New York Fever (album)
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| New York Fever | ||||
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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Ska[1] | |||
| Length | 45:10 | |||
| Label | Moon[2] | |||
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New York Fever is an album by the American band the Toasters, released in 1992.[3][4][5] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[6]
The album was mixed by Joe Jackson, under the alias "Stanley Turpentine".[7][1]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [8] |
Trouser Press wrote that the album "gets off to a tremendous start with the tight, energetic title track and the swaggering groove and social commentary of 'Ploughshares into Guns' ... After that one-two punch, though, tight musicianship takes the place of solid songwriting."[9] The Kitchener-Waterloo Record opined that "the production on this album is superb, with the bass runs punctuating rather than rolling."[10] The Arizona Daily Star called the album "funny, fun and insightful," writing that it "incorporates elements of funk, township jive, calypso and dance-hall music."[11]
AllMusic noted that "the songwriting could be a bit more polished and melodic in places instead of relying on the group's admittedly fine instrumental work."[8]
