Beet (album)

Beet
Studio album by
Eleventh Dream Day
ReleasedNovember 1989
RecordedJune 1989
GenreRock
Length43:58
LabelAtlantic
ProducerGary Waleik[1]
Eleventh Dream Day chronology
Prairie School Freakout
(1988) 		Beet
(1989) 		Borscht
(1990)

Beet is the second full-length album by Chicago, Illinois rock band Eleventh Dream Day and their first on a major label, Atlantic Records.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chicago Sun-Times[3]
Robert ChristgauC+[6]
The Great Alternative & Indie Discography6/10[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[5]
Rolling Stone[7]

Chicago Reader wrote: "Beet, recorded over a leisurely four days, is a hoot. Lissome guitar lines float in and amongst varying degrees of thunder riffing; Rizzo's voice flails wildly above the mix."[8]

Track listing

  1. "Between Here and There" (Baird Figi, Rick Rizzo) - 4:45
  2. "Testify" (Rizzo) - 4:03
  3. "Bagdad's Last Ride" (Janet Beveridge Bean) - 4:04
  4. "Awake I Lie" (Rizzo) - 5:20
  5. "Road That Never Winds" (Rizzo) - 3:22
  6. "Axle" (Rizzo) - 3:42
  7. "Michael Dunne" (Figi, Rizzo) - 3:28
  8. "Bomb the Mars Hotel" (Figi) - 3:32
  9. "Teenage Pin Queen" (Rizzo) - 3:58
  10. "Love to Hate to Love" (Rizzo) - 3:31
  11. "Go (Slight Return)" (Bean, Rizzo) - 4:06
    Bonus tracks
  12. "Seiche" (Figi) - 3:07 On CD only

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Cohen, Jason (26 August 2015). "11 Eleventh Dream Day Songs From 11 Eleventh Dream Day Records". Pitchfork.
  2. ^ Ned Raggett. "Beet - Eleventh Dream Day | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  3. ^ "Album Reviews 2001".
  4. ^ Strong, M. C. (Martin Charles) (April 6, 1999). The great alternative & indie discography. Edinburgh : Canongate. ISBN 9780862419134 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ Gary Graff, ed. (1996). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). London: Visible Ink Press. ISBN 978-0-7876-1037-1.
  6. ^ "CG: Eleventh Dream Day". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  7. ^ "Eleventh Dream Day: Beet : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
  8. ^ Wyman, Bill (9 November 1989). "Rock 'n' Roll: Eleventh Dream Day's pretty decent debut". Chicago Reader.