Rockets/The Brooklyn Side – The Bottle Rockets". AllMusic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
14. Horowitz, Hal (January 15, 2014). "Bottle Rockets: Bottle Rockets/The Brooklyn Side". American Songwriter . Retrieved December 13, 2018.
15. Mills, Fred (December 20, 2013). "The Bottle Rockets – The Bottle Rockets + The Brooklyn Side". Blurt . Retrieved December 13, 2018.
16. Cristiano, Nick (January 7, 2014). "'The Bottle Rockets'/'The Brooklyn Side'". Chicago Tribune .
17. Schneider, Jason (November 19, 2013). "Bottle Rockets: Bottle Rockets & The Brooklyn Side [Reissue]". Exclaim! . Retrieved December 13, 2018.
18. Hann, Michael (January 9, 2014). "Bottle Rockets: Bottle Rockets/The Brooklyn Side, Deluxe Edition – review". The Guardian . Retrieved December 13, 2018.
19. Houle, Zachary (November 19, 2013). "The Bottle Rockets: Bottle Rockets / The Brooklyn Side". PopMatters . Retrieved December 13, 2018.
20. Torn, Luke (January 13, 2014). "Bottle Rockets – Bottle Rockets/The Brooklyn Side". Uncut . Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2018.