Weeville
1990 studio album by Tall Dwarfs
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Weeville is an album by New Zealand band Tall Dwarfs, released in 1990.[3][4] It was the band's first album, after almost a decade of EP-only releases.[5]
| Weeville | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop, indie rock, lo-fi | |||
| Length | 46:14 | |||
| Label | Flying Nun[1] Homestead[2] | |||
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The album was reissued, along with Fork Songs, in 2005 by Cloud Recordings.[6] The band toured the United States to promote the reissue.[7]
Production
The album was made possible by a grant from the New Zealand Arts Council.[8]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [9] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [10] |
| Philadelphia Weekly | A[11] |
| Pitchfork | 7.0/10[12] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10[13] |
| Winnipeg Sun |  [14] |
Trouser Press called the album "unpretentious but insidiously great."[15] Exclaim! wrote that "the songs that endure are acoustically strummed with simple arrangements."[16] The Chicago Tribune labeled it "a Sgt. Pepper of low-tech innovation."[17] Philadelphia Weekly noted that "Weeville also underscores just how profoundly the Kiwi scene affected America's Elephant 6 collective, which took that affinity for pretty/ugly experimentation to dizzying heights."[11] The Winnipeg Sun deemed the band "lo-fi psych-pop pioneers."[14]
Track listing
- "Lag"
- "What More"
- "Breath"
- "Skin of My Teeth"
- "Crawl"
- "Sign the Dotted Line"
- "Pirouette"
- "Lucky"
- "Bodies"
- "Mr. Broccoli"
- "Lie"
- "The Winner"
- "Rorschach"
- "Tip of My Tongue"
- "Ozone"
- "Hallelujah Boy"