Isolation Party Explained

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
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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]

Critical reception

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."

Track listing

All songs written by Tommy Keene, except where noted

  1. "Long Time Missing" – 4:38
  2. "Getting Out From Under You" – 3:19
  3. "Take Me Back" – 4:44
  4. "Never Really Been Gone" – 3:29
  5. "The World Outside" – 3:21
  6. "Einstein's Day" – 4:43 (Roger Miller)
  7. "Battle Lines" – 5:11
  8. "Happy When You're Sad " – 3:31
  9. "Love Dies Down" – 3:44
  10. "Tuesday Morning" – 2:37
  11. "Waiting Without You" – 3:55
  12. "Weak And Watered Down" – 4:15
  13. "Twilight's In Town" – 3:38

Personnel

The band

Additional musicians

Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ONCE THE RAGE . The Washington Post . 12 October 2021.
  2. Web site: Tommy Keene Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
  3. Web site: Tommy Keene – Isolation Party . No Depression . 12 October 2021.
  4. Web site: Tommy Keene . Trouser Press . 12 October 2021.
  5. Web site: Tommy Keene Organizes His Own Party. https://web.archive.org/web/20211023194330/http://www.mtv.com/news/150169/tommy-keene-organizes-his-own-party/. dead. October 23, 2021. MTV News.