Black Candy

Black Candy
Studio album by Beat Happening
Released	1989[1]
Recorded	1988
Genre	Twee pop noise pop
Length	30:03
Label	K
Producer	Steve Fisk[2]
Beat Happening chronology
Jamboree (1988) Black Candy (1989) Dreamy (1991)

Black Candy is the third album by indie pop band Beat Happening.[3]

Release and reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Alternative Rock	4/10[5]
Hi-Fi News & Record Review	B:1[6]

Beat Happening promoted it with tours alongside Fugazi in 1990 and 1991.[5]

Author Dave Thompson, in his book Alternative Rock (2000), wrote that despite the titular song "kick[ing] critical ass," the remainder of the album "sounds like BH didn't actually know they were making it. Or that someone was taping the rehearsal."[5]

Track listing

All tracks written by Beat Happening.

1. "Other Side" – 3:35
2. "Black Candy" – 3:00
3. "Knick Knack" – 2:13
4. "Pajama Party in a Haunted Hive" – 4:38
5. "Gravedigger Blues" – 2:26
6. "Cast a Shadow" – 2:31
7. "Bonfire" – 3:12
8. "T.V. Girl" – 2:31
9. "Playhouse" – 2:30
10. "Ponytail" – 3:27

Cover versions

Beat Happening's songs from Black Candy have been covered by other artists:

• Sonic Youth released a version of the album's title track featuring vocals by Kim Gordon.
• Both Cub and Yo La Tengo have rendered their own versions of “Cast A Shadow”.

References

Citations

1. Lindsay, Cam (November 12, 2015). "Rank Your Records: Calvin Johnson Reluctantly Ranks Beat Happening's Records".
2. Azerrad, Michael (December 1, 2012). Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316247184 – via Google Books.
3. "TrouserPress.com :: Beat Happening". www.trouserpress.com.
4. Allmusic
5. Thompson 2000, p. 182
6. "Review: Beat Happening — Black Candy" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 12. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. December 1989. p. 145. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021 – via World Radio History.

Sources

• Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. Third Ear: The Essential Listening Companion. San Francisco, California: Miller Freeman Books. ISBN 0-87930-607-6.

External links

• Black Candy at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)