Weeville

Weeville is an album by New Zealand band Tall Dwarfs, released in 1990.[7][8] It was the band's first album, after almost a decade of EP-only releases.[9]

Weeville
Studio album by
Tall Dwarfs
Released1 September 1990
GenreIndie pop, indie rock, lo-fi
Length46:14
LabelFlying Nun[1]
Homestead Records[2]
Tall Dwarfs chronology
Hello Cruel World
(1986)		 Weeville
(1990)		 Fork Songs
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[4]
Pitchfork7/10[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[6]

The album was reissued, along with Fork Songs, in 2005 by Cloud Recordings.[10]

Production

The album was made possible by a grant from the New Zealand Arts Council.[11]

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "unpretentious but insidiously great."[12] Exclaim! wrote that "the songs that endure are acoustically strummed with simple arrangements."[13] The Chicago Tribune called it "a Sgt. Pepper of low-tech innovation."[14]

Track listing
  1. "Lag"
  2. "What More"
  3. "Breath"
  4. "Skin Of My Teeth"
  5. "Crawl"
  6. "Sign The Dotted Line"
  7. "Pirouette"
  8. "Lucky"
  9. "Bodies"
  10. "Mr. Broccoli"
  11. "Lie"
  12. "The Winner"
  13. "Rorschach"
  14. "Tip Of My Tongue"
  15. "Ozone"
  16. "Hallelujah Boy"

References
  1. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 8: MUZE. p. 33.CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. Encarnacao, John (April 15, 2016). Punk Aesthetics and New Folk: Way Down the Old Plank Road. Routledge. ISBN 9781317073215 – via Google Books.
  3. "Weeville - Tall Dwarfs | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  4. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 647.
  5. "Tall Dwarfs: Weeville / Fork Songs". Pitchfork.
  6. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 396.
  7. Thompson, Dave (October 29, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  8. "Tall Dwarfs | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  9. "Tall Dwarfs - AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz.
  10. Meyer, Bill. "Tall Dwarfs". Chicago Reader.
  11. Buckley, Peter (October 29, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  12. "Chris Knox". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  13. "Tall Dwarves Weeville / Fork Songs". exclaim.ca.
  14. Kot, Greg. "1992'S BEST ALBUMS". chicagotribune.com.



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