From Beyond the Back Burner

From Beyond the Back Burner is the debut album by Arizona-based pop rock band Gas Giants, released on Atomic Pop Records on October 19, 1999.^[1]

From Beyond the Back Burner
Studio album by Gas Giants
Released	October 19, 1999 (1999-10-19)
Studio	Mayberry Studios, Tempe, Arizona, US
Genre	Alternative rock pop rock
Length	48:14
Label	Atomic Pop
Producer	John Hampton

Reception

AllMusic gave the recording three out of five stars and in its review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine praises the band for feeling like it is having fun and including humor in the lyrics. He writes that the album is "unassuming, good-natured, and melodic hard-pop".^[2] In CMJ New Music Monthly, Meredith Ochs gave the album a mixed review, saying that it followed from Gin Blossoms' work and expanded it by adding stadium rock guitar but "although Wilson's melodies pull the songs together, the hooks don't really stick without great lyrics to hang on".^[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Gas Giants

1. "Now the Change" – 4:48
2. "I Hope My Kids Like Marilyn Manson" – 2:25
3. "In Between Two Worlds" – 3:35
4. "Stinking Up the Charts" – 3:17
5. "Whose Side Are You On" – 4:40
6. "Circus of Stars" – 3:32
7. "Quitter" – 3:52
8. "Useless" – 3:14
9. "Letter" – 3:19
10. "Going Down" – 3:16
11. "Like It or Not" – 3:08
12. "Tonight Won't Let Me Wonder" – 4:22
13. "You're Absolutely" – 4:22

Personnel

Gas Giants

• Mickey Ferrell – bass guitar
• Daniel Henzerling – lead guitar, vocals
• Phillip Rhodes – drums, vocals
• Robin Wilson – lead vocals, guitar

Additional personnel

• Geof Darrow – artwork
• John Hampton – production
• George Marino – audio mastering at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, New Jersey, United States
• Chris Widmer – recording

References

1. Flick, Larry (September 25, 1999). "Atomic Pop Looking to Future for Robin Wilson's New Band". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 39. p. 15. ISSN 0006-2510.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "From Beyond the Back Burner". AllMusic. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
3. Ochs, Meredith (December 1999). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly (76): 60. ISSN 1074-6978.

External links

• From Beyond the Back Burner at Discogs (list of releases)
• From Beyond the Back Burner at MusicBrainz (list of releases)