| Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars | ||||
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| Released | August 9, 1988 | |||
| Studio | Rockfield Studios (Rockfield, Wales) | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, jangle pop, folk rock | |||
| Length | 48:22 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Producer | Pat Moran | |||
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Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, released on August 9, 1988, by Geffen Records. The album went 2× platinum in the United States.
"What I Am" was the lead single and big hit from the album, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] The follow-up single, "Circle", was about strained relationships.[2] Although described by author Brent Mann as "the perfect follow up single to 'What I Am'" and which "had 'smash' written all over it", it stalled at #48 on the Billboard Hot 100 and fared slightly better on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, reaching #32.[1][3] Cash Box said of "Circle" that "The key to this gentle song is Brickell’s breathy intensity. Supported by an acoustic-slanted track, she manages to sell the unusually dark lyric shadings."[4] Another song from the album, "Little Miss S." was inspired by Edie Sedgwick and reached #38 on the Mainstream Rock chart and #14 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.[1][2]
- ^ a b c "Shooting Rubberbands awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
allmusicwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Mann, B. (2003). 99 Red Balloons And 100 Other All-Time Great One-Hit Wonders. Citadel. p. 33. ISBN 9780806525167.
- ^ "Top of the Pops" (PDF). Cash Box. March 18, 1989. p. 20. Retrieved 2022-12-21.