Smoke Machine (album)
- For the actual machine, see fog machine.
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| Released | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Label | Bar/None Records | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
Smoke Machine is the second and final album by Chocolate USA.[2] It was released in 1994 on Bar/None Records.[3][4]
The band, always more a project of Julian Koster, broke up after the release of the album. Smoke Machine contains some of Bill Doss's earliest recorded performances.[5]
Critical reception[edit]
AllMusic wrote: "While every melody and song is catchy as hell, and although Kostner's vocals are tender, this is pop music at its most exploratory without aspiring to (yet not sacrificing) accessibility. The whole of it is unselfconscious brilliance."[1] Trouser Press also praised it, and wrote that it "retains the determinedly unpretentious vibe of the first album, but the songwriting and arrangements are surer and more fully realized."[2]
Track listing[edit]
- USA: Milkiest Theme
- Bookbag
- My Cherry Bomb
- Another Lego In Tha Cross
- (Unlisted Track)
- The Boy Who Stuck His Head In The Dryer (And Whirl'd Round N' Round)
- Intermission
- Playing In The Mud
- Ugly Girl
- Milk (Theme)
- Isn't A Lie.../Glow Worm
- We Stole The Cow
- (Bonus Tracks From Chocolate Monthly Tapes)
Personnel[edit]
- Bill Doss - "multi instruments"
- Julian Koster - vocals, guitar, bass, piano, drums, viola, concertina
- Liza Wakeman - violin
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Smoke Machine - Chocolate U.S.A. | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ a b "Chocolate USA". Trouser Press. Archived from the original on 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "Who's Counting?". The Stranger. Archived from the original on 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ Johnson, Ken (Nov 30, 1996). "Continental drift". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 48. p. 16.
- ^ "The Story Of Elephant 6's Bill Doss, Told In 10 Songs". Stereogum. October 4, 2012. Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
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