Fragments of a Lucky Break

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Fragments of a Lucky Break
Studio album by
Trumans Water
ReleasedAugust 1998
Recorded1997, Herbert House Studios
GenreIndie rock
LabelEmperor Jones[1]
ProducerGreg Paul
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[3]
NME(favorable)[4]

Fragments of a Lucky Break is a 1998 album by Trumans Water.[5][6] The CD was released on the Emperor Jones label and the vinyl was released on the Infinite Chug label. It was their first album in several years to include Glen Galloway, who left the band in 1994 to form Soul-Junk.[2][7]

Critical reception[]

AllMusic's Stephen Cramer called the album "some of [the band's] most inspired and cohesive work."[2] Portland Mercury deemed it a "modern classic," writing that it approaches "the raw materials of guitar rock with a cubist’s perspective, creating subtly complex structures full of impossible angles and complex formulas that miraculously balance out every time."[8]

Track listing[]

  1. "Obstacle of Habit" - 4:04
  2. "Lyrical Nozzle" - 2:39
  3. "Strat-As-Fear" - 2:09
  4. "Wealth In a Flask" - 5:53
  5. "Sky Landslide" - 3:36
  6. "Your Courage" - 4:34
  7. "Woed World Whirlers" - 2:27
  8. "Tiny World With the Jitters" - 4:16
  9. "Mall Removal Machine" - 3:39
  10. "60 Seconds Over Medium" - 4:58
  11. "Worth of Wait" - 2:23
  12. "Matter Smasher" - 0:06
  13. "Water for a Thirsty City" - 3:54
  14. "Someday You'll Be King" (MX-80 Sound cover) - 3:24
  15. "All Eye And Movement" - 4:15

References[]

  1. ^ "Trumans Water". www.emperorjones.com.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Cramer, Stephen "Fragments of a Lucky Break Review", AllMusic, Macrovision Corporation, retrieved 21 November 2009
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 8: MUZE. p. 275.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ "Fragments of a Lucky Break", NME, 14 August 1998
  5. ^ "Trumans Water | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^ Guides (Firm), Rough (February 10, 2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 1040
  8. ^ "Trumans Water, Lavender Flu, White Shark Shiver". Portland Mercury.
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