| Gizmodgery | ||||
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| Released | September 5, 2000 April 25, 2001 (Japan) | |||
| Recorded | Bennet House, Franklin, TN and Matt's Old House, Murfreesboro, TN | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 42:11 | |||
| Label | Spongebath | |||
| Producer | Matt Mahaffey | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Pitchfork | 6.9/10[2] |
| Portland Press Herald | A[1] |
Gizmodgery is the fifth studio album by alternative pop/rock band Self.[4][5] It released in 2000 by Spongebath Records. The LP was recorded entirely with children's toy instruments.[6] It was released in the short-lived HDCD format.
The album contains a cover of the Doobie Brothers' hit song "What a Fool Believes".[7] "Trunk Fulla Amps" appears twice on the album, the second version with the expletives removed. The song references and parodies a variety of rock artists, including Freddie Mercury/Queen, ELO, Glenn Danzig/Danzig, and Lenny Kravitz.[citation needed] The Japanese import version of the album contains the bonus track "Resurrect", and alternate artwork.
Two songs from Breakfast with Girls ("Suzie Q Sailaway" and "Uno Song") had originally been recorded for inclusion on Gizmodgery but they were added to Breakfast at the insistence of DreamWorks Records.
- ^ Peters, Ryan (15 Oct 2000). "Self's fourth album 'Gizmodgery' is performed entirely on toy instruments and it's one lots of people are going to want". Portland Press Herald: 5E.
- ^ "Self Gizmodgery". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "AllMusic Review by Steve Huey". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Artist Biography by Heather Phares". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ ""WE NEVER BROKE UP, BUT WE GOT BURNED OUT"—MATT MAHAFFEY ON THE RETURN OF SELF". Alternative Press. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Leaders of the onetime Murfreesboro indie boom, Self, dip a toe into the 21st century". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Hall, Rashaun (October 28, 2000). "'They're Playing My Song'". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 44. p. 44.