| Round Trip | ||||
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| Studio album by The Knack | ||||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Power pop, new wave | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Jack Douglas | |||
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| Allmusic | [1] |
| Rolling Stone | [2] |
Round Trip is an album by power pop/new wave band The Knack that was released by Capitol Records in 1981. It received generally unfavorable critical reviews, but it reached #93 in the Billboard 200 and also lead to the popular single 'Pay The Devil (Ooo, Baby, Ooo)' (hitting #67 on the Billboard Hot 100). The band broke up a few weeks after its release, with their label dropping them due to failed expectations.[3]
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Round Trip was their third album, and it was produced by Jack Douglas. The album reached #93 in the Billboard 200. It also lead to the popular single 'Pay The Devil (Ooo, Baby, Ooo)', which hit #67 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Knack broke up a few weeks after its release,[3] and it remained disbanded until a 1991 reunion.[4]
The album was generally critically panned at the time of its release. Some critics have been more positive. Critic Steve "Spaz" Schnee of Allmusic called it "brilliant" and stated that it was better than the previous two albums.[3] Critic Darren Robbins of the pop culture review website The Zeitgeisty Report has called the album a "masterpiece" and "possibly the most underrated album of all-time".[5]
Critic David Fricke of Rolling Stone gave a generally positive review, commenting:
Like Icarus in a skinny tie, the Knack flew too close to the sun and got burned real bad. Now they'd have us believe that they want to make amends. If the message of the first album was Get the Knack (or get lost) and the second LP insisted that the critics don't know...but the little girls understand, then the gist of Round Trip is, "We're sorry, give us another chance"... Given another chance with Round Trip, however, the Knack acquit themselves better than we had any reason to expect. If this were their first record, it'd be an impressive, entertaining debut. As their third, it's a somewhat remarkable comeback from beyond the grave of superhype.[6]
The song 'Boys Go Crazy' was included in the 1992 EMI Music compilation album My Sharona.[7] The songs 'Another Lousy Day in Paradise', 'Africa', 'Sweet Dreams', and 'Pay the Devil (Ooo, Baby, Ooo)' were incorporated into The Retrospective: The Best of the Knack, which was released by Capitol Records on November 16, 1992.[8] Songs 'Another Lousy Day in Paradise', 'Just Wait and See', and 'Pay the Devil (Ooo, Baby, Ooo)' were included in Very Best of the Knack, released by Rhino Records on May 19, 1998.[9] 'Boys Go Crazy' and 'Pay the Devil (Ooo, Baby, Ooo)' were included in Best of the Knack, released by Collectables Records on August 17, 1999.
All songs are by Berton Averre and Doug Fieger unless noted
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