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Absurd Pop Song Romance

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Length
  
51:55

Artist
  
Pansy Division

Label
  
Lookout Records

Producer
  
Pansy Division

Release date
  
8 September 1998

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Released
  
September 8, 1998 (1998-09-08)

Recorded
  
March 1998 at Electrical Audio Recording in Chicago, Illinois

Absurd Pop Song Romance (1998)
  
Total Entertainment! (2003)

Genres
  
Punk rock, Queercore, Power pop

Similar
  
Pansy Division albums, Queercore albums

Absurd Pop Song Romance is the fourth studio album, sixth album overall, by American queercore band Pansy Division, released on September 8, 1998 by Lookout! Records.

Contents

Absurd Pop Song Romance saw a major stylistic shift from the punk rock and pop punk sounds of Pansy Division's first three albums, featuring more textured indie rock and alternative rock. This was the first Pansy Division album to feature four members following the addition of lead guitarist Patrick Goodwin.

Critical reception was generally positive. Allmusic gave the album a modest rating of 3 out of 5 stars, praising the maturity of the songwriting and Jon Ginoli's "earnest and humorous" lyricism, summarizing the album as "fun, honest, catchy, and energetic".

Personnel

Pansy Division
  • Jon Ginoli - vocals, guitar
  • Chris Freeman - vocals, bass, keyboards on tracks 6, 7 and 13, drums on track 8
  • Patrick Goodwin - lead guitar
  • Luis Illades - drums, bass on track 8
  • Additional musicians
  • Miriam Sturm - violin on track 16
  • Edgar Gabriel - violin on track 16
  • Bill Kronenberg - viola on track 16
  • Sara Wollan - cello on track 16
  • Kirk Garrison - trumpet on track 11
  • Bob Frankich - saxophone on track 11
  • Production
  • Recorded and mixed by Steve Albini
  • Songs

    February 173:22
    Sweet Insecurity4:03
    It'll Never Be the Same3:31

    References

    Absurd Pop Song Romance Wikipedia