Tropic of Scorpio

Tropic of Scorpio
Studio album by Girls Against Boys
Released	1992
Recorded	August 1991 (1991-08)
Studio	Inner Ear Studios, Arlington, VA [1]
Genre	Indie rock
Length	31:09
Label	Adult Swim
Producer	Eli Janney
Girls Against Boys chronology
Nineties vs. Eighties (1990) Tropic of Scorpio (1992) Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby (1993)

Tropic of Scorpio is the debut studio album by American band Girls Against Boys, released in 1992 by record label Adult Swim. ^{[2] [3]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

Trouser Press wrote that the album "rocks savagely on 'Wow Wow Wow', staggers drunkenly on 'Wasting Away' and pushes the distortion envelope on 'Plush'." ^[5] The Washington Post noted that "'Matching Wits with Flaming Frank' and 'Wasting Away' possess some needed vehemence, but such jazzy tracks as 'Everywhere I Go I Seem to Spend $20' ... are just so much vapor." ^[6]

AllMusic called it "a slightly off-and-on affair, but when it works it fulfills the promise of the earliest recordings and then a little bit more." ^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Girls Against Boys.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Night of Pleasure (With the Mudjacking Contractors)"	4:21
2.	"Wow Wow Wow"	2:29
3.	"Matching Wits with Flaming Frank"	2:46
4.	"Can't Do Anything but Love You, Babe"	3:05
5.	"Wasting Away"	2:54
6.	"Plush"	4:16
7.	"Everything I Do Seems to Cost Me $20"	4:38
8.	"Taste All the Fruit"	2:55
9.	"Little Buccaneer"	2:01
10.	"Everywhere I Go I Seem to Spend $20"	1:44

Personnel

Adapted from the Tropic of Scorpio liner notes. ^[7]

Girls Against Boys

• Alexis Fleisig  – drums
• Eli Janney  – sampler, production, engineering
• Scott McCloud  – lead vocals, guitar
• Johnny Temple  – bass guitar

Production and additional personnel

• Nathan Larson  – trumpet, backing vocals
• Yuri Martyr – photography
• David Rathbone – charango
• Chris Thomson – backing vocals
• Zeke Weiner – tabla
• Luke Wood  – guitar

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1992	Adult Swim	CD, CS, LP	AS4

References

1. Tricarico, Antonia (2023). The Inner Ear of Don Zientara: A Half Century of Recording in One of America’s Most Innovative Studios, Through the Voices of Musicians. Akashic Books.
2. Sweeting, Adam (June 11, 1992). "Bile and Bite of the Indie Underdogs". The Guardian. p. 28.
3. The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. 2003. p. 428.
4. Raggett, Ned. "Tropic of Scorpio". AllMusic. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
5. Kot, Greg (2007). "Girls Against Boys". Trouser Press . Retrieved July 9, 2015.
6. Jenkins, Mark (January 1, 1993). "Girls Against Boys: A Sonic Standoff". The Washington Post. p. N16.
7. Tropic of Scorpio (booklet). Girls Against Boys. Washington, D.C.: Adult Swim Records. 1992.

External links

• Tropic Of Scorpio at Discogs (list of releases)