Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow Explained

Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow
Type:studio
Artist:the Muffs
Cover:AlertTodayAliveTomorrow.jpg
Released:June 15, 1999
Genre:Punk rock, pop punk, garage rock
Length:34:17
Label:Honest Don's
Producer:Kim Shattuck, Steve Holroyd
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Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow is the fourth album by the punk rock band the Muffs.[1] [2] It was released in 1999 on Honest Don's Records.[3]

Production

The album was produced by Kim Shattuck and Steve Holroyd.[4] Due to laryngitis, Shattuck recorded her vocals at night, alone in the studio.

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that "several of the [tunes] are melancholy enough for Nashville, and even such up-tempo ones as 'I'm Not Around' have a newfound twang to them."[5] PopMatters wrote that "singer/guitarist Kim Shattuck writes songs that would sound really cool if they were played by a bunch of teenagers in a garage somewhere, but it just don't cut the mustard for a band with members in the above-30 age range."[6] The Los Angeles Times wrote: "Once easily pegged as that catchy-but-punky garage band with the screaming girl singer and the volatile stage personality, the Muffs may be replicating in slow motion the sudden burst of maturation that transformed their British Invasion heroes during the mid-1960s."[1] Spin wrote that the band "make riffology new again, channeling original Blondie with starry eyes and a bad motorscooter."[7]

Track listing

All songs written by Kim Shattuck.

  1. "I Wish That I Could Be You" – 1.46
  2. "Silly People" – 3.43
  3. "Another Ugly Face" – 2.25
  4. "Prettier Than Me" – 3.06
  5. "Clown" – 2.39
  6. "Your Kiss" – 3.11
  7. "Numb" – 2.21
  8. "I'm Not Around" – 2.27
  9. "Blow Your Mind" – 1.43
  10. "Room With No View" – 2.43
  11. "Dear Liar Love Me" – 2.50
  12. "In" – 2.14
  13. "Jack Champagne" – 3.09

Personnel

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Muffs Get in Touch With Softer.... August 11, 1999. Los Angeles Times.
  2. Web site: Kim Shattuck, An Enduring Presence In L.A. Punk, Dead At 56. NPR.org.
  3. Web site: The Muffs | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  4. Web site: Muffs Heat Up, Cool Down On New Album. MTV News.
  5. Web site: THE MUFFS. Mark. Jenkins. August 20, 1999. www.washingtonpost.com.
  6. Web site: The Muffs: Alert Today Alive Tomorrow - PopMatters Music Review. May 31, 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20000531113648/http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/m/muffs-alert.html. 2000-05-31.
  7. Web site: The Shredder. SPIN. August 4, 1999. SPIN Media LLC. Google Books.