| Clumsy | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Samiam |
| Cover: | Clumsy (Samiam album).jpg |
| Released: | August 23, 1994 |
| Genre: |
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| Length: | 43:26 |
| Label: | Atlantic |
| Producer: | Lou Giordano |
| Prev Title: | Billy |
| Prev Year: | 1992 |
| Next Title: | You Are Freaking Me Out |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
Clumsy is an album by the American band Samiam, released in 1994 on Atlantic Records.[1] [2] The band had been the subject of a bidding war, following the early 1994 success of Green Day; it was Samiam's first album for a major label.[3]
Clumsys first single was "Capsized".[4] The band promoted the album by opening for Bad Religion on the Stranger Than Fiction tour.[5] Clumsy sold around 13,000 copies in its first six months of release.[6]
The album was produced by Lou Giordano.[7]
The Washington Post thought that "if not bursting with originality, such tunes as 'As We're Told' and 'Bad Day' are nonetheless appealingly energetic and melodic."[8] The Philadelphia Inquirer determined that "Samiam favors a thick power-chord attack that supports lithe, wrenching and surprisingly melancholy vocals ... The result is music that wallops and cries at the same time."[9]
The Gazette concluded: "No problems here with their Westerberg Jr. angst nor their rock ambitions, but if '94 is the year punk 'broke,' '95 is the year it will be broken."[10] The Press-Enterprise stated that Clumsy "flows between hard-core punk and hippie grunge with lyrics telling of childhood pain and misery."[11] The Albuquerque Tribune referred to the album as melodic hardcore, filled with "underlined aggression, bottled like a clinched-fisted rage."[12]
AllMusic wrote that, "'As We're Told' and 'Bad Day' swell with monstrous punk hooks; meanwhile, two slower numbers, 'Tag Along' and 'Cradle' are, respectively, dreamy and angry enough while still retaining can't-miss melodicism."