| White Courtesy Phone | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1995 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, new wave | |||
| Label | Almo Sounds/Geffen [1] | |||
| Producer | Craig Leon | |||
| Angel Corpus Christi chronology | ||||
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White Courtesy Phone is an album by the American musician Angel Corpus Christi, released in 1995. [2] [3] Her major label debut, it was also the first release on Jerry Moss's and Herb Alpert's Almo Sounds label. [4]
The album's first single was "Candy". [5]
The album was produced by Craig Leon. [5] Alpert, Hal Blaine, and Dawn Richardson contributed to White Courtesy Phone. [2] [6]
It was the last album to be recorded in Studio A at Sausalito's Record Plant before a technology rebuild. [7] "John Cassavetes" is about the filmmaker. [8] A song about gun violence in American schools, "Me and My Beretta", was included only on European editions of the album. [9]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [10] |
| Daily Breeze | [4] |
| Deseret News |  [11] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
| Knoxville News Sentinel | [12] |
| The San Diego Union-Tribune | [13] |
Trouser Press wrote: "Surrounding her carbon-dated canned vocal presence with diverse synth-draped arrangements that manage to sound simultaneously complex and rinkydink, Angel croons the elementary melodies of supremely ingenious hook-filled songs that bounce and bop in an echo of early-’80s dance-club pogo fare by Toni Basil, Lene Lovich, Martha and the Muffins, Algebra Suicide, Hilary, etc." [14] The Guardian noted Angel Corpus Christi's use of the accordion and her "deadpan delivery," writing that "sometimes it just sounds like half-hearted 'alternative' malarkey, but not often enough to spoil things." [15]
The San Diego Union-Tribune opined: "Uncomfortably mating Laurie Anderson and, yes, the Angels ... White Courtesy Phone has a few nicely campy moments but precious little inspiration." [13] The Deseret News thought that "those who dance to the doldrums of life may cherish this campy but innovative album—even though it does get monotonous after the fourth track." [11] The Daily Breeze concluded that "Christi's accordion playing works because it fits seamlessly with the band's low-fi sound without dominating it ... Leon keeps a light touch throughout, allowing the band to walk the fine line between enjoyable campiness and tackiness merely for its own sake." [4] The Knoxville News Sentinel praised Angel Corpus Christi's "magnetic charm" and "gratifying accordion." [12]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Big Black Cloud" | |
| 2. | "Threw It Away" | |
| 3. | "Homeboy" | |
| 4. | "Candy" | |
| 5. | "Nature Girl" | |
| 6. | "Dim the Lights" | |
| 7. | "Down" | |
| 8. | "John Cassavetes" | |
| 9. | "Lazy" | |
| 10. | "Fall" | |
| 11. | "Been There Done That" | |
| 12. | "Way Out West" |
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