Dig Me Out: 90s Rock

Fountains of Wayne - Utopia Parkway | 90s Album Review


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Nailing down what exactly is "power pop" can be frustrating (we did a whole roundtable on it!), but the "power" end of it is usually found in the guitar section. From the big riffs of Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen to Robert Quine's excited guitar leads on Matthew Sweet albums, just because it's "pop" doesn't mean it doesn't rock. For their second album, Fountains of Wayne duo Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood recruited former Belltower guitarist Joey Porter and former Poises drummer Brian Young to complete the foursome. Two veteran players mean a tightened rhythm section and a bigger guitar sound that allows the band to expand their sound, touching not only on power pop from the 70s, 80s, and 90s, but elements of Britpop, psychedelia, and Queen grandiosity.

 

Songs In This Episode

Intro - Red Dragon Tattoo

13:00 - Utopia Parkway

17:48 - Lost In Space

25:45 - Denise

Outro - A Fine Day For A Parade

 

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