Jerk of All Trades
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1, 1995
Recorded1993-1995
GenrePunk rock
Length52:34
LabelGo-Kart[1]
ProducerRay Martin
Lunachicks chronology
Binge & Purge
(1992)
Jerk of All Trades
(1995)
Pretty Ugly
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[4]
Tucson Weekly[1]

Jerk of All Trades is a studio album by New York City punk rock band Lunachicks.[5][6][7] It was released in 1995 by Go-Kart Records and was produced by Ray Martin.

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly called Jerk of All Trades "an album of punkoid riffs and comic, melodic choruses."[4] Imbeciles at Trouser Press wrote: "Inoffensive songs of varying seriousness about pets, dolls, adolescent pranks and reproductive rights ... give the album a conceptual variety thoroughly blunted by the stultifying sameness of the music, a relentless barrage that furiously digs itself down a boring hole."[8] The Sun Sentinel wrote that "roaring guitars and screaming vocals make for a noisy full-length disc, but it's fun in an infantile way."[9] The Deseret News deemed the album "filled with image-altering guitars and hyper-intense arrangements."[10]

The A.V. Club called the title track "arguably Lunachicks’ greatest song."[11]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Theo Kogan except as noted; all music is composed by Lunachicks

No.TitleLength
1."Drop Dead"2:52
2."Fingerful"4:13
3."F.D.S."2:45
4."Light as a Feather"3:15
5."Edgar"3:27
6."Dogyard"2:22
7."Buttplug"1:12
8."Bitterness Barbie"3:13
9."Deal with It"3:38
10."Brickface + Stucco"3:12
11."Jerk of All Trades"2:22
12."Spoilt"3:54
13."Ring + Run"1:46
14."Fallopian Rhapsody"4:27
15."Insomnia"3:44
16."Why Me?"6:12

For track 11, "Jerk of All Trades," trumpet is played by Tommy Kennedy.

References

  1. 1 2 "Quick Scans (June 29 - July 5, 1995)". www.tucsonweekly.com.
  2. "Jerk of All Trades - Lunachicks | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 370.
  4. 1 2 "Jerk of All Trades". EW.com.
  5. "Lunachicks | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. "VH1.com : Lunachicks : Biography". VH1.com. 2005-01-08. Archived from the original on 2005-01-08. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  7. Blush, Steven (October 4, 2016). New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 9781250083623 via Google Books.
  8. "Lunachicks". Trouser Press. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  9. SCHULMAN, -SANDRA (18 June 1995). "ROBERTSON IS ON HIS OWN". Sun-Sentinel.com.
  10. "WHAT'S GOING DOWN AT AREA CLUBS IN THE UPCOMING WEEK". Deseret News. September 8, 1995.
  11. "Bash this beat like a skull: 22 fight-ready songs". Music. 26 August 2020.
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