Adventure (Furslide album)

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Adventure
Studio album by
Furslide
ReleasedOctober 6, 1998
GenreAlternative rock
LabelMeanwhile[1]
Virgin[2]
ProducerNellee Hooper
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Adventure is the first album by the New York City alternative rock band Furslide, released in 1998.[4] It was produced by Nellee Hooper.[5]

Music and lyrics[edit]

Regarding the album's lyrics, vocalist Jennifer Turner said in 1998, "the whole idea about music for me is all about expressing yourself and expressing the honesty of the moment, whatever that is. It wasn’t that I had a specific goal in mind for the album; I'm into the Beat Generation thing of writing down streams of consciousness and cutting out words and throwing five in the middle and those five words have significance for some reason."[6]

Critical reception[edit]

The Washington Post gave the album a mixed review, writing that singer/guitarist Jennifer Turner "has a strong, expressive rock soprano, and Hooper wraps her songs in a dizzying psychedelic-synth-pop swirl. The problem is the songs, which have neither memorable melodies nor coherent lyrics."[7] The Austin Chronicle called it "an excellent introduction to pop's latest dynamic frontwoman: Jennifer Turner, a thoughtful songwriter who's perhaps the best female guitar hero since Jen Trynin."[8] Spin wrote that it deserves to be a "pop hit."[9]

Singles[edit]

  • Over my Head
  • Love Song

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Over My Head"
  2. "Shallow"
  3. "Skinny Girl"
  4. "Hawaii"
  5. "Bring You Down"
  6. "Love Song"
  7. "My Friend's Gallery"
  8. "Today Forever"
  9. "Faith"
  10. "One Hit Downer"
  11. "Postcard"
  12. "Curious Have Guns"
  13. "The Cleaning Lady" (hidden track)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Reece, Doug (October 17, 1998). "Popular Uprisings". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 24 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "More Rural Rock From Mellencamp, Son Volt". Hartford Courant. October 4, 1998.
  3. ^ Prato, Greg. "Furslide – Adventure". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Ratliff, Ben (November 10, 1998). "In Performance -- Pop; A Sound That Defies Easy Characterization". The New York Times.
  5. ^ Hogg, Karen (April 30, 2001). Guitar Styles -- Women in Rock: The Guitarist's Guide to Music of the Masters. Alfred Music Publishing. ISBN 9780739020166 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ <https://www.pauseandplay.com/furslides-excellent-adventure/
  7. ^ Himes, Geoffrey (October 23, 1998). "Lenny Kravitz". The Washington Post.
  8. ^ Langer, Andy (March 19, 1999). "1999 SXSW Music Festival". The Austin Chronicle.
  9. ^ Clover, Joshua (December 30, 1998). "The Shredder". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC – via Google Books.

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