A Brilliant Mistake is a full-length album by American alternative rock band Tsunami, released in 1997.[5] It was the band's last album.[6]

A Brilliant Mistake
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1997
RecordedApril 1997
GenreRock
Length47:28
LabelSimple Machines[1]
ProducerTsunami
Dave Trumfio
Tsunami chronology
World Tour & Other Destinations
(1995)
A Brilliant Mistake
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[4]

Production

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The album was recorded in Chicago. Members of The Sea and Cake, the Coctails, and the Pulsars contributed instrumentation to the album.[7]

Critical reception

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The Washington Post wrote that "Tsunami still doesn't compose outgoing melodies, but the band's control of mood and texture has become formidable."[7] CMJ New Music Monthly called the album "heady and beautiful," and praised Jenny Toomey's "rich, liquid voice."[8] Nashville Scene called the album the band's best, writing that "the instrumentation on A Brilliant Mistake is a remarkable achievement—an absorption of some of the prettier sounds of the 'post-rock' movement while retaining a fundamentally aggro-punk edge."[9] The Courier-Journal wrote that "Tsunami hasn't forgotten how to write challenging pop songs, and Toomey's voice remains one of indie rock's most beautiful instruments."[10]

Track listing

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  1. "Old Grey Mare"
  2. "Great Mimes"
  3. "Double Shift"
  4. "Enter Misguided"
  5. "The Workers Are Punished"
  6. "Liar's Dice (Flight of the Chickens)"
  7. "The Match"
  8. "Poodle"
  9. "Unbridled"
  10. "DMFH"
  11. "David Foster Wallace"
  12. "Hockey"
  13. "PBS"

References

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  1. ^ "Simple Machines Records | Tsunami". www.simplemachines.net.
  2. ^ "A Brilliant Mistake - Tsunami | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 277.
  4. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1171.
  5. ^ "Tsunami | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^ Crain, Zac (October 25, 2001). "Double Shift". Dallas Observer.
  7. ^ a b Jenkins, Mark (August 15, 1997). "TSUNAMI" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  8. ^ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly (November 1997): 54.
  9. ^ "Notes". Nashville Scene. 11 September 1997.
  10. ^ Puckett, Jeffrey Lee (September 6, 1997). "Reviews". The Courier-Journal: 4.