What Is Not to Love

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What Is Not to Love
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Studio album by
Imperial Teen
ReleasedUS September 15, 1998
GenreIndie rock, indie pop
Length45:24
LabelSlash[1]
ProducerMark Freegard, Steve McDonald
Imperial Teen chronology
Seasick
(1996) 		What Is Not to Love
(1998) 		On
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[2]
Robert ChristgauA−[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[4]
Rolling Stone3.5/5 stars[5]
Spin6/10[6]
Tiny Mix Tapes4/5 stars[1]

What Is Not to Love is the second album by indie rock band Imperial Teen.[7][8] It is the follow-up to their first full-length record Seasick (1996), and was released in 1998 via Slash Records.[9]

Critical reception[]

Entertainment Weekly wrote that "there’s something fundamentally warm and cuddly about the mixed-gender quartet’s seductive mix of indie-rock cliches (distorted guitars, diffident vocals) and hook-and-harmony-informed popcraft."[10]

Track listing[]

All songs written by Imperial Teen.

  1. "Open Season" – 2:25
  2. "Birthday Girl" – 3:36
  3. "Yoo Hoo" – 3:30
  4. "Lipstick" – 4:00
  5. "Alone in the Grass" – 7:15
  6. "Crucible" – 4:18
  7. "The Beginning" – 2:39
  8. "Year of the Tan" – 3:05
  9. "Seven" – 4:33
  10. "Hooray" (live) – 7:11
  11. "Beauty" – 2:52

Personnel[]

Band members[]

Technical staff[]

  • Mark Freegard – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Andre Moran – engineer
  • Mark Saunders – mixing
  • Greg Freeman – engineer
  • Bill Inglot – mastering
  • Matt Kelley – engineer
  • Mickey Petralia – producer, mixing
  • Chris Scard – second engineer
  • Gabriel Shepard – second engineer
  • Matt Wallace – mixing
  • Howard Willing – second engineer

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Imperial Teen What Is Not To Love". www.tinymixtapes.com.
  2. ^ Damas, Jason. "allmusic ((( What Is Not to Love > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Imperial Teen". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 18, 2010.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 4: MUZE. p. 463.CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. ^ Brackett, Nathan. "Imperial Teen". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 403, cited March 18, 2010
  6. ^ "Reviews". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. March 21, 1999 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Imperial Teen | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. ^ Vaziri, Aidin (June 21, 1998). "What's Not To Love About Imperial Teen? / With a new album out, S.F. band shrugs off the whole gay thing". SFGATE.
  9. ^ "Rock Bottum". The Advocate. Here Publishing. February 16, 1999 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "What Is Not to Love". EW.com.



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