The Sophtware Slump

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The Sophtware Slump
Studio album by Grandaddy
Released	May 29, 2000
Genre	Indie
Length	46:47
Label	V2
Producer	Jason Lytle
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (8.5/10) link
Grandaddy chronology
Under the Western Freeway (1997) The Sophtware Slump (2000) The Windfall Varietal (2000)

The Sophtware Slump is an album by the band Grandaddy, released in 2000. The album received good reviews by most media. It is seen by some as a concept album about problems concerning modern technology in society. Because of this, it was sometimes cited as the American OK Computer. It was mixed by former Pavement drummer Gary Young.

The name "The Sophtware Slump" is derived from the term "sophomore slump" which refers to the tendency of students to do worse academically in their second (sophomore) year than in their first (freshman) year. The term also refers to the "slump" that artists suffer in releasing their sophomore album after their first showed some or great success.

[edit] Track listing

1. "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot" – 8:52
2. "Hewlett's Daughter" – 3:06
3. "Jed the Humanoid" – 4:18
4. "The Crystal Lake" – 5:00
5. "Chartsengrafs" – 2:51
6. "Underneath the Weeping Willow" – 2:40
7. "Broken Household Appliance National Forest" – 4:34
8. "Jed's Other Poem (Beautiful Ground)" – 3:25
9. "E. Knievel Interlude (The Perils of Keeping It Real)" – 1:57
10. "Miner at the Dial-A-View" – 5:21
11. "So You'll Aim Toward the Sky" – 4:43