I Hope It Lands

I Hope It Lands
Studio album by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Released	1996
Recorded	Coast Recorders, San Francisco, California
Genre	Indie rock
Length	40:10
Label	Communion
Producer	Gibbs Chapman, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 chronology
Strangers from the Universe (1994) I Hope It Lands (1996) Bob Dinners and Larry Noodles Present Tubby Turdner's Celebrity Avalanche (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Orlando Sentinel	[2]

I Hope It Lands is an album by the American band Thinking Fellers Union Local 282.[3][4] It was released in 1996 through Communion Records.[5][6]

Critical reception

The Orlando Sentinel called the album "another mad collection of brief sound collages, twisted pop tunes and fractured chunks of art-rock."[2] The Santa Fe New Mexican concluded that "their songs are like singing telegrams from the distant cosmic spring that flows down to both Sonic Youth and Captain Beefheart."[7] Trouser Press declared that "the band has the miraculous group-mind of a flock of birds, and the record flows like nothing they’ve ever done before—even the little noise-twiddles are part of the record’s grand mid-air arc."[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Poem"	1:04
2.	"A Lamb's Lullaby"	3:17
3.	"Empty Cup"	2:59
4.	"I Hope It Lands"	1:19
5.	"Lizard's Dream"	3:58
6.	"Cornad Adrift Toward Mars"	1:15
7.	"Elgin Miller"	4:27
8.	"Hudson Bottom Dance"	1:42
9.	"Jagged Ambush Bug"	0:17
10.	"Brains"	3:16
11.	"Rampaging Fuckers of Anything on the Crazy Shitting Planet of the Vomit Atmosphere"	1:16
12.	"Cuckoo at the World"	1:35
13.	"Inspector Fat Ass"	0:53
14.	"The Arbeiter"	3:04
15.	"Triple X"	5:48
16.	"Booth Delirium"	1:47
17.	"Hills"	2:13

Personnel

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

• Mark Davies – vocals, guitar, banjo
• Anne Eickelberg – vocals, bass guitar, piano
• Brian Hageman – vocals, guitar, mandolin, tape
• Jay Paget – drums, percussion, keyboards
• Hugh Swarts – vocals, guitar

Production and additional personnel

• Gibbs Chapman – production, recording
• Margaret Murray – design
• Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 – production, recording

References

1. Way, Brian. "I Hope It Lands". AllMusic. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
2. Gettelman, Parry (17 May 1996). "THINKING FELLERS UNION LOCAL 282". Orlando Sentinel. Calendar. p. 6.
3. Stubbs, David (Apr 20, 1996). "Albums — I Hope It Lands by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282". Melody Maker. 73 (16): 36.
4. "Thinking Fellers Union Local 282". Perfect Sound Forever.
5. "Thinking Fellers Union Local #282 Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
6. Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9781627883795 – via Google Books.
7. Terrell, Steve (6 Sep 1996). "TERRELL'S TUNE-UP". The Santa Fe New Mexican. PASATIEMPO. p. 18.
8. "Thinking Fellers Union Local 282". Trouser Press. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

External links

• I Hope It Lands at Discogs (list of releases)