release date: Mar. 1994
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,52]
producer: Madder Rose and Mark Freegard
label: Atlantic Records - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 1. "Sleep Forver" - 3. "Panic On" (4 / 5) - 5. "Almost Lost My Mind" - 6. "Drop a Bomb" - 7. "Ultra Anxiety (Teenage Style)" (live) - 9. "Day in, Day Out" - 12. "Black Eye Town" - 13. "When You Smile"
2nd studio album by Madder Rose. Like so many other artists, Madder Rose play alt. rock with a grunge rock feel in the early 1990s. Their style is not on the rough side of alt. rock but it has a more melody-based touch and a power pop element, which at times perhaps comes close to dream pop.
This was the band's best album bettering the debut Bring It Down (1993), and it's likewise clearly better than their third album Tragic Magic (1997), which made me lose my interest for the band; however, this is surely worth more than a listen.
[ allmusic.com, Rolling Stone 4 / 5 stars ]
