Modern Art (Matthew Sweet album)

Modern Art
Studio album by Matthew Sweet
Released September 27, 2011
Recorded April 2010 at Lolina Green Studios, Los Angeles
Genre Alternative rock
Length 42:07
Label Missing Piece
Producer Matthew Sweet
Matthew Sweet chronology

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Allmusic [1]

Modern Art is the eleventh studio album by alternative rock musician Matthew Sweet. It was released on Missing Piece in 2011.

Release

The album, available as a CD, 2-LP vinyl set, and digital download.,[2] was met with little commercial success, but with favorable reviews. Amazon.com wrote, "Defiantly unorthodox, but often playfully so, Modern Art features 12 new compositions of Sweet's trademark wistful, yearning pop that recall some of Sweet s touchstones: the Beatles, Beach Boys and Big Star", and even notes the work of Sweet's side-players: "Longtime musical cohort Ric Menck (Velvet Crush) does all the drumming on the album (except for "Ivory Tower", which is built on a random drum pattern supplied by Sweet's friend, actor/musician Fred Armisen). Dennis Taylor's deft and urgent guitar lines serve as a running commentary to Sweet's introspective singing. Finished by mastering engineer Glenn Schick, Modern Art promises to be another trend-setting release by Sweet." [3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Matthew Sweet. 

No. Title Length
1. "Oh, Oldendaze!"   4:28
2. "Ivory Tower"   2:30
3. "She Walks the Night"   5:00
4. "When Love Lets Go I'm Falling"   3:20
5. "Ladyfingers"   3:13
6. "A Little Death"   3:24
7. "Late Nights with the Power Pop"   3:30
8. "Baltimore"   2:52
9. "My Ass Is Grass"   2:32
10. "December Dark"   3:20
11. "Modern Art"   4:28
12. "Sleeping"   3:30

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Modern Art at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "New Release Day!". www.matthewsweet.com. September 27, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
  3. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Art-Matthew-Sweet/dp/B005FG3BTQ