Twenty-Eight Teeth Explained

Twenty-Eight Teeth
Type:Studio album
Artist:Buck-O-Nine
Cover:Buck-O-Nine - Twenty-Eight Teeth cover.jpg
Released:1997
Recorded:1997
Genre:Ska punk
Length:42:43
Label:TVT[1]
Producer:Neill King, David Kershenbaum
Prev Title:Water in My Head
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:Pass the Dutchie
Next Year:1998

Twenty-Eight Teeth is an album by the American ska punk band Buck-O-Nine, released in 1997.[2] [3]

"My Town", about La Jolla, California, peaked at No. 32 on Billboards Modern Rock Tracks chart.[4] [5] The album peaked at No. 190 on the Billboard 200.[6]

Twenty-Eight Teeth sold more than 200,000 copies.[7] The band promoted it by touring with Primus.[8]

Production

The album was produced by Neill King and David Kershenbaum. It contains a cover of Joe Jackson's "I'm the Man".[4] "What Happened to My Radio?" is about the narrowing of radio playlists.[9]

Critical reception

The Record called the album "an infectious and energetic workout that avoids the same-rhythm rut that most bands of the snappy, staggered-tempo genre fall into."[10] The San Diego Union-Tribune noted that "'Nineteen' is jet-powered by Jonas Kleiner's careening guitars, while 'My Town' gets its cheery bounce from Scott Kennerly's bobbing bass and Steve Bauer's swinging drums."[11] The New Times Broward-Palm Beach praised the "full-throttle skacore ... where hyperactive ska grooves set the pace only to lurch into supercharged punk status come chorus time."[12]

AllMusic wrote that "Buck-O-Nine needs to give more time to the horn section and engage in the kind of loopy interplay that made the Specials so interesting."

Track listing

All songs written by Buck-O-Nine except "I'm the Man" written by Joe Jackson.

Credits

Performance

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Buck-O-Nine Sinks Its Teeth Into American Radio. https://web.archive.org/web/20220127233021/http://www.mtv.com/news/509643/buck-o-nine-sinks-its-teeth-into-american-radio/. dead. January 27, 2022. MTV News.
  2. Web site: Buck-O-Nine Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
  3. Web site: Hell of a Hat: The Rise of ’90s Ska and Swing. Kenneth. Partridge. September 14, 2021. Penn State Press. Google Books.
  4. Bambarger . Bradley . The modern age . Billboard . Sep 6, 1997 . 109 . 36 . 109.
  5. Web site: Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008. Joel. Whitburn. January 27, 2008. Hal Leonard Corporation. Google Books.
  6. Book: Whitburn . Joel . Top Pop Albums . 2010 . Record Research Inc. . 117 . 7.
  7. Web site: Buck-O-Nine | San Diego Reader. www.sandiegoreader.com.
  8. News: Maestri . Cathy . To the Nines . The Press-Enterprise . October 24, 1997 . AA12.
  9. News: Healy . James . Buck-O-Nine wants to hear (its) cool songs on the radio . The San Diego Union-Tribune . May 15, 1997 . Entertainment . 18.
  10. News: DeMarco . Jerry . READYING THE WORLD FOR SKA BUCK-O-NINE IS HOPEFUL . The Record . 27 June 1997 . LIFESTYLE/PREVIEWS . 26.
  11. News: Peterson . Karla . A big deal for Buck-O-Nine - Spring spins in with tons of new tunes . The San Diego Union-Tribune . April 3, 1997 . Entertainment . 17.
  12. News: Weiss . Neal . Passing the Buck . New Times Broward-Palm Beach . November 13, 1997 . Music.