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Perennial Favorites

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Squirrel Nut Zippers Format: Audio CD

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Track Listings

1	Suits Are Picking Up The Bill
2	Low Down Man
3	Ghost Of Stephen Foster
4	Pallin' With Al
5	Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter
6	Trou Macacq
7	My Drag
8	Soon
9	Evening At Lafitte's
10	The Kraken
11	That Fascinating Thing
12	It's Over

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Media Type: CD
Artist: SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS
Title: PERENNIAL FAVORITES
Street Release Date: 08/04/1998
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

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Recorded over a year before its release and put on hold thanks to the phenomenal ride of 1996's Hot, their third release is where the jazz-hoppin' Squirrel Nut Zippers separate from the rest of the nostalgic Voodoo Cherry Daddy pack. Perennial Favorites covers a lot of ground: aching balladry ("Low Down Man," complete with pedal steel and intoned lovingly by chanteuse Katharine Whalen), hilarious show-tune homages ("Ghost of Stephen Foster"), romping props to the past ("Pallin' with Al," a nod to guitarist Al Casey). Thanks to imaginative arrangements, "The Kraken" and "My Drag" transcend retro hipness to forge unique sonic paths. "Suits Are Picking Up the Bill," a zingy diatribe on capitalism, may not turn out to be a smash hit like the earlier "Hell," but these Favorites should endure. --Don Harrison

Product details

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 4.94 x 0.45 inches; 3.42 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Fontana Mammoth
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 1998
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 11, 2006
Label ‏ : ‎ Fontana Mammoth
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000009PNN
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: #42,535 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #11 in Retro Swing
- #134 in Contemporary Big Band
- #4,133 in Alternative Rock (CDs & Vinyl)

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David L Hutchins

Hard to Beat; Nothing Like It

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2005

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"Ghost of Stephen Foster" is a rather strange song; very hard to describe and the lyrics don't make that much sense, but boy is it ever fun to listen to. It's the best song on the album. A lot of the zippers lyrics don't make all that much sense if you just read them. You wonder how they could possibly make a song out of that! The fact is, I think the zippers could make a song out of anything and make it sound good. The subject matter isn't all that important. Katherine Whalen sings on several of the selections and she has a voice like no other; just a few of her vocals are well worth the price of the album. Not that I agree, but some people have been critical of SNZ for sounding, at times, like an amateur band. Who cares, as long as they are so very, very entertaining and have such a unique sound? No one in their right mind could call this music boring. I also own thier "Hot" album and while you can hear some similarities in the sound, this is NOT "more of the same". It's a different album with different, unique treats to listen to. Given a choice between one or the other, it would be difficult to pick. I suggest that you buy both! The accompanying lyrics booklet is unique too. It looks like an old flower and vegetable catalog. Very creative. When you are tired of hearing the same old stuff, put on a zippers album to hear something fun and different. This is destined to be a classic if it doesn't slip into obscurity because it is difficult to classify. That's another interesting thing about SNZ. They just don't conveniently fit into a specific musical category.

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C. Walk

One of the best CDs of the 1990's

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2003

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I just just listened to the CD for the first time in quite awhile and I was reminded once again of how extremely fun & brilliant this recording is. (Of course I am biased having followed the group for several years.)
I wanted to point out that in addition to being an audio CD, "Perennial Favorites" is also an interactive CD-ROM playable in both Windows & Apple operating systems. Considered by many critics to be the most elaborate ECD ever created, this ground-breaking interactive extravaganza created over a three year period contains the following:
18 minutes of live performance video consisting of 15 different live clips including 8 songs from the "Perennial" CD, a backstage montage taken from eight shows, a documentary on recording "Perennial Favorites" at Kensway, the MTV banned "Put A Lid On It" video in its entirety and other funny stuff.
Within the interactive presentation are an additional 22 minutes of audio including audio clips and lyrics to all songs from the Zippers' previously released "The Inevitable," "Hot," & "Sold Out" albums. The "Perennial Favorites" interactive section also accesses the audio tracks from the CD directly so the "Perennial Favorites" audio tracks are playable in their entirety in full CD audio quality.
Also within the presentation is a 363 page interactive book of interviews with the band that recounts the history and formation of the Zippers through a series of interviews conducted by me spanning two years with Katharine Whalen, Jimbo Mathus, Chris Phillips, Tom Maxwell, Je Widenhouse, Tom Maxwell, Ken Mosher, Andrew Bird, Mike Napolitano & Don Raleigh. Also discussed is the creation of all the Zipper songs from "Inevitable" to "Perennial" from a variety of bandmember perspectives. There are also very rare personal photos that have never been seen before throughout the book's sections as well.
Please check out this aspect of both of these discs!

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John Barelli

These folks had too much fun doing this album.

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2002

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Ok, some of the numbers sound like they only have one sheet of music and are passing it around, working from rather drunken memory when someone else has it. And yes, from the acoustics, you can reasonably expect to hear a garage door opener in the background, perhaps even as one of the major instruments.
Having said this, I thoroughly enjoyed this album. The fun these folks had doing this album infects every cut. If you can manage to stay grumpy while listening to "The Suits are Picking Up the Bill" or "True Macacq" then you should take up being a hermit in a cave, as there is no hope for you.
Buy the album. Smile, laugh and enjoy. Insanity is both infectious and fun.

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Roxanne Heath

Good swing

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2020

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Such great music. Had this cd as a kid. Glad I found it again.

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Carter

Pretty cool

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2014

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To be honest I only ordered this because I had a little money left over on a gift card and my girlfriend really likes their Hot album. But it was a pleasant surprise to listen to their music. I like it! The older sound is nice to hear, and the fact that this band is more modern is a really cool characteristic of their music. I enjoyed this album, but I think I prefer their Hot album. It seemed to be more... cool. SNZ is a very talented band and I would recommend this to anyone that's into the older styles of music before Rock 'n' Roll.

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Steven Capwell

Good, old-style New Orleans Jazz

Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2021

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Not their best effort, a little smug in places. The Band does cook, Cathrine Waylen's vocals are beautiful, and the song "The Ghost of Steven Foster" is wonderfully spooky.

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DJxNJ

Not as good as "Hot" but makes for a nice shuffle

Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2018

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Not as good as "Hot" but makes for a nice shuffle. Still better than his most recent touring ensemble (2018).

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Joel Saunders

Really good.

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2018

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I got this for my wife. She really enjoyed it.

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ramon vicent

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 3, 2017

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Good

Calypso G.

Never heard anything like this before!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 6, 2011

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Bought this CD on impulse, never having heard this group before. I thought they would be like Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, who I really like, but it is very different. It is the quirkiest album I have ever heard! Love it!!

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Karsten Meyer

Tolle Stücke, auch ohne visuelle Untermalung durch Videos

Reviewed in Germany on September 25, 2008

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Wenn man die tollen Videos zu einem Teil der Stücke, z.B. auf Youtube, gesehen hat, wird man sich vielleicht fragen, ob die Musikstücke, hier "Ghost of Stephen Foster" und "Suits are picking up the Bill", auch ohne viesuelle Eindrücke beeindrucken können. Nun, ich finde: Sie können.
Und nicht nur die beiden "Vorführstücke" sind gut, sondern auch andere, wie "Fat Cat keeps getting fatter".
Warum nun gerade das Stück "Macacq" so eine Kopie von "Hell" (ist auf dem Album "Hot") ist? Mir gefällt "Hell" besser.

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kathy gardner

Four Stars

Reviewed in Canada on May 29, 2015

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Love this band! Such a change for a classic rocker like me.