Beet (album)
Beet | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | November 1989 | |||
Recorded | June 1989 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 43:58 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Gary Waleik[1] | |||
Eleventh Dream Day chronology | ||||
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Beet is the second full-length album by Chicago, Illinois rock band Eleventh Dream Day and their first on a major label, Atlantic Records.[1]
Critical reception[]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Chicago Sun-Times | [3] |
Robert Christgau | C+[6] |
The Great Alternative & Indie Discography | 6/10[4] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [5] |
Rolling Stone | [7] |
Chicago Reader wrote: "Beet, recorded over a leisurely four days, is a hoot. Lissome guitar lines float in and amongst varying degrees of thunder riffing; Rizzo's voice flails wildly above the mix."[8]
Track listing[]
- "Between Here and There" (Baird Figi, Rick Rizzo) - 4:45
- "Testify" (Rizzo) - 4:03
- "Bagdad's Last Ride" (Janet Beveridge Bean) - 4:04
- "Awake I Lie" (Rizzo) - 5:20
- "Road That Never Winds" (Rizzo) - 3:22
- "Axle" (Rizzo) - 3:42
- "Michael Dunne" (Figi, Rizzo) - 3:28
- "Bomb the Mars Hotel" (Figi) - 3:32
- "Teenage Pin Queen" (Rizzo) - 3:58
- "Love to Hate to Love" (Rizzo) - 3:31
- "Go (Slight Return)" (Bean, Rizzo) - 4:06
- Bonus tracks
- "Seiche" (Figi) - 3:07 On CD only
Personnel[]
- Janet Beveridge Bean – piano, drums, vocals
- Baird Figi – guitar, background vocals, lap steel guitar
- Douglas McCombs – bass, background vocals
- Rick Rizzo – guitar, vocals
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Cohen, Jason. "11 Eleventh Dream Day Songs From 11 Eleventh Dream Day Records". Pitchfork.
- ^ Ned Raggett. "Beet - Eleventh Dream Day | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
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- ^ Strong, M. C. (Martin Charles) (April 6, 1999). "The great alternative & indie discography". Edinburgh : Canongate – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Gary Graff, ed. (1996). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). London: Visible Ink Press. ISBN 978-0-7876-1037-1.
- ^ "CG: Eleventh Dream Day". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Wyman, Bill. "Rock 'n' Roll: Eleventh Dream Day's pretty decent debut". Chicago Reader.
Categories:
- 1989 albums
- Eleventh Dream Day albums