| Suddenly, Tammy! | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Suddenly, Tammy! |
| Cover: | Suddenly Tammy - Suddenly Tammy (album cover).jpg |
| Released: | May 25, 1993 |
| Length: | 45:12 |
| Label: | spinART Records |
| Producer: | Suddenly, Tammy! |
| Next Title: | (We Get There When We Do.) |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
Suddenly, Tammy! is the self-titled debut album by Suddenly, Tammy![1] It was released in 1993 via spinART Records.
The album sold around 14,000 copies the first year of its release, making it a success for spinART.[2]
The album was recorded at the band's Cat Box studio, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Trouser Press wrote: "The overly polite indie-label debut sidesteps the likely Carole King comparisons, mostly because the delicate melodies aren’t memorable enough and Beth Sorrentino hasn’t got that strong or distinctive a voice. (She is, however, a skillful pianist.)"[3] The Washington Post wrote that the album "does have moments that are hopelessly coy, but such lively tracks as 'Lamp' and 'Ryan' give Sorrentino's dreaming a kick inside."[4] The New York Times opined that the band "echoes the odd-angled melodies and enigmatic lyrics of Throwing Muses, the smoky voice of 10,000 Maniacs' Natalie Merchant, and the rolling arpeggios and choppy chords of Tori Amos; it also has the calm, determined eccentricity of those performers."[5]