Cruise Yourself

Cruise Yourself is the third studio album by American post-hardcore band Girls Against Boys, released in October 1994 by record label Touch and Go.

Cruise Yourself
Studio album by
Girls Against Boys
ReleasedOctober 3, 1994 (1994-10-03)
RecordedMay 1994 (1994-05)
StudioOz Studios, Baltimore, United States
Genre
Length40:59
LabelTouch and Go
ProducerTed Niceley
Girls Against Boys chronology
(I) Don't Got a Place
(1994)		 Cruise Yourself
(1994)		 Kill the Sexplayer
(1995)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau[3]
NME[4]
Q[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Trouser Pressunfavourable[7]

Cruise Yourself has received a mixed-to-favorable response from critics.

Accolades
Year Publication Country Accolade Rank
1998Alternative PressUnited States "The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s"53[8]
2000Rock de LuxSpain "Best Albums of the '90s"102[9]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Girls Against Boys.

No.TitleLength
1."Tucked-In"4:17
2."Cruise Your New Baby Fly Self"3:11
3."Kill the Sexplayer"3:16
4."(I) Don't Got a Place"3:43
5."Psychic Know-How"3:41
6."Explicitly Yours"4:59
7."From Now On"4:15
8."Raindrop"3:13
9."The Royal Lowdown"2:41
10."My Martini"3:41
11."Glazed-Eye"4:02

Personnel

Adapted from the Cruise Yourself liner notes.[10]

Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1994 Touch and Go CD, CS, LP TG134

References
  1. Jeff Terich. August 30, 2012. 10 Essential ’90s Post-Hardcore Albums. treblezine.com
  2. Raggett, Ned. "Cruise Yourself". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  3. Christgau, Robert. "Girls Against Boys". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  4. columnist (October 1994). "Girls Against Boys: Cruise Yourself". NME: 52.
  5. columnist (November 1994). "Girls Against Boys: Cruise Yourself". Q: 112.
  6. Brackett, Nathan, ed. (November 2004). "Girls Against Boys". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. p. 332.
  7. Kot, Greg (2007). "Girls Against Boys". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  8. "The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s". Alternative Press. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  9. "Best Albums of the '90s". Rock de Lux. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  10. Cruise Yourself (booklet). Girls Against Boys. Chicago, Illinois: Touch and Go Records. 1994.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.