Broadcaster (album)
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| Broadcaster | ||||
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | Capitol[1] | |||
| Producer | Don Fleming | |||
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Broadcaster is the first album by the American band Triple Fast Action, released in 1996.[2][3] "Revved Up" was the album's first single.[4] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[5] Broadcaster was a commercial failure.[6]
The album was produced by Don Fleming in New York, with Brad Wood working on two tracks at Idful Music Corporation in Chicago.[7] The band finished recording the album in March 1995, although it was not released until April 1996.[7]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [8] |
| Chicago Tribune | [9] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [10] |
The Chicago Tribune wrote that "tempos rise and fall like a roller coaster, texture counts as much as hooks, and the studio is used like a mood-enhancing drug."[9] Trouser Press thought that, "on the dreamy 'Don’t Tell', the concussive 'American City World' and the closing ten-minute 'Superstar' (by turns wan and wild), [Wes] Kidd shows that he can do propulsive, smartened-up modern rock as well as anyone else these days."[11] The Washington Post noted that the band's "gift for melody overwhelms its more self-conscious tendencies ... The album is occasionally annoying, but its dumb gimmicks are roughly balanced by smart songs."[12]
The Richmond Times-Dispatch praised the "breakneck rhythms, guitar pyrotechnics and angst-filled vocals," writing that "each song points to a lot of consideration in arrangements, execution and mix."[13] The Daily Herald called the album "chock-full of energetic, pop-laced modern rock nuggets distinguished by Kidd's appealingly raspy vocals and his and [Ronnie] Schneider's aggressive guitar work."[14] The Chicago Sun-Times opined that the band's "brand of power pop has an undeterred grace fueled by Wes Kidd's vibrant vocals and the group's solid musicianship."[15]
AllMusic wrote that "the band's full-throttle, post-Nirvana rock would have played better in 1993 than in 1996, when this type of thing was already going out of style."[8]
