| Product Summary | | Label: Uni/island | | UPC: 00731454287128 | | Release Date: 2/27/2001 | | Buy.com Sku: 60463126 | | Item#: M4FSG7 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 23580 | Format:  CD |
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(P) 2001 The Island Def Jam Music Group
(C) 2001 The Island Def Jam Music Group
| After years of playing drums for 'Letters To Cleo' and 'Veruca Salt,' Stacy Jones decided to start a band of his own, with a little help from his friends. With a shared love of all things Cheap Trick and Foo Fighters, they decided on the name American Hi-Fi. Boston is the base. Even though the melodies on American Hi-Fi are pure pop, the density of guitars and drums puts the album in the heaviest of rock categories.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | American Hi-Fi: Stacy Jones (vocals, guitar); Jaime Arentzen (guitar); Drew Parson (bass); Brian Nolan (drums). | | Recorded at Plantation Recording, Maui, Hawaii. | | American Hi-Fi: Stacy Jones (vocals, guitar); Jaime Arentzen (guitar); Drew Parson (bass); Brian Nolan (drums). | | Recorded at Plantation Mixing And Recording, Maui, Hawaii. | | Personnel: Stacy Jones (vocals, guitar); Jamie Arentzen (guitar); Brian Nolan (drums). | | Audio Mixers: Bob Rock; Randy Staub . | | Recording information: Plantation Mixing And Recording, Maui, HI. | | Photographers: Zoren Gold; C. Taylor Crothers. | | A Boston band fronted by ex-Veruca Salt drummer Stacy Jones, American Hi-Fi is another heir to the Cheap Trick tradition of loud guitars, unpretentious attitude, and pop hooks galore. Said pop hooks are also familiar--"I'm a Fool" not only sports surprising high Beach Boys harmonies, it also quotes the chords from the Move/ELO classic "Do Ya." | | Highlights include "Blue Day," a sort of 21st century version of the Beatles circa REVOLVER. "Flavor of the Weak" is an insidiously catchy tune about a girl who's disrespected by her slacker boyfriend, while "Scar" is a pounding riff rocker that makes the Cheap Trick connection especially explicit. |
Producer: Bob Rock |
Engineer: Brian Joseph Dobbs |
| | Artist Overview | | This slick alternative rock outfit was formed in 1999 by members of several leading US bands. Including Letters To Cleo, Veruca Salt, Fig Dish, Sky Heroes and the Tracy Bonham band. Originally known as BMX Girl, the quartet signed to Island Records where they maintained and built a loyal following with subsequent albums. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 02/27/2001 | | Original Release Date : 2001 | | Catalog ID : 542871 | | Label : Island | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00731454287128 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (5/10/01, p.84)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...[They] outshine most recent radio-friendly pop-punk, with instantly welcoming songwriting and ferocious instrumental skills that match their good taste..."Q (8/01, p.122)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...For a first album, this sounds fantastic...an album of weight and volume...energetically played songs crafted the traditional way..." Alternative Press (4/01, p.64)
- 3 out of 5 - "...The pop prescription is here: happy hooks and wildly infectious grooves...Stacy Jones leads the group into musical rants, escaping the trappings of mindless pop while deriving some well-deserved rock-cred..." Alternative Press (4/01, p.64)
- 3 out of 5 - "...The pop prescription is here; happy hooks and wildly infectious grooves...Stacy Jones leads the group into musical rants, escaping the trappings of mindless pop while deriving some well-deserved rock-cred..." NME (Magazine)
(9/22/01, p.39)
- 7 out of 10 - "...Like being handed a masterpiece of fiction by David Baddiel or watching a funny Eddie Murphy movie..." |
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