Look What the Rookie Did

Zumpano | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (January 17, 1995)
• Label: Sub Pop
• ASIN: B0000035GX
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,711,137 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Party Rages On

2. Oh That Atkinson Girl

3. Rosecrans Boulevard

4. Platinum Is Best Served Cold

5. Evil Black Magic

6. Temptation Summary

7. I Dig You

8. Wraparound Shades

9. Snowflakes and Heartaches

10. Jeez Louise

11. (She's A) Full-Blodded Sicilian

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Underrated Gem., July 30, 2004

By 

N. R Wood - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Look What the Rookie Did (Audio CD)

This album is simply the one of the best pop albums of all time. The songs are so happy, yet the production and lyrics are so dark. Anyway, get this album if you listen to 'indie' rock.

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, October 2, 2009

By 

Bill Your 'Free Form FM Handi Cyber Print DJ ... (Mahwah, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Look What the Rookie Did (Audio CD)

The only problem with 1960s britpop is that the Beatles and Who were developing so fast, they never got a chance to expand on their own inventions. (The Stones were just as great but eschewed invention in pursuit of blues purism)

If you take Who Sell Out or Rubber Soul, there are entire albums either band could have made taking the cue from one of their own songs. Both fortunately and unfortunately, there was Sgt. Pepper. Obviously the most inventive album in rock, it bore a whole new way of making music, but some of the older ideas were not developed until the next generation of bands decided to pick up the gautnlet.

All this is my windbag way of saying why I love Zumpano. This band specializes in the melodic mod pop invented by there Brittsh forefaters. There are jangly tunes, and some slightly harder edge grinds that maintain the melodicism. Zumpano even does an absolutley beautiful cover of Jimmy Webb's Rosencrantz Boulavard--obvoulsly not British, but the harpischord takes this tune into Ray Davies territory. On another song, the band uses the flute. As far as UK pop goes, Zumpano's influence stops around early 1966: they are basically minimalists and don't even move their music up to Revolver, though I am certian they could anytime they wanted.

Obviously, Zumpano is not alone. Big Star went back to this period in the early 1970s, and everyone from the Jam to Blur has milked this cow. But Zumpano is so earnest and successful, no matter how derivative, this is worth hearing.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy, October 14, 2000

By 

Digger "mrpenbrook" (Oak Park, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Look What the Rookie Did (Audio CD)

Happy, happy jangling pop. Whoever heard of a lead singer with a lisp? No matter, it all works out pretty well. A band that managed to build upon the 60's pop sound without merely rehashing it -- they found a very unique sound of their own.