Tiny Days | ||||
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Released | 1987 | |||
Recorded | January 1987 | |||
Genre | Roots rock, rock 'n' roll, pop | |||
Label | Relativity | |||
Producer | Chris Butler | |||
Scruffy the Cat chronology | ||||
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Tiny Days is the debut album by the American band Scruffy the Cat, released in 1987. [1] [2] The band supported it with a North American tour. [3] "Mybabyshe'sallright", for which a video was shot, was released as a single. [4] Tiny Days was a success on the college radio chart, where it was a top five hit. [5] It sold more than 30,000 copies in its first six months of release. [6]
Recorded in Hoboken, New Jersey, in January 1987, the album was produced by Chris Butler. [7] [8] Scruffy the Cat enjoyed working with him, as they wanted a producer who would help with song structure and show them how to use the studio. [9] [10] All five bandmembers contributed to the songwriting and vocals; they wanted the lyrics to be positive and humorous. [5] Scruffy the Cat's banjo player, Stona Fitch, left the band after the recording sessions. [11] Lead singer Charlie Chesterman considered the style of most of the songs to be "goofy, fun, fast pop". [12] The band used an accordion on "Hello Angel". [13] "Shadow Boy" employs a Bo Diddley beat. [14]
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Omaha World-Herald | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The Washington Post said that the album "demonstrates verve and fervor that few of its rootsy peers can match". [18] The Philadelphia Inquirer opined that "these prickly, rough-hewn rock songs are moody wonders, full of vivid, plainspoken language." [17] Spin panned the "trendy arrangements, the production that mooshes everything into sound-alike sludge, and the lyrics". [19] The Baltimore Sun called the album "sold, no-frills, rock 'n' roll" and praised the "sly twists the lyrics play on pop conventions". [20] The Morning Call concluded that "the song ideas, especially the ones about love, are a mite stale". [21]
AllMusic labeled the band "a New England, clam chowdery version of Jason & the Scorchers or Steve Earle." [15]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Mybabyshe'sallright" | |
2. | "Shadow Boy" | |
3. | "Upside Down" | |
4. | "Time Never Forgets" | |
5. | "Thomas Doubter" | |
6. | "Never, Never" | |
7. | "Hello Angel" | |
8. | "Momma Killed Hate" | |
9. | "When Your Ship Comes In" | |
10. | "My Fate Was Sealed with a Kiss" | |
11. | "Tiny Days" |