Sebastopol Rd.
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The album peaked at No. 41 on the UK Albums Chart.[6]
Production
Produced by Jessica Corcoran, Sebastopol Rd. was recorded at Greenhouse Studios, in England.[7][5] It was named after the band's rehearsal space.[8]
Critical reception
Template:Album ratings 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."[3] 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."[9] The Gazette opined that "punk energy begets melodic hooks as Mega City Four grows up a bit."[10]
Legacy
AllMusic noted: "Heard from ten years' distance, Sebastopol Rd. is at once comfortably obvious and weirdly prescient. While Wiz's high, impassioned vocals weren't emo per se—and he was always careful to sing rather than scream—there's a weird way in how the 12 songs almost predict the future without trying to."[11] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide labeled the album "a tense, taut, pop mini-masterpiece."[7] In 2013, Record Collector deemed it "an indie-pop gem with punk overtones."[5] The Rough Guide to Rock considered it "one of the 90s catchiest (pre-Britpop) discs."[12]
Track listing
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mega City Four Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Simmonds, Jeremy (September 3, 2008). The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches. Chicago Review Press.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mega City Four". Trouser Press. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rosenbluth, Jean (5 June 1992). "Power Pop from Mega City Four". Los Angeles Times. p. F21.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sebastopol Rd". Record Collector.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mega City Four Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company.
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CLwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jenkins, Mark (8 Apr 1992). "British Punkers for the '90s". The Washington Post. p. D7.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lepage, Mark (23 May 1992). "Mega City Four Sebastopol Rd". The Gazette. p. E9.
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