Bull (album) explained

Bull
Type:studio
Artist:Bootsauce
Cover:bootsauce_bull.jpg
Released:1992
Label:Vertigo/PolyGram
Producer:Michael Jonzun, Bootsauce
Prev Title:Re-Boot
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:Sleeping Bootie
Next Year:1993

Bull is the second album by the Canadian band Bootsauce, released in 1992.[1] [2] "Love Monkey #9", "Whatcha' Need" and "Big, Bad & Groovy" were released as singles. The album was nominated for a Juno Award, in the "Best Album Design" category.[3] It is also their first album to feature their permanent drummer John Lalley.

Production

The album was produced by Michael Jonzun and the band.[4] Bootsauce shared in the songwriting. "Love Monkey #9" is about animal testing on non-human primates.[5] "Big Bad & Groovy" employs a horn section.[6] Lemmy sang on "Hold Tight".[7]

Critical reception

The Gazette noted that "there is more of everything—sex, danceability, power chords, smooth balladry, samples, with singer Drew Ling's insinuating voice living up to its owner's name."[8] The Globe and Mail wrote: "Bootsauce bounds all over the musical map, mulching early Pink Floyd sci-fi rock with Public Enemy-styled rapping ('Touching Cloth'), emulating Extreme on the ballad 'What Cha' Need', resurrecting Dr. John on the New Orleans-styled 'Dog Pound', and paying tribute to Sly and the Family Stone."[9] The Edmonton Journal determined that "assertive hard rock lays the foundation for snippets of soul falsetto, New Orleans gumbo and busy, Frank Zappa-ish orchestration."[10]

Track listing

All songs were written by Bootsauce, except where noted.

  1. "Love Monkey #9" – 3:25
  2. "Touching Cloth" – 3:42
  3. "Whatcha' Need" – 5:09
  4. "Big Bad & Groovy" – 4:08
  5. "Dogpound" – 3:35
  6. "Outhouse Quake" – 4:23
  7. "The 13th Psalm" – 4:30
  8. "Misunderstood" – 3:46
  9. "Rollercoaster's Child" (Willy Beck, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Pierce, Clarence Satchel, James Williams) – 3:31
  10. "I Saw You There" – 4:04
  11. "The Whole of You" – 4:01
  12. "Bad Dinner" – 3:45
  13. "Hold Tight" – 4:15

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. News: Greenwood . Therese . Bootsauce, one of Canada's hottest club acts right now... . The Whig-Standard . 21 Nov 1991 . Entertainment . 1.
  2. News: Krewen . Nick . Bootsauce Bull . The Hamilton Spectator . 8 Feb 1992 . C5.
  3. News: Juno nominees at a glance . The Kitchener-Waterloo Record . 10 Feb 1993 . F2.
  4. News: Howell . Peter . New Bootsauce will be hot, and that's no bull . Toronto Star . 25 Jan 1992 . K10.
  5. News: Erskine . Evelyn . Bootsauce produces berserk party music . Ottawa Citizen . 22 Feb 1992 . G3.
  6. Bull by Bootsauce . Billboard . Jun 13, 1992 . 104 . 24 . 51.
  7. News: Harrison . Tom . Heel, toe, and away we go: Yes, you can dance to music of Bootsauce . The Province . 14 Apr 1992 . C3.
  8. News: Lepage . Mark . Bootsauce laces up for 'fight of our life' . The Gazette . 6 Feb 1992 . Montreal . F1.
  9. News: Niester . Alan . Categorizing Bull is not easy . The Globe and Mail . 10 Feb 1992 . C3.
  10. News: Metella . Helen . A dense, fun listen from Montreal . Edmonton Journal . 16 Feb 1992 . G2.

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