Big Money Item

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Big Money Item
Studio album by
The Greenberry Woods
Released1995
GenrePower pop
LabelSire Records[1]
ProducerAndy Paley
The Greenberry Woods chronology
Rapple Dapple
(1994) 		Big Money Item
(1995) 		House
(2018)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Calgary HeraldB+[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[1]
The Province[4]

Big Money Item is an album by the American power pop band the Greenberry Woods, released in 1995.[5][6] The band broke up two weeks after its release.[7] The album's first single was "Super Geek".[8]

Production[]

The album was produced by Andy Paley.[9] The songwriting was equally divided among guitar players Matt and Brandt Huseman and bass player Ira Katz.[10]

Critical reception[]

Trouser Press called Big Money Item "superb stuff, but overly derivative."[9] The Baltimore Sun thought that it "boasts enough beautiful minor-key melodies and lush, soaring harmonies to put any listener in mind of Rubber Soul and Revolver."[11] The Record opined that "the quartet makes affecting, careful pop look so effortless that it's easy to underestimate their tremendous accomplishment."[12]

The St. Petersburg Times wrote: "Like Squeeze and Crowded House at their least self-indulgent, the Beach Boys sans their one-trick-pony musical clichés, the Posies fulfilling their early promise, Badfinger with jangly optimism, Pezband with decent songs—this disc sounds as timeless and classic as anything you'll hear recorded today."[13] The Calgary Herald stated that "the Woods jangle and harmonize through 18 condensed gems in 50 minutes."[3] The Contra Costa Times declared that "the Greenberry Woods have tapped into some kind of long-forgotten genius on Big Money Item ... this is an album so clear-headed and upbeat that you're blown backwards with joy."[14]

AllMusic wrote that "even at its most superficial and derivative and unapologetically nerdy, Big Money Item is just so chock full of fatal hooks that ... well ... life almost starts to feel that fresh and innocent again."[2]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."Love Songs" 
2."Parachute" 
3."Super Geek" 
4."Smash-Up" 
5."Yeah (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah)" 
6."Round and Round" 
7."For You" 
8."Nervous" 
9."Go Without You" 
10."Invisible Threads" 
11."Oh Janine" 
12."Back Seat Driver" 
13."Winslow to Arizona" 
14."Baby You Can't Get It Back" 
15."Punch Drunk" 
16."Nice Girl" 
17."Different Ways" 
18."The Final Song" 

References[]

  1. ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 508.
  2. ^ a b "Big Money Item - The Greenberry Woods | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ a b Buckingham, Booker (13 Aug 1995). "RECENT RELEASES". Calgary Herald. p. F2.
  4. ^ Harrison, Tom (19 Oct 1995). "Some disturbing conclusions". The Province. p. B6.
  5. ^ "The Greenberry Woods Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  6. ^ Griffin, John (16 Sep 1995). "THE GREENBERRY WOODS Big Money Item Sire". The Gazette. p. D3.
  7. ^ Considine, J. D. "Splitsville is more and more together". baltimoresun.com.
  8. ^ Maples, Tina (25 Aug 1995). "Oh, baby, baby: Greenberry Woods takes pop seriously". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. E9.
  9. ^ a b "Greenberry Woods". Trouser Press. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  10. ^ Ferguson, Jon (14 July 1995). "Can pop tunes still pay the bills? // The Greenberry Woods pop the '90s big question". Intelligencer Journal. Happenings. p. 2.
  11. ^ Considine, J. D. "BIG MONEY ITEM The Greenberry Woods (Sire 61801)". baltimoresun.com.
  12. ^ Weiler, Derek (7 Sep 1995). "The Greenberry Woods Big Money Item". The Record. p. D6.
  13. ^ "Audio Files". Tampa Bay Times.
  14. ^ Goodman, Tim (August 20, 1995). "'MONEY ITEM' A PURE-POP PLEASURE". Contra Costa Times. Time Out. p. 3.
Retrieved from ""