Description: Album Notes: By the time of Girl Crushes Boy, Smile had shaken off the unwieldy grunge moves of earlier years to embrace something far more enjoyable. While still rocking loud as hell when they wanted to -- further helped by the fine production work of the consistently great Mark Trombino, who also plays a variety of instruments -- Smile here create what a good power pop record should be: volume cranked high, not winsome but brawling brightly. “The Best Years” kicks things off with all that and more, including a great mid-song break that almost fully shifts the time signature without calling attention to the fact and a killer Mike Rosas lyric in “Come to my house, break down the door, it’s OK!” The full-bodied guitar riffs are focused down to the wire, resulting in songs that recapture new wave herky-jerky mania (“Too Many Reasons”, with a great keyboard bit to match). Sometimes the odd little twists and turns in songs are so carefully handled that one can almost miss them, such as the waltz-like swing of "Sputnik" or the sweet, slow lope of “The Scientologist’s Love Affair”, one of the band’s better song titles. If there's a hands-down killer song, “This Freaky Slow Dance” is it, one of the best and indeed honestly danceable rock songs of the late '90s, with a chorus that descends and then whooshes back, sounding a bit like the Fall’s “Rebellious Jukebox” turned into a groovy party. “Instant Brain Damage" is right on up there as well, a great building burn of a song that suddenly turns utterly fantastic with the way Rosas sing/snarl/purrs “Brain damage, brain damage!” in the chorus while the band cleanly blasts along. Points as well to the band’s hometown references to Costa Mesa in “So Different Now.” ~ Ned Raggett, All Music Guide Track List: 1. Best Years, The 2. Too Many Reasons 3. Lawndarts 4. This Freaky Slow Dance 5. Sputnik 6. Peach and Brown 7. Instant Brain Damage 8. You Cast a Crazy Spell on Me 9. Scientologist’s Love Affair, The 10. So Different Now 11. Girl Crushes Boy 12. Something With Gravity The Girl Crushes Boy CD by Smile is factory-sealed new. It has never been played and has always been kept in its original packaging and shrink wrap. The CD is not a promo or cutout. There are no marks or punches of any kind. All our CDs and vinyl are new!
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Location: San Diego, California
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Release Year: 1998
Format: CD
Genre: Alternative, Rock, Rock & Pop
Run Time: 66 min.
Style: Alternative/Indie
Record Label: Headhunter Cargo
Artist: Smile
Release Title: Girl Crushes Boy *
