Avoid One Thing (2002)

Product Summary Label: Sideonedummy Records UPC: 00603967123128 Release Date: 4/9/2002 Buy.com Sku: 60548961 Item#: MNC49T Buy.com Sales Rank: 27009 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Yakisoba ~ Avoid One Thing 2. Backyard Joey ~ Avoid One Thing 3. Lean On Sheena ~ Avoid One Thing 4. Pulse And Picture ~ Avoid One Thing 5. Every Second Of Every Day ~ Avoid One Thing 6. Take A Good Look ~ Avoid One Thing 7. Rip It Up It's There ~ Avoid One Thing 8. Bomb - (with Building Songs) ~ Avoid One Thing 9. Next Stop Batteries ~ Avoid One Thing 10. Slip ~ Avoid One Thing 11. Saturday ~ Avoid One Thing   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Avoid One Thing : Paul Delano, Amy Griffin (vocals, guitar); Joe Gittleman (vocals, bass); Dave Karcich (drums). Additional personnel: Tom Polce, Eric Fontana. Recorded at Sound Station, Providence, Rhode Island. Personnel: Paul Delano, Amy Griffin (vocals, guitar); Joe Gittleman (vocals); Dave Karcich (drums). Recording information: Sound Station Seven, Providence, RI. Photographers: Trish Miller; Amy Archer. Let's see...it's not punk-pop, it's not hardcore, it's not power pop. Well, gosh, it must be...rock & roll! How about that. Avoid One Thing is kind of an alt-rock supergroup, containing as it does current and former members of Gang Green, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, the Raging Teens, Pilfers, and Spring Heeled Jack (the ska band, not the electronica duo). But they wear their professionalism lightly on their debut album, contenting themselves with laying down big, meaty slabs of highly satisfying, crunchily melodic rock of the kind that only comes with lots of songwriting experience and years of playing with lots of other people in small, crappy bars. Highlights here include the incongruously beautiful "Yakisoba," the uplifting "Lean on Sheena," and the completely befuddling "Bomb-Building Songs." This debut album is one thing that should not be avoided. ~ Rick Anderson Producer: Joe Gittleman; Paul Q. Kolderie; Carl Plaster Engineer: Rob Pemberton   Compilation Appearances Atticus Dragging The Lake Vans Warped Tour 2003 Compilation Outlaw Volleyball (Bonus Tracks)   Technical Info Release Date : 04/09/2002 Original Release Date : 2002 Catalog ID : 1231 Label : Side One Dummy Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00603967123128   Professional Reviews Alternative Press (8/02, p.69) - 7 out of 10 - "...This debut is about no-nonsense punk-influenced rock..."    Product Image