Flip-Flop_(album)

<i>Flip-Flop</i> (album)

Flip-Flop (album)

1989 studio album by Guadalcanal Diary

For other uses, see Flip-flop (disambiguation).

Flip-Flop is the fourth and final studio album by the American band Guadalcanal Diary.[1][2] It was released in 1989 on Elektra Records.[3] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[4] "Always Saturday", for which a video was shot, was released as a single.[5]

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Production

The album was produced by Don Dixon.[6] Drummer John Poe wrote several of the album's songs.[7] "Ten Laws" was inspired by Joseph Campbell's Myths to Live By.[8]

Critical reception

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The Los Angeles Times wrote: "One of the most underrated, overlooked and inaccurately compared to R.E.M. bands around doesn't offer much to change that on its fourth album."[12] The Northwest Florida Daily News deemed the album "artsy rock 'n' roll" that "doesn't stray too far from homespun melodies and twangy guitars."[13]

The Toronto Star called it "raucous, energizing, intelligent guitar rock."[14] The Gazette determined that the album finds the band "working some of the melancholy out of singer Murray Attaway's vocals."[15] The Chicago Tribune labeled Flip-Flop "terrific mainstream rock, a shade quirkier than John Mellencamp or Tom Petty but no less deserving of Top 40 status."[10]

Track listing

  1. "Look Up!" – 2:33
  2. "Always Saturday" – 4:15
  3. "The Likes of You" – 3:06
  4. "Barometer" – 4:07
  5. "Happy Home" – 2:53
  6. "Whiskey Talk" – 3:36
  7. "Pretty Is As Pretty Does" – 4:08
  8. "Everything But Good Luck" – 2:53
  9. "Ten Laws" – 3:44
  10. "Fade Out" – 4:59
  11. "...Vista" – 3:05

References

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    "Jeff Walls, Guitarist for Guadalcanal Diary, Hillbilly Frankenstein and The Woggles, Has Died". pastemagazine.com. May 30, 2019. Archived from the original on June 12, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  2. [2]
    Gittins, Ian (Feb 25, 1989). "Guadalcanal Diary". Melody Maker. 65 (8): 29.
  3. [3]
    "TrouserPress.com :: Guadalcanal Diary". www.trouserpress.com.
  4. [4]
    Zibart, Eve (14 Apr 1989). "Family Diary". The Washington Post. p. N22.
  5. [5]
    Harrison, Tom (14 June 1989). "Band feels like family". Entertainment. The Province. p. 48.
  6. [6]
    Heim, Chris (17 Mar 1989). "Up-and-comers and cult favorites". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. 54.
  7. [7]
    Blackstock, Peter (4 Apr 1989). "Battle for success rages with Guadalcanal Diary". Austin American-Statesman. p. B14.
  8. [8]
    "Murray Attaway, 31, is the lead singer...". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. 7 May 1989. p. 4.
  9. [9]
    Flip-Flop at AllMusic
  10. [10]
    Kot, Greg (11 May 1989). "Recordings". Chicago Tribune. p. 19C.
  11. [11]
    Racine, Marty (April 2, 1989). "Records". Zest. Houston Chronicle. p. 10.
  12. [12]
    Hochman, Steve (12 Mar 1989). "Record Rack". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 86.
  13. [13]
    Wheeler, Kris (31 Mar 1989). "Georgia band alters Southern rock sound". Northwest Florida Daily News. p. C6.
  14. [14]
    Quill, Greg (31 Mar 1989). "Guadalcanal Diary Flip Flop". Toronto Star. p. D15.
  15. [15]
    "Guadalcanal Diary Flip Flop". The Gazette. 6 Apr 1989. p. F6.
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