Released 1995 Producer Casey Rice Release date 1995 | Recorded December 27-31, 1994 Length 31:08 Artist Cap'n Jazz Label Man With Gun Records | |
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Cap n jazz shmap n shmazz 1995 full album
Burritos, Inspiration Point, Fork Balloon Sports, Cards in the Spokes, Automatic Biographies, Kites, Kung Fu, Trophies, Banana Peels We've Slipped On and Egg Shells We've Tippy Toed Over is Cap'n Jazz's first and only full-length album, released in 1995 on Man With Gun Records. It is also referred to as the Shmap'n Shmazz LP. It is long out of print and extremely difficult to find. There was also a reissue of the vinyl LP licensed by Tiny Superhero records in the UK.
Contents
The twelve tracks found on this album are also found on Analphabetapolothology - a double CD containing all of Cap'n Jazz's recorded material - released in 1998 by Jade Tree Records.
Reception
NME listed the album as one of "20 Emo Albums That Have Resolutely Stood The Test Of Time". In Rolling Stone's list of the 40 greatest emo albums of all time, the album came in 7th, with Suzy Exposito writing that the album was "a significant blueprint for dozens of emo and post-hardcore acts to follow."
Track listing
All tracks written by Cap'n Jazz, except where noted.
- "Little League" – 3:57
- "Oh Messy Life" – 2:03
- "Puddle Splashers" – 2:07
- "Flashpoint: Catheter" – 3:21
- "In the Clear" – 1:57
- "Yes, I Am Talking to You" (Cap'n Jazz, Bob Nanna) – 2:32
- "Basil's Kite" – 2:36
- "Bluegrassish" – 1:08
- "Planet Shhh" – 2:59
- "The Sands Have Turned Purple" – 2:45
- "Precious" (Ryan Rapsys) – 2:39
- "¡Qué suerte!" (Kevin J. Frank) –3:04
Personnel
Songs
1Little League3:57
2Oh Messy Life2:03
3Paddle Splashers2:07