Revenge Is Sweet, and So Are You explained
| Revenge Is Sweet, and So Are You |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | The Mr. T Experience |
| Cover: | The Mr. T Experience - Revenge Is Sweet, and So Are You cover.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | August 26, 1997 |
| Recorded: | April 1997 |
| Genre: | Punk rock, pop punk |
| Label: | Lookout! Records[1] |
| Producer: | Kevin Army[2] |
| Prev Title: | Love is Dead |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Road to Ruin |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
Revenge Is Sweet, and So Are You is an album by the Berkeley, California, punk rock band the Mr. T Experience, released in 1997.[3] [4]
Critical reception
The Washington Post thought that the songs "show plenty of Ramones (and Buzzcocks) influence, both in their simple, speedy melodies and the bratty sense of humor."[5] Phoenix New Times deemed the album "16 tracks of tortured love and loss" and "a more eclectic bunch of songs than on Love Is Dead."[6]
AllMusic wrote: "Judging by the ambivalent commercial reaction to this wonderful slab of plastic, even if the MTX record the Rubber Soul of today's music era, they will nevertheless be ignored."
Performers
- Dr. Frank - vocals, guitar
- Joel Reader - bass
- Jim "Jym" Pittman - drums
- Joe Goldmark - pedal steel guitar on "Hell of Dumb"
- Erik Noyes - piano on "With My Looks and Your Brains"
- Kim Shattuck, Susan & Michael Portman, and J.D. & Samantha Smiley - backing vocals on "Love is Dead"
- Paige O'Donaghue - backing vocals on "She's Coming (Over Tonight)"
Album information
- Recorded and mixed April 1997 at Toast in San Francisco, California, except "I Don't Need You Now" recorded and mixed at Foxhound Sound in Oakland, California
- Produced, engineered, and mixed by Kevin Army
- Assistant engineers: Robert Shimp, Anne Marie Scott, Jacquire King, and Angela Williams
- Mastered by John Golden at John Golden Mastering
Notes and References
- Web site: Mr. T Experience . Trouser Press . 11 January 2022.
- Web site: Revenge is sweet for MTX. Tampa Bay Times.
- Web site: The Mr. T Experience Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
- Web site: Mr. T Experience Returns With Rockin' Punk-Pop Album. https://web.archive.org/web/20220111211426/http://www.mtv.com/news/1002/mr-t-experience-returns-with-rockin-punk-pop-album/. dead. January 11, 2022. MTV News.
- Web site: THE MR. T EXPERIENCE 'REVENGE IS SWEET, AND SO ARE YOU' LOOKOUT . The Washington Post . 11 January 2022.
- Web site: Sweet Revenge. Brendan Joel. Kelley. Phoenix New Times.
