The Size of Food

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The Size of Food
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Studio album by
Jean-Paul Sartre Experience
Released1989
RecordedNovember 1988
StudioWrithe Recording, Wellington, New Zealand
Genre Indie rock
Length33:58
Label Flying Nun Records - FN057
Producer Rob Pinder
Jean-Paul Sartre Experience chronology
Jean-Paul Sartre Experience EP
(1986)		The Size of Food
(1989)		 Bleeding Star
(1993)
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The Size Of Food is an album by New Zealand band Jean-Paul Sartre Experience, released in 1989. [2] [3] It was released via Flying Nun Records. [4]

Contents

The album was rereleased by Fire Records as part of its I Like Rain: The Story of The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience box set. [5]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "while it has its share of Kiwi brilliance ... it also contains some distracting experiments that find the band flirting needlessly with art-rock and dance motifs." [6] The Guardian called the band "often-overlooked," praising "Inside and Out" from the "excellent" The Size of Food. [7] Blurt called "Elemental" the highlight, writing that "the whole album is very strong." [8]

Track listing

  1. Inside & Out - 03:55
  2. Elemental - 04:14
  3. Slip - 03:11
  4. Shadows - 04:01
  5. Get My Point - 05:16
  6. Gravel - 03:14
  7. Thrills - 05:21
  8. Window - 04:46

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Fennessy, Kathleen C. "Size of Food - Jean-Paul Sartre Experience". AllMusic . Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Jean-Paul Sartre Experience | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ "The Jean Paul Sartre Experience: I Like Rain: The Story of the Jean Paul Sartre Experience". PopMatters. 21 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Jean-Paul Sartre Experience - AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz.
  5. ↑ "The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience – I Like Rain: The Story of The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience". FIRE RECORDS. 7 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Jean Paul Sartre Experience". Trouser Press. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Flying Nun Records: 10 of the best songs of the Dunedin sound". the Guardian. 27 January 2017.
  8. ↑ Mills, Fred. "THE PHILOSOPHERS ROCK: The Jean Paul Sartre Experience". Blurt Magazine.


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