Adventure (Furslide album) explained

Adventure
Type:studio
Artist:Furslide
Cover:Furslide_Adventure_Cover.jpg
Released:October 6, 1998
Genre:Alternative rock
Label:Meanwhile[1]
Virgin[2]
Producer:Nellee Hooper

Adventure is the first album by the New York City alternative rock band Furslide, released in 1998.[3] It was produced by Nellee Hooper.[4]

Music and lyrics

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."[5]

Critical reception

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."[6] 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."[7] Spin wrote that it deserves to be a "pop hit."[8]

Singles

Track listing

  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)

Notes and References

  1. Popular Uprisings. Billboard. Doug. Reece. October 17, 1998. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 24. Google Books.
  2. Web site: More Rural Rock From Mellencamp, Son Volt. October 4, 1998. Hartford Courant.
  3. Web site: In Performance -- Pop; A Sound That Defies Easy Characterization. Ben. Ratliff. November 10, 1998. The New York Times.
  4. Book: Hogg, Karen. Guitar Styles -- Women in Rock: The Guitarist's Guide to Music of the Masters. April 30, 2001. Alfred Music Publishing. 9780739020166. Google Books.
  6. Web site: Lenny Kravitz. Geoffrey. Himes. October 23, 1998. The Washington Post.
  7. Web site: Langer, Andy. March 19, 1999. 1999 SXSW Music Festival. The Austin Chronicle.
  8. The Shredder. SPIN. Joshua. Clover. December 30, 1998. SPIN Media LLC. Google Books.

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