| Super Tasty | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Gumball |
| Cover: | Gumballsupertasty.jpg |
| Released: | 1993 |
| Recorded: | 1993 |
| Genre: | Alternative rock, grunge, indie rock |
| Length: | 39:55 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Butch Vig[1] |
| Prev Title: | Wisconsin Hayride |
| Prev Year: | 1992 |
| Next Title: | Revolution on Ice |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
Super Tasty is the second album by Gumball.[2] It was released in 1993 via Columbia, the band's first album for a major label.[3] [4]
Three singles, "Accelerator," "The Damage Done" and "Real Gone Deal," received airplay on alternative radio and 120 Minutes. Dinosaur Jr's J Mascis plays on two tracks.
The album was partly recorded in a barn close to Vig's Smart Studios.[5]
Trouser Press wrote: "A bit more bite would not have gone amiss; much of Fleming’s lyric irony sounds more weary than wired. Still, Super Tasty is a buzzin’ good time, if only for its wonderfully retro sonic glitz."[6] The Chicago Tribune called the album "overproduced," writing that the songs sounded better in concert.[7] New York Magazine called it "full of rollicking, loose-limbed road songs."[5] The New York Times wrote: " In songs that are well-made but never break free of their genres, the band seems content to be a throwback, while a listener is left waiting for the twist."[8] Spin wrote that Super Tasty "has a nice, loose, rockin' vibe."[9]
All songs by Don Fleming unless otherwise noted