Carnival Boy

Tobin Sprout | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 1, 1996)
• Original Release Date: September 10, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Matador Records
• ASIN: B0000036WV
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #284,848 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Natural Alarm

2. Cooler Jocks

3. E's Navy Blue

4. The Bone Yard

5. Carnival Boy

6. Martin's Mounted Head

7. Gas Daddy Gas

8. To My Beloved Martha

9. White Flyer

10. I Didn't Know

11. Gallant Men

12. It's Like Soul Man

13. Hermit Stew

14. The Last Man Well Known To Kingpin

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tobin's first (and possibly finest), March 23, 2000

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Garry Messick (Boynton Beach, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carnival Boy (Audio CD)

Sprout's most GBV-like album is a gem of low- to mid-fi pop craftsmanship. His melodies aren't as original as former fellow bandmember Robert Pollard's, but that cuts two ways. Where Pollard's tunes occasionally meander fecklessly, Sprout's are always direct and appealing. Varied, tuneful and engaging eccentric pop.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellant, November 25, 2004

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paul stanley "pauly" (midwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carnival Boy (Audio CD)

this is one of my favorite releases, tobin shows he was very much a part of the early gbv albums, because those albums were the best, gbv is done and with no wonder, their songs became bad ''WHO'' remakes, they were much better when they had the ''BEATLE'' influence that tobin aspires to. this album is very simple but at the same time very catchy in their pop sensibility. too bad tobin was out of gbv before they really would have hit it big i hope he continues to release more and more solo stuff though this release has been out for a long time and the other solo albums don't have the same feel

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Never Too Far From the CD Player, March 12, 2004

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Professor Booty (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carnival Boy (Audio CD)

I've been a big GBV fan since Vampire on Titus and was embarassingly upset when Sprout left the fold and Pollard fired the band. This cd righted the ship for me. Without the shadow of Pollard over his shoulder, it seems like Sprout could write some non-self conscious songs that really resonate. I love the vibe of this whole cd and listen to it every couple months. If you like Bee Thousand cut with a little Belle & S style acoustics, toss it on. It's like soul, man.