From the other FOW thread: Whatever happened to Fountains of Wayne? (c/d?)
Utopia Parkway Adam SchlesingerRed Dragon Tattoo Chris CollingwoodDenise Adam SchlesingerHat and Feet Adam SchlesingerThe Valley of Malls Chris CollingwoodTroubled Times Chris CollingwoodGo, Hippie Chris CollingwoodA Fine Day for a Parade Chris CollingwoodAmity Gardens Chris CollingwoodLaser Show Adam SchlesingerLost in Space Adam SchlesingerProm Theme Adam SchlesingerIt Must be Summer Adam SchlesingerThe Senator's Daughter Adam Schlesinger
― enochroot, Friday, 3 April 2020 04:18 (four years ago) link
Yeah Collingwood dominates this one, awkwardly for this memorial poll.
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Friday, 3 April 2020 04:32 (four years ago) link
Didn’t know how the songwriting duties broke down when I started the poll, but 8/14 tracks here are Adam’s, so this album is actually balanced in favor of his compositions.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Friday, 3 April 2020 04:51 (four years ago) link
Yeah, personally I was referring to quality, not quantity. :/
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Friday, 3 April 2020 04:52 (four years ago) link
But I'm down to poll at least the first three LPs and wasn't trying to dis the poll!
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Friday, 3 April 2020 04:55 (four years ago) link
No prob, didn’t take it that way.
As I said, I never knew the songwriting breakdown before, but now that I do...yeah, this was kinda Chris’s record.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Friday, 3 April 2020 05:01 (four years ago) link
I mean, I think the whole Collingwood stretch in the middle of the record is its strongest patch--oddly, with the exception of "Go Hippie," which might be my least favourite track on it.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Friday, 3 April 2020 05:24 (four years ago) link
tbh this band was a bit too sugary sweet for me
you may be missing the lemons
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 April 2020 10:52 (four years ago) link
I was gonna say...
Here we are at lastWe're running out of gasThe air is getting thickThe girls are feeling sickWe'll pass out on the beachOur keys just out of reachAnd soon we'll say goodbyeThen we'll work until we die
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Friday, 3 April 2020 10:56 (four years ago) link
I still enjoy Prom Theme but find it much more ridiculous now than 21 years. The Senator's Daughter closes things off nicely, but that stretch after Amity is pretty filler-tastic. Lost In Space I always assumed was a reject from the film adaptation of that series
(The timing seems bad to make such a statement, but across the board it appears I generally prefer Collingwood's songs)
― PaulTMA, Friday, 3 April 2020 12:14 (four years ago) link
I'm gonna throw a vote to the title song, which blew me away when I first heard it. I was a middle-school nerd who loved the debut and walked all the way to the mall to buy the cd from Sam Goody on release day. It was the best first song on an anticipated new record I had ever heard at that point.
Sentimental fave is "Troubled Times", natch, but Adam still has more of my fave songs: "Hat and Feet"/"Prom Theme"/"Senator's Daughter" (like "Everything's Ruined" earlier) share a low-key gauzy/vibey quality that he didn't really revisit very much later on
― bunny slopes, Friday, 10 April 2020 05:51 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 18 April 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 19 April 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
Just now really needed to listen to this guy.
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 03:34 (two years ago) link
<3
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 06:40 (two years ago) link
...and this album is perfect
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Saturday, 28 January 2023 17:20 (one year ago) link