God Don't Make No Junk Explained

God Don't Make No Junk
Type:studio
Artist:The Halo Benders
Cover:GodDontMakeNoJunk.jpg
Released:24 June 1994
Recorded:Dub Narcotic
Genre:Indie rock, alternative rock
Length:33:18
Label:K Records
Producer:Steve Fisk
Next Title:Don't Tell Me Now
Next Year:1996

God Don't Make No Junk is the first studio album by the American indie rock band The Halo Benders.[1] [2] It was released in 1994 on K Records.[3] The album was the first full-length release by the Halo Benders, a side project of Calvin Johnson (of Beat Happening) and Doug Martsch (of Built to Spill).[4] Its catalogue number is KLP29.

The album title references the black pride slogan of the 1970s.[5]

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "a sampler of extraordinary diversity" and "a stack of strange gems."[6] Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996 praised "Canned Oxygen," calling it "a musical high point for both principal personalities."[7] Spin listed the album as one of "Rock's 25 Greatest Team-ups."[8]

Track listing

  1. "Snowfall" – 3:50
  2. "Don't Touch My Bikini" – 3:38
  3. "Will Work for Food" – 4:44
  4. "Freedom Ride" – 2:25
  5. "Sit on It" – 1:17
  6. "Canned Oxygen" – 3:23
  7. "Scarin" – 1:52
  8. "On a Tip" – 3:05
  9. "I Can't Believe It's True" – 4:54
  10. "Big Rock Candy Mountain" – 4:10

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Halo Benders | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  2. Web site: Perfect, now. Zac. Crain. March 18, 1999. Dallas Observer.
  3. Web site: Heavy Rotation. SPIN. October 10, 1994. SPIN Media LLC. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Lemme Get an Encore: Built to Spill. June 19, 2012.
  5. Web site: CD Review: Wye Oak. Cleveland Scene.
  6. Web site: Halo Benders . Trouser Press . 10 October 2020.
  7. Book: Earles, Andrew. Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. September 15, 2014. Voyageur Press. 9780760346488. Google Books.
  8. Web site: Rock's 25 Greatest Team-ups. SPIN. April 10, 2007. SPIN Media LLC. Google Books.

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