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Zücker

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Zücker
Studio album by
Released1993
GenrePop Punk
Indie
Length33:02
LabelSub Pop[1]
Fastbacks chronology
Very, Very Powerful Motor
(1990)
Zücker
(1993)
Answer the Phone, Dummy
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau(neither)[3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10[4]
Select[5]

Zücker is the third studio album by the Fastbacks, released in 1993 on Sub Pop.[6] Pitchfork wrote that it "was as close as they came to an alt-rock breakout."[7]

The twelfth track, "Please Read Me", is a cover of a Bee Gees song from the 1967 album Bee Gees 1st.

Critical reception

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Trouser Press wrote that "while Bloch works overtime on his fretwork, Warnick and Gargiulo singly and collectively manage the best-ever Fastbacks singing — none of which alters the group’s underlying lack of gravity."[6] The Chicago Tribune called the album "wall-to-wall punk-pop, enough to restore one's faith in the potency of a good tune played fast and hard."[8]

Track listing

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All songs written by Kurt Bloch, except where noted.

  1. "Believe Me Never" – 3:03
  2. "Gone to the Moon" – 1:50
  3. "Hung on a Bad Peg" – 1:46
  4. "Under the Old Lightbulb" – 1:35
  5. "Never Heard of Him" – 1:47
  6. "When I'm Old" – 3:37
  7. "All About Nothing" – 2:27
  8. "Bill Challenger" – 1:17
  9. "Parts" – 1:46
  10. "Kind of Game" – 2:35
  11. "They Don't Care" – 2:32
  12. "Please Read Me" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb)  (Bee Gees cover)– 2:06
  13. "Save Room for Me" – 3:13
  14. "That Was" – 3:08

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Zucker". Sub Pop Records.
  2. ^ Zücker at AllMusic
  3. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: The Fastbacks". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 144.
  5. ^ Perry, Andrew (April 1993). "Fastbacks: Zucker". Select: 74. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Fastbacks". Trouser Press. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Sub Pop 20". Pitchfork.
  8. ^ Kot, Greg. "SLEEPER IN SEATTLE". chicagotribune.com.