Released September 18, 2001 Artist Superchunk Producer Brian Paulson | Length 43:41 Release date 18 September 2001 Label Trifekta | |
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Here's to Shutting Up
(2001) The Clambakes Series Vol. 1
(2002) Genres Indie rock, Alternative rock Similar Superchunk albums, Indie rock albums | ||
Here's to Shutting Up is the eighth studio album by Superchunk. Brian Paulson, who served as co-producer, previously worked with the band on 1994's Foolish.
Contents
On this album, the band continued to develop away from the fuzzy punk-pop of its earlier days to something more textured. Keyboards, strings and acoustic guitars abound, and even a pedal steel makes an appearance on "Phone Sex."
The band left "Phone Sex" out of the initial performances of the accompanying tour; with the 11 September 2001 attacks a painfully fresh memory, the members felt uncomfortable performing a song featuring the lyrics "Plane crash footage on TV / I know, I know that could be me." [1]
The title of the album is taken from the opening of the song "Out on the Wing."
Track listing
- "Late-Century Dream" - 4:37
- "Rainy Streets" - 2:07
- "Phone Sex" - 4:54
- "Florida's on Fire" - 3:11
- "Out on the Wing" - 5:51
- "The Animal Has Left its Shell" - 3:32
- "Act Surprised" - 3:59
- "Art Class (Song for Yayoi Kusama)" - 4:15
- "What Do You Look Forward To?" - 7:41
- "Drool Collection" - 3:32
Songs
1Late‐Century Dream4:37
2Rainy Streets2:07
3Phone Sex4:54