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Released  March 14, 1995
Artist  Matthew Sweet
Producer  Brendan O'Brien
Length  41:06
Release date  14 March 1995
Label  Zoo Entertainment
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100% Fun (1995)  Blue Sky on Mars (1997)
Genres  Power pop, Alternative rock
Similar  Matthew Sweet albums, Alternative rock albums

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100% Fun is the fifth album by alternative rock musician Matthew Sweet. It was released on Zoo Entertainment in 1995.

Contents

Release

The album was met with moderate commercial success and favorable reviews. The single "Sick of Myself" reached #2 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart and appeared on the top 100 pop song charts of the day. Critic David Browne of Entertainment Weekly, who included 100% Fun on his year's-best list, wrote in his review that it "makes you feel as if a good pop hook can solve any crisis." The title of the album was derived from Kurt Cobain's 1994 suicide note.

Details

The song "Sick of Myself" was covered by the band Bowling for Soup for their album Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies. In 2005, indie rock band Death Cab For Cutie also performed a cover of the song for NPR's World Cafe.

The song "Everything Changes" was featured in the film The Babysitters Club.

"Sick of Myself" appeared on an episode of Hindsight.

Track listing

All tracks written by Matthew Sweet.

Personnel

  • Matthew Sweet – vocals (1 - 12), electric rhythm guitar (1 - 8, 10 - 12), electric lead guitar (3, 11), acoustic guitar (3, 8, 9), electric bass (1 - 12), piano (2, 9, 11), harpsichord (11), synthesizer (10), theremin (6)
  • Robert Quine – electric lead (2, 6, 10) and rhythm (3, 7, 9) guitars
  • Richard Lloyd – electric lead (1, 4 - 6, 8) and rhythm (11) guitars
  • Greg Leisz – lap (2, 12) and pedal (5, 9) steel guitars, mandolin (8)
  • Stuart Johnson – drums (2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11)
  • Ric Menck – drums (1, 3, 6, 9, 12)
  • Brendan O'Brien – electric lead (2) and rhythm (1, 10) guitars, acoustic and slide guitars (8), piano (4, 5, 12), mellotron (6), clavinet (7), harpsichord (8)

    • Songs

    1Sick of Myself3:39
    2Not When I Need It3:28
    3We're the Same3:03

    References

    100% Fun Wikipedia
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