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Superchunk
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (August 10, 1999)
  • Original Release Date: August 10, 1999
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Merge Records
  • ASIN: B00000JMBO
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #163,617 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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On Come Pick Me Up, Superchunk's signature buzzy, excitable, poppy, Muppet-punk wail has mellowed and developed within a genre that typically crumbles with age. It helps that the North Carolina quartet has always celebrated the simple, Raymond Carver-ish pleasures of life--front porches, cast-iron chairs, spooning one's lover, "the clutter that is everyday." Singer-songwriter and guitarist Mac McCaughan has a firm ability to achieve nonhackneyed sentimentality inside mini-anthems that revolve around the repetition of simple melodies. It's a straightforward formula the band rarely strays from--there are the rocking songs and the mellow ones and both sound cool. Gone are the gerbil wails; Mr. Mac reveals a formidable, understated, whispery singing style throughout the disc. "Good Dreams" is a tightly coiled, guitar-driven rave-up which explodes into sugary melodies wrapped around the image "Hold me all night, give me good dreams." The other winning element on Come Pick Me Up is the classy, urbane production of Jim O'Rourke, who enlists various Chicago all-stars on cello, violin, sax, trumpet, and trombone. Mixed down low, the accompaniment slides unobtrusively into the group's sound. Blisteringly rocking and unassailably tasteful, you can file Superchunk's seventh album in that thin bin marked "punk rockers who've aged gracefully". --Mike McGonigal

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5.0 out of 5 stars Goodness gracious, May 18, 2000
By G. L. Jones "luke" (Portland,OR United States) - See all my reviews
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At one point I thought there would never be another Superchunk album as good as Foolish, then the next album came out, then the next, and now this. (more or less) If I had a two disc changer in my car it would click between Tossing Seeds and Come Pick Me Up. If you feel the energy is lost in the new music you just aren't listening. When the horns (yes, horns) come in, when the lyrics are accompanied by the strings (yes, strings), it is absolutely astounding. I love nothing more than to go nuts when Precision Auto comes on the jukebox, but the songs on the new album take the cake.

If you find yourself wandering around singing "If you leave this coast..." then you are going to go absolutely spastic when you hear these new songs. Absolutely spastic.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Really Nice, October 25, 1999
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Guided by Voices new album came with a sticker that said "the last great album of the millenium". Were they ever wrong, this is way better than GBV. Mac's singing is really good on this one. The best tracks are 1,2,3,4,5,7. The strongest stuff is at the beginning so it's kinda unbalanced. The whole album is good though. Really Nice instrumentation. "Tiny bombs send bigger waves...." that sends shivers down my spine. Beautifull.
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5.0 out of 5 stars tired honey bee., June 28, 2000
By chris (brooklyn, ny USA) - See all my reviews
i recently lost my 'travel' cd case, the one that i fill up with 12 choice discs and shove in my bag to listen to on the subway or whatever. so, basically, i just lost 12 of my current favorite cd's. what a drag. in the case were beatles, tortoise, built to spill, charlie mingus and many other MUST HAVE records. i am really distraught. point of story: 'come pick me up' was in there and it is the only one that i have replaced so far. what exactly this means, i am not quite sure, only that this is a dizzyingly good, touching, hold yourself and rock back and forth, squinch up your face and smile record that i could not live without. more so than abbey road, more so than bee thousand, more so than sketches of spain. i have bought 2 copies so far and i still feel lucky everytime i listen to it.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A grower
This is a tough one for me... I'd say I'm a pretty avowed Superchunk fan, ever since I wandered into a record store and bought "Tossing Seeds" and "No Pocky For Kitty" on a whim... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Stargrazer

5.0 out of 5 stars If not their best, damn near it...
Some people seem to want a band to continually sound the same over their career, while others decry them for doing so. Read more
Published 19 months ago by T. N. Baier

3.0 out of 5 stars Two classic songs, otherwise losin' a step.
To me, SUPERCHUNK's discography begins their distinct dropoff with this album. Hello hawk and 1000 pounds are as great as any of their songs. Read more
Published on November 13, 2005 by Chris bct

5.0 out of 5 stars Shows depth and growth
This is a really great record that has stood up to a lot of listening. When I first got it over a year ago, it didn't register right away; some of the effects on the first song... Read more
Published on June 5, 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Superchunk's zenith?
How can they possibly do better than this? Great songs, great mix of sounds. It has the feel of an unintended classic. Read more
Published on June 2, 2003 by Grandjean

3.0 out of 5 stars Catchy mess
Re-listening to this album for the first time in a long time I thought I would find something that I had missed previously. Read more
Published on January 14, 2003 by K. Hernandez

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing.
I didn't give this CD enough credit the day I got it--I gave it a quick listen and put it away to listen to my Wallflowers CDs.

Well, I just placed it back in now, and... Read more

Published on January 14, 2002 by merdesnoms

5.0 out of 5 stars Why This is Their Best (So Far)
Initially picking up Superchunk's "Foolish" because my other music snob friend played it until it was worn into my brain (first side only... Read more
Published on December 10, 2001 by Charles A Galupi

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy This!
This is a great CD. If you like rock music that jams and stays in your head after you listen to it, then this CD is one you have to have. Read more
Published on July 29, 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Slack M.F. anymore
While the punk may be gone Mac and the Chunks groove on. A rewarding disc, very good strings and horns. Read more
Published on August 28, 1999 by Randy L. Sharp

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