I’m very sad to report that, while it suffers from the typical Pitchfork overwriting and is wrong on a few particulars, William Bowers’ review of the new Clem Snide CD is precisely right. Geez, does it suck. Such a disappointment.
And can we officially ban Joe Chiccarelli from ever producing another album again? Every band he touches turns out a crap record. He produced the last American Music Club record and turned some strong songs into slick, overproduced pap. He produced a crap Poco album in their dying days. He screwed up the Verlaines, which is an accomplishment. And now he’s behind this Clem Snide turdlet. Joe Chiccarelli, thy art my nemesis! Be gone!
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i gotta agree with you an this one. i loaned kevin my copy and i may not even ask for it back. traded it for the new fountains of wayne disc, it rocks the party that rocks the body, i gotta say.
i was wondering what your take would be on the pitchfork review — i know you’ve been pretty sweet on clem snide in the past. actually, although the ‘fork does overdo it at times i thought bowers’ review was hilarious. ‘frankensteinly’ is a perfectly good adverb.