| Sound ... Goodbye to Your Standards | ||||
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| Released | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | Sire/Reprise[1] | |||
| Producer | Andy Paley | |||
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Sound ... Goodbye to Your Standards is an album by the English band the Mighty Lemon Drops, released in 1991.[2][3]
The album's first single was "Unkind", which peaked at No. 28 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.[4][5] The band supported the album by touring with Sister Double Happiness; they were also part of the ill-fated 1991 festival A Gathering of the Tribes.[6][7][8]
The album was produced by Andy Paley.[9] About half of the songs were written by guitar player David Newton.[10] The album was recorded live in the studio, in about two weeks.[11] Most of its songs are about relationship issues.[12]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [13] |
| Calgary Herald | B-[14] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [15] |
| Houston Chronicle |  [1] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [16] |
| The Tampa Tribune | [12] |
Trouser Press wrote: "Stumbling through faint stabs at blues, beat-era rock'n'roll and ravedelia, the group sounds lost and bored, a plight exacerbated by the dire production, which is not only flat and sloppy but inconsistent at that."[10] Spin panned the "excessive echo, non-distinct, nondescript vocals, and inefficient layers of guitar."[17] The Indianapolis Star opined that "the Drops nearly redeem the lackluster material with some sterling performances."[18]
The St. Petersburg Times determined that "dream-like melodies, stoked by '60s-flavored rhythms, steal effective moments in cuts such as 'Unkind', 'My Shadow Girl' and 'Too High'."[19] The Los Angeles Times deemed the album "perhaps the group's best effort, due to pop-master Andy Paley's production and musical collaboration."[20] The Calgary Herald stated: "Soft and accessible, it's also too safe and a little bit too familiar."[14]
AllMusic wrote that "Sound is a reminder of how most alternative rock, in the months before Nirvana broke, was just as boring and predictable as anything in the mainstream."[13]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Too High" | |
| 2. | "Unkind" | |
| 3. | "My Shadow Girl" | |
| 4. | "Barry's Poem" | |
| 5. | "Always" | |
| 6. | "Big Surprise" | |
| 7. | "Cold, Cold Heart" | |
| 8. | "Annabelle" | |
| 9. | "You Don't Appreciate Anything" | |
| 10. | "Colorful-Loving-Me" | |
| 11. | "Ready, Steady, No!" |
