Cracker (album)

Cracker
Studio album by
Cracker
ReleasedMarch 10, 1992
RecordedSummer 1991 at Hollywood Sound and Cornerstone Recorders, Chatsworth
GenreAlternative rock, alternative country
Length53:03
LabelVirgin
ProducerDon Smith
Cracker chronology
Cracker
(1992) 		Kerosene Hat
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(neither)[5]
Entertainment WeeklyA[3]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Cracker is the debut studio album by American rock band Cracker.[6][7] It was released on March 10, 1992, by Virgin Records.

The album had sold more than 200,000 copies by April 1994.[8] "Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)" was released as a single and charted at number 1 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks.

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r72074
  2. ^ Caro, Mark (1992-03-12). "Cracker Cracker (Virgin)". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on August 6, 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  3. ^ Arnold, Gina (1992-06-05). "Cracker". EW.com. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
  4. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. pp. 197. ISBN 9780743201698.
  5. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: cracker". www.robertchristgau.com.
  6. ^ Thompson, Dave (June 20, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "It Was Hard Being a Cult : David Lowery used to be an alternative kind of guy with Camper Van Beethoven. Now, he's a Cracker and doesn't have to apologize for liking Tom Petty and ZZ Top". Los Angeles Times. July 26, 1992.
  8. ^ Puterbaugh, Parke (April 7, 1994). "Crackers with Attitudes". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 6 August 2016.