Destination Universe | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1992 | |||
Studio | Short Order Recorder | |||
Genre | Power pop | |||
Length | 42:55 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Producer | Jeff Murphy, Material Issue | |||
Material Issue chronology | ||||
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Destination Universe is the second studio album by the American band Material Issue, released on Mercury Records in 1992. [1] [2] "What Girls Want" made the top ten on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. [3] The band promoted the album with a "Pop Against Recession Tour". [4]
Recorded at Short Order Recorder, in Zion, Illinois, the album was produced by Jeff Murphy and the band. [5] [6] Material Issue had more time and money to spend on the production. [7] The album cover is a photo of a vintage Schwinn, purchased in Calumet City. [8]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [9] |
Entertainment Weekly | A− [10] |
The Indianapolis Star | [11] |
Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Think of this music as a sort of landlocked ’90s Merseybeat, and trust in Ellison’s expertise in the mechanics that made that original Liverpool stuff so memorable: pocketsful of melodies, bursting guitars, and the unspoken belief that these are the things that make life worth living." [10] Trouser Press concluded that the album "suffers from a serious lack of strong tunes." [6]
Rolling Stone deemed it "not exactly a wildly original piece of work, but it's full of memorable pop-rock tracks." [12] The Indianapolis Star determined that, "with rough Hollies vocals and keen grasp of styles that they heard as kids, Material Issue drives its own vehicle—but it's always cruising for girls." [11]
All songs written by Jim Ellison