Laughing Stock (song)

"Laughing Stock"
Single by Grandaddy
from the album Under the Western Freeway
A-side "Laughing Stock"
B-side "G.P.C." / "12-Pak 599"
Released March 1998
Format 7", CD single
Label Big Cat
Writer(s) Jason Lytle
Grandaddy singles chronology
"Everything Beautiful Is Far Away"
(1997)
"Laughing Stock"
(1998)
"Summer Here Kids"
(1998)

"Laughing Stock" is a single by American indie rock band Grandaddy, released in March 1998 by Big Cat Records. The title is inspired by the album recorded by the band Talk Talk.[1] Steve Taylor, in his book The A to X of Alternative Music viewed it as the standout track from the band's album Under the Western Freeway.[1] The track features guitars fed back on themselves building as the track progresses.[1]

Track listing

  1. "Laughing Stock"
  2. "G.P.C."
  3. "12-pak $5.99"

References

  1. ^ a b c Taylor, Steve (2004) The A to X of Alternative Music, Continuum, ISBN 0-8264-7396-2, p. 119