Take a Look Inside (The Folk Implosion album)

Take a Look Inside is the debut studio album by the Folk Implosion.[1][2] It was released on Communion in 1994.[3] The album experienced an uptick in sales after the release of "Natural One", selling around 10,000 copies.[4]

Take a Look Inside
Studio album by
Released1994 (1994)
Genre
Length21:35
LabelCommunion
The Folk Implosion chronology
Take a Look Inside
(1994)
Dare to Be Surprised
(1997)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [6]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide     [7]

Trouser Press called the album "more ambitious [than previous releases] thanks in part to minor studio tinkering (on the reverb-laden 'Blossom') and in part to snappy genre juxtapositions — like the Mersey-punk title track and the Lennonish 'Slap Me'."[8] The New Rolling Stone Album Guide called the album "a lightweight goof, rocking through 14 catchy songs in 22 minutes."[7]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Lou Barlow and John Davis

No.TitleLength
1."Blossom"1:00
2."Sputnik's Down"1:16
3."Slap Me"1:44
4."Chicken Squawk"0:53
5."Spiderweb-Butterfly"1:20
6."Hard to Find Out"2:06
7."Better Than Allrite"2:11
8."Why Do They Hide"1:08
9."Winter's Day"1:00
10."Boyfriend, Girlfriend"1:49
11."Shake a Little Heaven"1:28
12."Waltzin' with Your Ego"2:02
13."Take a Look Inside"1:16
14."Start Again"2:16
Total length:21:35

Personnel

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Credits adapted from liner notes.

The Folk Implosion

  • Lou Barlow – performance, arrangement, mixing
  • John Davis – performance, arrangement, mixing

Additional personnel

  • Tim O'Heir – mixing

References

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  1. ^ Buckley, Peter (January 1, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050.
  2. ^ "Folk Implosion outward: One band's road to the record stores - October 1, 1999". CNN.
  3. ^ "Folk Implosion | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Folk Implosion's Success 'Natural' For Communion". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 10, 1996.
  5. ^ "Take a Look Inside Folk Implosion". AllMusic.
  6. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 521.
  7. ^ a b The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 306.
  8. ^ "Sebadoh". Trouser Press. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
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