Misplaced Pages

Are You Driving Me Crazy?

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
1995 studio album by Seam
Are You Driving Me Crazy?
Studio album by Seam
ReleasedJune 20, 1995
RecordedJanuary 1995
StudioIdful, Chicago, Illinois
GenreIndie rock, slowcore, emocore
Length43:00
LabelTouch and Go
ProducerBrad Wood and Casey Rice
Seam chronology
The Problem with Me
(1993) 		Are You Driving Me Crazy?
(1995) 		The Pace Is Glacial
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

Are You Driving Me Crazy? is the third album by American indie rock band Seam. It was released in 1995 through Touch and Go Records. The band promoted the album by touring with aMiniature and Versus.

Production

The album was primarily produced by Brad Wood.

Critical reception

The Chicago Reader called the album "a bleak statement of emotional strain embodied by guitars that mewl with melancholy, bitterness, and unsure resolve." The Chicago Tribune noted that "the edgy guitar textures overlap with the understated melancholy in Park's voice and lyrics, a reflection of a tumultuous year that ended with a pressure-packed recording schedule." The Gazette stated: "Nothing new to this kind of ache-based grandeur, but Seam's languorous guitar noise serves its songs, and not the other way around."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Seam

No.TitleLength
1."Berlitz"3:14
2."Hey Latasha"3:34
3."Port of Charleston"5:59
4."Rainy Season"3:13
5."Two Is Enough"5:29
6."Haole Redux"2:57
7."Tuff Luck"5:20
8."Broken Bones"3:48
9."Sometimes I Forget"6:05
10."Petty Thievery"3:26

Personnel

Seam
  • Chris Manfrin – drums
  • Sooyoung Park – vocals, guitar
  • Reg Schrader – guitar
  • William Shin – bass guitar
Production and additional personnel
  • Bundy K. Brown – EBow on "Port of Charleston" and "Haole Redux"
  • Jeff Divine – photography
  • Julie Liu – trumpet, violin and backing vocals on "Rainy Season" and "Tuff Luck"
  • Casey Rice – recording on "Tuff Luck" and "Sometimes I Forget"
  • Brad Wood – recording

References

  1. Raggett, Ned. "Are You Driving Me Crazy?". AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  2. "Seam Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. Buckley, Peter (April 27, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  4. Sheppard, Denise (2007). "Seam". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  5. Fort, Marc (4 May 1995). "The SEAM-y side of life". Austin American-Statesman. p. 10.
  6. McCarthy, Megan (Jul 1995). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly (23): 13.
  7. Verna, Paul (Jul 22, 1995). "Album reviews — Are You Driving Me Crazy? by Seam". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 29. p. 56.
  8. Margasak, Peter (May 25, 1995). "Seam/Aminiature". Chicago Reader.
  9. Kot, Greg (7 Apr 1995). "AMONG THE LIVING". Chicago Tribune. Friday. p. S.
  10. Lepage, Mark (29 Apr 1995). "SEAM Are You Driving Me Crazy?". The Gazette. p. F3.

External links

Seam
Studio albums
Extended plays
Categories
Categories: