I Think This Is Explained

I Think This Is
Type:	studio
Artist:	Young Fresh Fellows
Cover:	Young Fresh Fellows - I Think This Is.jpg
Alt:	A painting of the torso of a man in a suit with no head
Recorded:	November 20–24, 2008 in Seattle, Washington, United States
Genre:	Alternative rock
Language:	English
Label:	Yep Roc
Producer:	Robyn Hitchcock
Prev Title:	Because We Hate You
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	Tiempo de Lujo
Next Year:	2012

I Think This Is is a studio album by Young Fresh Fellows, released on Yep Roc Records in 2009. It was released the same day as Scott McCaughey's other project The Minus 5's Killingsworth. The album was recorded at the behest of former Soft Boys member and friend Robyn Hitchcock, who offered to produce it.^[1] McCaughey had previously approached Hitchcock to produce an album 20 years prior, but the two couldn't arrange for an in-studio collaboration until they had toured together and several of the Fellows worked on his Jewels for Sophia.^[2]

Reception

Mark Deming of Allmusic gave the album 3.5 out of five stars, calling it, "unusually focused and coherent-sounding" even as it transcends narrow genre definitions.^[3] PopMatters' Ron Hart awarded the album a 9 out of 10, agreeing that it is the most cohesive release from The Young Fresh Fellows and declared it their best album.^[4]

Track listing

1. "The Guilty Ones" (Scott McCaughey) – 2:19
2. "Lamp Industries" (Kurt Bloch) – 2:02
3. "Suck Machine Crater" (McCaughey) – 2:55
4. "Let the Good Times Crawl" (Peter Buck, McCaughey) – 2:32
5. "Never Turning Back Again" (McCaughey) – 2:21
6. "New Day I Hate" (Bloch) – 2:01
7. "Go Blue Angels Go" (McCaughey) – 1:36
8. "Used to Think All Things Would Happen" (Chris Ballew, Tad Hutchinson) – 3:05
9. "YOUR Mexican Restaurant" (McCaughey) – 2:23
10. "Shake Your Magazines" (Ballew, Hutchinson) – 3:00
11. "After Suicide" (McCaughey) – 1:48
12. "If You Believe in Cleveland" (McCaughey) – 3:55
13. "Ballad of the Bootleg" (McCaughey) – 2:42

I Don't Think This Is track listing

1. "Suck Machine Crater" (McCaughey) – 2:55
2. "Let the Good Times Crawl" (Buck, McCaughey) – 2:32
3. "Never Turning Back Again" (McCaughey) – 2:21
4. "New Day I Hate" (Bloch) – 2:01
5. "Go Blue Angels Go" (McCaughey) – 1:36
6. "Gotta Get Away" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 1:42
7. "The Guilty Ones" (McCaughey) – 2:19
8. "The Final Tractor" (McCaughey) – 1:57
9. "After Suicide" (McCaughey) – 1:48
10. "Lay You in the Ground" (McCaughey) – 1:52
11. "If You Believe in Cleveland" (McCaughey) – 3:55
12. "Lamp Industries" (Kurt Bloch) – 2:02
13. "Shake Your Magazines" (Ballew, Hutchison) – 3:00

Personnel

The Young Fresh Fellows

• Chris Ballew – composition, bass guitar, instrumentation
• Kurt Bloch – composition, guitar, engineering
• Tad Hutchison – composition, drums, instrumentation, vocals
• Scott McCaughey – composition, guitar, instrumentation, vocals
• Jim Sangster – bass guitar

Additional personnel

• Peter Buck – composition, 12-string guitar
• Robyn Hitchcock – guitar, production, vocals

External links

• Yep Roc's release statement

Notes and References

1. Web site: Young Fresh Fellows Return at Robyn Hitchcock's Urging . Cohen . Jason . 2009-07-13 . 2011-10-19 . Spinner.com.
2. Web site: Q&A With Scott McCaughey . 2009-07-06 . 2011-10-19 . . Hickey . Matt.
3. Web site: I Think This Is > Overview . Deming . Mark . . 2009 . 2011-10-19.
4. The Minus 5 / Young Fresh Fellows: Killingsworth / I Think This Is < PopMatters . Hart . Ron . . 2011-10-19 . 2009-07-23.