| Isolation Party | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Tommy Keene |
| Cover: | Keeneiso.jpg |
| Released: | 1998 |
| Genre: | Power pop, rock |
| Label: | Matador Records |
| Producer: | Tommy Keene[1] |
| Prev Title: | Ten Years After (album) |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
Isolation Party is an album by the American musician Tommy Keene.[2] [3] It was released in 1998 by Matador Records.[4] It includes a cover version of Mission of Burma's "Einstein's Day".[5]
Entertainment Weekly concluded that "power-pop enthusiasts should find plenty to admire in these melodically acute tunes, although true highlights are in short supply." The Chicago Tribune praised the "ringing, buoyant guitar lines, sing-along choruses, thoughtful lyrics and a touch of melancholy that never grows depressed but keeps things from ever getting giddy."
AllMusic wrote that the album is "a harder and leaner set than he usually offered up in his earlier days ... though the hallmarks of his style—moody but graceful melodies, a nimble and efficient rhythm section, and Keene's passionate vocals and subtly sublime guitar work—are still very much in evidence."
All songs written by Tommy Keene, except where noted