Totally Lost

Young Fresh Fellows | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 5, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bmg Music
• ASIN: B00000DTZ8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,346,922 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Everything's Gonna Turn Out Great

2. Failure

3. The Universal Trendsetter

4. Don't Look at My Face You Might See What I Mean

5. I'd Say That You Were Upset

6. No Help at All

7. No One Really Knows

8. Little Softy

9. I Blew My Stack

10. Take My Brain Away

11. Celebration

12. Picky Piggy

13. Totally Lost [Complete Version]

14. You're Not Supposed to Laugh

15. World Tour '88

Editorial Reviews

Well, at least partially lost. Recorded at a time of much band turmoil (founding guitarist Chuck Carroll had left, though he plays on most of the album, and replacement Kurt Bloch had not quite fully integrated himself into the band yet, plus this was their first official release for Frontier Records after the L.A.-based label had reissued 1987's The Men Who Loved Music), Totally Lost is the sound of a band who isn't quite sure which of several directions they could travel. Most notably, the silliness of previous albums is almost totally absent; even drolly titled tunes like "I'd Say That You Were Upset" and "The Universal Trendsetter" have a more mature tone to them than before. In keeping with this newfound seriousness, the manic, almost-punky edge of earlier albums is missing, and some songs have hints of the more rootsy feel leader Scott McCaughey would soon take both in the late-period Young Fresh Fellows and his later project, the Minus 5. A transitional album, Totally Lost is the Fellows' weakest effort since their scattershot debut, but the increased sophistication both in McCaughey's songs and the band's tighter-than-ever playing makes it worthwhile. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the most accessible YFF CD, February 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Totally Lost (Audio CD)

This, the Young Fresh Fellow's 4th studio recording (circa 1988), is probably their 5th best album, after the first 3 and This One's For The Ladies. It's still a great album, but it's a little less creative, playful, fun, exuberent and, well, interesting, than their earlier work. As the band admitted in the original LP liner notes, success hadn't hit, they were still holding onto their day jobs ("we have our degrees to fall back on") and about to go through a roster change (original guitarist Chuck Carroll would leave to be replaced by the Fastbacks' Kurt Bloch). If not Totally Lost, they were definitely searching, and some of them were racing into their 30s when they made this. It shows.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a great record? ( Compared to what?), November 5, 2001

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andrew ward (Bellingham, WA. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Totally Lost (Audio CD)

This is a solid record, anything with 7 great songs on it is usually 4 or 5 more great songs than most other.... Anyway, my point is, of the 15 tunes 1/2 are really good and to me that's worthy of making note, think of it as a world class EP and skip the 3 or 4 songs that don't do it for you.

Keep in mind, it's hard to find music in the style anymore, kinda like the Byrds with a sense of humor, maybe that's not a good description but you'll see what I mean when you buy it, and you will buy it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The worst of the Fellows (but still worth it for a fan), May 26, 2001

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Nathan M DeHoff (Absurd City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Totally Lost (Audio CD)

This is probably the weakest of the Young Fresh Fellows' albums. That's not to say that's it's a total dud all the way through; there are plenty of songs to like. "Celebration," "You're Not Supposed To Laugh," and the theme song all rank among the Fellows' best work, and "The Universal Trendsetter" and "I'd Say That You Were Upset" exemplify the kind of humor that was so pervasive on the band's earlier albums. Many of the tracks on here just don't grab me, however. Some are fairly boring, and others are noisy without saying much. That's not to say that you won't like them (they've been growing on me), but this probably shouldn't be your introduction to the wonderful world of the Young Fresh Fellows. Get it after you're familiar with the group's better work.