Gizmodgery

Gizmodgery
Studio album by
Self
ReleasedSeptember 5, 2000
April 25, 2001 (Japan)
RecordedBennet House, Franklin, TN and Matt's Old House, Murfreesboro, TN
GenreAlternative rock
Length42:11
LabelSpongebath
ProducerMatt Mahaffey
Self chronology
Breakfast with Girls
(1999) 		Gizmodgery
(2000) 		Self Goes Shopping
(2000)
Singles from Gizmodgery
  1. "Trunk Fulla Amps"
    Released: February 1, 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Pitchfork6.9/10[2]
Portland Press HeraldA[1]

Gizmodgery is the fourth 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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Self Gizmodgery". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. ^ "AllMusic Review by Steve Huey". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Artist Biography by Heather Phares". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  5. ^ ""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.
  6. ^ "Leaders of the onetime Murfreesboro indie boom, Self, dip a toe into the 21st century". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  7. ^ Hall, Rashaun (October 28, 2000). "'They're Playing My Song'". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 44. p. 44.