| Electric Rock Music | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Ass Ponys |
| Cover: | File:AssPonys_Electric.jpg |
| Released: | 1994 |
| Recorded: | June 1993–June 1994 |
| Studio: | Ultrasuede Studio, Cincinnati, OH |
| Genre: | Indie rock, country rock |
| Label: | A&M |
| Producer: | Ass Ponys, John Curley |
| Prev Title: | Grim |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | The Known Universe |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
Electric Rock Music is the third album, and major-label debut, by Cincinnati-based rock band Ass Ponys. It was released in 1994 on A&M Records. It was produced by John Curley of the Afghan Whigs, at whose Ultrasuede Studio the album was recorded. The band was planning to self-release the album after they recorded it, but then they landed an unexpected deal with A&M when Jeff Suhy, one of the label's representatives, called the band's frontman, Chuck Cleaver on the phone. Suhy told Cleaver that he had pitched a recording of the album to A&M executives, and that they had approved it for release.[1] [2]
Ted Simons of the Phoenix New Times described Electric Rock Music as "an engaging collection of episodes and observations put to song."[3] The Chicago Tribunes Rick Reger described the album as "excellent", and as far better as a whole than its well-known single, "Little Bastard."[4] In contrast, the Washington Posts Mark Jenkins wrote that "Most of the album's songs are crisp and shapely, though there's no other track that's so exuberantly tuneful [as "Little Bastard"]."[5] Jason Cohen of Spin wrote that "with Electric Rock Music, the band has made the album of its life." Also in Spin, Jay Stowe called the album a "bright, shining light."[6]