| Songs From Suburbia | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Spring Heeled Jack USA |
| Cover: | Songsfromsuburbia.jpg |
| Released: | July 21, 1998[1] |
| Recorded: | The Hit Factory in New York City |
| Genre: | Third-wave Ska |
| Length: | 37:24 |
| Label: | Ignition Records (A subsidiary of Tommy Boy Records) |
| Producer: | Mr. Colson |
| Prev Title: | Static World View |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Sound Salvation |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
Songs From Suburbia is the second album by Spring Heeled Jack.[2] [3] The album was recorded at The Hit Factory recording studio in New York City.
The band released a music video for the song "Jolene".[4] "Time" originally appeared on the band's demo cassette, Connecticut Ska. "Makisupa Policeman" is a cover of the Phish song.[5]
The Houston Press called the band "an insufferably sunny septet from Connecticut's bedroom-community wasteland," writing that "all of it goes down as easily as room-temperature Bud Light inhaled through an Olympic-sized beer bong." The Omaha World-Herald deemed the album "good ska tunes—many with a rock edge."[6]
AllMusic wrote that "while Spring Heeled Jack earned themselves a niche in the East Coast ska scene with their debut album Static World View, the follow-up Songs From Suburbia is far superior."
All songs by Spring Heeled Jack USA except "Pop Song (Green)" by Engle, Green and "Makisupa Policeman" by Trey Anastasio.