Flubber (album)
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| Flubber | ||||
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Country folk | |||
| Length | 50:59 | |||
| Label | Rough Trade | |||
| Producer | Souled American, Jeff Hamand | |||
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Flubber is the second album by Chicago-based band Souled American.[1][2] It was released in 1989 by Rough Trade Records, and re-released, as part of the Framed box set, by tUMULt Records in 1999.[3][4] "Cupa Cowfee" is the band's interpretation of the John Fahey song "The Last Steam Engine Train".[5]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Chicago Tribune | [7] |
| New Musical Express | 8/10[8] |
The Chicago Tribune wrote: "Employing odd, broken rhythms and unorthodox sequences of notes and chords in a guitars-bass-drums format, Souled American basically breaks up the conventions of country-folk then reassembles them in a new and distinctive way."[7] The Chicago Reader called Flubber "an offhandedly pretty and searchingly lyrical record."[9]
Tracy Santa, writing in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, described it as "a postmodern Music from Big Pink" and "lost soul music" adding, "Aside from the deadpan joy and unpredictable creakiness of it all, what has probably kept me listening is that I just don’t have the slightest idea what they’re singing about. Do I care? There have always been plenty of easy answers floating around in pop music (see 'hook'). Flubber sounds like it’s having a hard time posing a question. I can respect that kind of confusion."[10]
