Here's to Shutting Up

Here's to Shutting Up
Studio album by
Superchunk
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2001
GenreAlternative rock, indie rock
Length43:41
LabelMerge
ProducerBrian Paulson, Superchunk
Superchunk chronology
Come Pick Me Up
(1999) 		Here's to Shutting Up
(2001) 		The Clambakes Series Vol. 1
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Alternative Press7/10[2]
Blender[3]
The Boston Phoenix[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB[5]
Pitchfork7.9/10[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]

Here's to Shutting Up is the eighth studio album by American indie rock band Superchunk. Brian Paulson, who served as co-producer, previously worked with the band on 1994's Foolish.

The band left "Phone Sex" out of the initial performances of the accompanying tour; with the September 11, 2001 attacks a painfully fresh memory, the members felt uncomfortable performing a song featuring the lyrics "Plane crash footage on TV. I know, I know that could be me."[8]

The title of the album is taken from the opening of the song "Out on the Wing."

Track listing

  1. "Late-Century Dream" – 4:37
  2. "Rainy Streets" – 2:07
  3. "Phone Sex" – 4:54
  4. "Florida's on Fire" – 3:11
  5. "Out on the Wing" – 5:51
  6. "The Animal Has Left Its Shell" – 3:32
  7. "Act Surprised" – 3:59
  8. "Art Class (Song for Yayoi Kusama)" – 4:15
  9. "What Do You Look Forward To?" – 7:41
  10. "Drool Collection" – 3:32

References

  1. ^ Semioli, Tom. "Here's to Shutting Up – Superchunk". AllMusic. Retrieved July 30, 2009.
  2. ^ "Superchunk: Here's to Shutting Up". Alternative Press (160): 97. November 2001.
  3. ^ Randall, Mac. "Superchunk: Here's to Shutting Up". Blender. Archived from the original on August 13, 2004. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  4. ^ Ashare, Matt (October 25 – November 1, 2001). "Superchunk: Here's to Shutting Up (Merge)". The Boston Phoenix. Archived from the original on October 30, 2004. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  5. ^ "Superchunk: Here's to Shutting Up". Entertainment Weekly. September 28, 2001. p. 75.
  6. ^ Schreiber, Ryan (October 9, 2001). "Superchunk: Here's to Shutting Up". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  7. ^ Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Superchunk". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 795–96. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. ^ [1][dead link‍]



Stub icon

This 2000s indie rock album–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.