Sebastopol Rd.
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| Sebastopol Rd. | ||||
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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Studio | Greenhouse | |||
| Label | Big Life[1] Caroline[2] | |||
| Producer | Jessica Corcoran | |||
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Sebastopol Rd. is an album by the English band Mega City Four, released in 1992.[3][4] It was the band's only album to be released in the United States; they supported it with a North American tour.[2][5] The album was reissued in 2013 with a Peel session, among other bonus tracks.[6]
The album peaked at No. 41 on the UK Albums Chart.[7]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [10] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [9] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |  [8] |
| Record Collector | [6] |
| Martin C. Strong | 6/10[1] |
Trouser Press wrote that "acoustic strums ... abound, over which the singer vents optimism, experience and, most of all, poignant disillusionment ... A rough-edged pop classic."[2] The Washington Post called the album "likable, unpretentious stuff, less stylized than is typical of most young British bands," writing that it "offers 12 bristling but tuneful songs, economical mid-tempo rockers that balance Danny Brown's and Wiz's tart guitars with the quartet's semi-sweet backing vocals."[11] The Gazette opined that "punk energy begets melodic hooks as Mega City Four grows up a bit."[12]