Galaxy 500 (album) explained

Galaxy 500
Type:	album
Artist:	Fetchin Bones
Cover:	Fetchin Bones - Galaxy 500.jpg
Released:	1987
Recorded:	August 1987 at Reflection Studios, Charlotte, NC
Length:	37:38 (vinyl edition) 62:57 (CD edition)
Label:	Capitol
Producer:	Don Dixon
Prev Title:	Bad Pumpkin
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Monster
Next Year:	1989

Galaxy 500 is the third studio album by the American band Fetchin Bones.^{[1] [2]} It was released in 1987 through Capitol Records.^[3] The album was produced by Don Dixon.^[4] The band supported the album with a North American tour.^[5]

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that, "paced by Hope Nicholls' assertive yelping, the quintet's Galaxy 500 claims shards of funk and metal."^[6] The Ottawa Citizen called Hope Nicholls's voice "flat, shrill and grating, an outcome made worse by the abundance of hard-edged material."^[7] The Orlando Sentinel opined that the album "shows the Bones are as wildly imaginative as R.E.M., the B-52's or any of the New South rock bands that have preceded them to prominence."^[8] The Charlotte Observer considered the "funky punk-rap" "Stray" to be the album's best track.^[9]

Track listing

All songs written by Fetchin Bones

Personnel

Fetchin Bones

• Hope Nicholls – vocals, harmonica
• Danna Pentes – bass guitar
• Aaron Pitkin – guitar
• Clay Richardson – drums
• Errol Stewart – guitar

Additional musicians and production

• Tim Carr – executive production
• Don Dixon – production
• Laurie Douglas – art direction
• Fetchin Bones – design
• Raymond Grubb – photography
• Steve Haigler – engineering
• Mitchell Kearney – photography
• Don "Cannonball" McClure – alto saxophone
• Tom Thoune – illustrations

Notes and References

1. News: Snider . Eric . Fetchin Bones: Volume, Power . St. Petersburg Times . 18 Aug 1989 . Weekend . 26.
2. News: Okamoto . Shari . Fetchin Bones back with meatier sound . Daily Breeze . December 4, 1987 . E10.
3. News: Rosen . Craig . Saturday, North Carolina's Fetchin' Bones... . Los Angeles Daily News . November 13, 1987 . L39.
4. News: MacInnis . Craig . Don Dixon . Toronto Star . 27 Nov 1987 . D14.
5. News: Dafoe . Chris . Bones crackle with energy . The Globe and Mail . 11 Mar 1988 . C8.
6. News: Jenkins . Mark . Fetchin' Bones: Punk Careens . The Washington Post . 4 Dec 1987 . N24.
7. News: Erskine . Evelyn . Fetchin Bones Galaxy 500 . Ottawa Citizen . 15 Jan 1988 . B6.
8. News: Duffy . Thom . Fetchin Bones Weaves Humor into Southern Rock 'N' Roll . Orlando Sentinel . 15 May 1988 . Calendar . 20.
9. News: Haight . Kathy . A Fetching Record from Fetchin Bones . The Charlotte Observer . January 10, 1988 . 1F.