Songs From Suburbia
Studio album by
Spring Heeled Jack USA
ReleasedJuly 21, 1998[1]
RecordedThe Hit Factory in New York City
GenreThird-wave Ska
Length37:24
LabelIgnition Records
(A subsidiary of Tommy Boy Records)[1]
ProducerMr. Colson
Spring Heeled Jack USA chronology
Static World View
(1996)		 Songs From Suburbia
(1998)		 Sound Salvation
(2017)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Houston Press[3]

Songs From Suburbia is the second album by Spring Heeled Jack.[4][5] The album was recorded at The Hit Factory recording studio in New York City.

The band released a music video for the song "Jolene".[6] "Time" originally appeared on the band's demo cassette, Connecticut Ska. "Makisupa Policeman" is a cover of the Phish song.[7]

Critical reception

The Houston Press called the band "an insufferably sunny septet from Connecticut's bedroom-community wasteland," writing that "all of it goes down as easily as room-temperature Bud Light inhaled through an Olympic-sized beer bong."[3] The Omaha World-Herald deemed the album "good ska tunes—many with a rock edge."[8]

AllMusic wrote that "while Spring Heeled Jack earned themselves a niche in the East Coast ska scene with their debut album Static World View, the follow-up Songs From Suburbia is far superior."[2]

Track listing

All songs by Spring Heeled Jack USA except "Pop Song (Green)" by Engle, Green and "Makisupa Policeman" by Trey Anastasio.

  1. "Mass Appeal Madness" – 3:06
  2. "Jolene" – 3:09
  3. "Beggin'" – 4:03
  4. "Pop Song" (Green) – 2:06
  5. "Waiting, Watching" – 2:40
  6. "Tied Up" – 3:41
  7. "MCMLIX" (1959) – 3:31
  8. "Where I Belong" – 3:33
  9. "Makisupa Policeman" – 3:27
  10. "Time" – 2:53
  11. "Morning Sun" – 3:35
  12. "Man of Tomorrow" – 3:40

References

  1. 1 2 "Just Out". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. August 5, 1998 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 "Songs from Suburbia - Spring Heeled Jack U.S.A. | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. 1 2 Patterson, Rob (July 23, 1998). "Rotation". Houston Press. Music.
  4. ↑ "Spring Heeled Jack U.S.A. Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ "A Connecticut Band Returns The Favor". www.newtownbee.com.
  6. ↑ "Spring Heeled Jack Reunites For Toad's Place Show This Weekend". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  7. ↑ Oliver, Alex. "Ska-burbia". Orlando Weekly.
  8. ↑ Minge, Jim (July 19, 1998). "Short Shots". Omaha World-Herald. Entertainment. p. 3.



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