All the Money's Gone explained

All the Money's Gone
Cover:All_The_Moneys_Gone.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Babylon Zoo
Album:King Kong Groover
Released:25 January 1999[1]
Recorded:1998
Genre:Glam rock, alternative rock
Label:EMI
Producer:Jas Mann
Steve Power
Prev Title:The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:Honaloochie Boogie
Next Year:1999

"All the Money's Gone" is a song by Babylon Zoo and the first single to be taken from their second album King Kong Groover. It was written and produced by Jas Mann, and peaked at #46 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1999.[2] An animated music video was made to accompany the single.

Reception

The Sunday Mercury read: "Mann is having an identity crisis... he can't decide if he's [David] Bowie, Marc Bolan or Gary Glitter – but glam-rock, this disappointing record ain't".[3] Ewan MacLeod of the Sunday Mail enjoyed the single's accompanying music video, but felt it "a shame the song sounds like a rip-off of Seventies glam group T-Rex".[4] In NME, Steven Wells wrote that the "very Bowie-esque" track "sucks" on an unrivalled level.[5] Anna Carey of the Sunday Tribune called it "hideous".[6]

In a retrospective article for AllMusic, critic Dave Thompson likened the song to "an unholy collision between Oasis and Barry Blue's 'Dancing on a Saturday Night'."[7]

Track listing

  1. All the Money's Gone (7" Mix) - 3.44
  1. All the Money's Gone - 3.44
  2. Chrome Invader - 5.03
  3. All the Money's Gone (Wiseass Dawn Patrol Remix) - 6.53
  1. All the Money's Gone - 3.44
  2. All the Money's Gone (Tin Tin Out Vocal Mix) - 8.35
  3. All the Money's Gone (Space Raiders Mix) - 6.08

Notes and References

  1. https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1999/Music-Week-1999-01-23.pdf (Page 18)
  2. Web site: Official Charts: Babylon Zoo - Singles. Official Charts Company. 3 December 2018.
  3. Web site: New releases. 20 September 1998. Sunday Mercury. The Free Library. 3 December 2018.
  4. MacLeod. Ewan. 30 August 1998. Gossip. Sunday Mail. Trinity Mirror.
  5. Web site: This week's singles. https://web.archive.org/web/20000831232909/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19990019165041reviews.html. dead. 31 August 2000. Wells. Steven. Steven Wells. 23 January 1999. NME. 3 December 2018.
  6. Carey. Anna. 14 February 1999. Rock/pop CDs. Sunday Tribune.
  7. Web site: King Kong Groover Review. Thompson, Dave. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. 3 December 2018.