Black Candy Explained

Black Candy
Type:	Album
Artist:	Beat Happening
Cover:	Black_Candy.jpg
Released:	1989^[1]
Recorded:	1988
Length:	30:03
Label:	K
Producer:	Steve Fisk^[2]
Prev Title:	Jamboree
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Dreamy
Next Year:	1991

Black Candy is the third album by indie pop band Beat Happening.^[3]

Release and reception

Beat Happening promoted it with tours alongside Fugazi in 1990 and 1991.

Author Dave Thompson, in his book Alternative Rock (2000), wrote that despite the titular song "kick[ing] critical ass," the remainder of the album "sounds like BH didn't actually know they were making it. Or that someone was taping the rehearsal."

Track listing

All tracks written by Beat Happening.

1. "Other Side" – 3:35
2. "Black Candy" – 3:00
3. "Knick Knack" – 2:13
4. "Pajama Party in a Haunted Hive" – 4:38
5. "Gravedigger Blues" – 2:26
6. "Cast a Shadow" – 2:31
7. "Bonfire" – 3:12
8. "T.V. Girl" – 2:31
9. "Playhouse" – 2:30
10. "Ponytail" – 3:27

Cover versions

Beat Happening's songs from Black Candy have been covered by other artists:

• Sonic Youth released a version of the album's title track featuring vocals by Kim Gordon.
• Both Cub and Yo La Tengo have rendered their own versions of “Cast A Shadow”.

References

Citations

Sources

• Book: Thompson, Dave. Dave Thompson (author). Alternative Rock. Third Ear: The Essential Listening Companion. 2000. Miller Freeman Books. San Francisco, California. 0-87930-607-6.

External links

• Black Candy at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rank Your Records: Calvin Johnson Reluctantly Ranks Beat Happening's Records. Cam. Lindsay. November 12, 2015.
2. Book: Azerrad, Michael. Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991. December 1, 2012. Little, Brown. 9780316247184. Google Books.
3. Web site: TrouserPress.com :: Beat Happening. www.trouserpress.com.