TV/EP

TV/EP
EP by Less Than Jake
Released October 12, 2010
Recorded 2010
Genre Ska punk, punk rock, pop punk
Length 11:30
Language English
Label Sleep It Off
Producer Less Than Jake
Less Than Jake chronology

GNV FLA
(2008)		 TV/EP
(2010)		 Greetings from Less Than Jake
(2011)

TV/EP is an EP by Less Than Jake. Apart from re-masters of their earlier albums, this EP is the second Less Than Jake release to be distributed by their own label Sleep It Off Records, following 2008's full length album GNV FLA. The recording consists of covers of TV theme songs and product jingles.

The album was released as a CD and digital download on October 12, 2010.[1] A few weeks prior to the release date, a video of the band's version of the Animaniacs theme song was released on their official website as a teaser to EP.[2] Each song is tracklisted on the album, not by the title of the actual song being covered, but by a succession of tracks titled "Channel 1", "Channel 2", etc.

Reception

The TV/EP received generally mixed to positive reviews from critics, many of which note the EP's positive feeling but its limited appeal. James Greene Jr. of Crawdaddy.com said that "[the] TV/EP will surely appease the band’s legions of rabid fans and anyone who likes a good 15-minute chunk of novelty music."[3] TheyWillRockYou.com gave the album 4-out-of-5 stars and concluded that it is a "fun throwaway album from a great band" but that its "lasting value... is debatable."[4] Likewise, Allmusic.com called the record "fast and fun," with a "cool idea" but ultimately "too disjointed to be anything more than a one-listen novelty."[5]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Channel 1" ("Leave It All to Me", the theme song to iCarly) 1:12
2. "Channel 2" (Hungry Hungry Hippos jingle) 0:30
3. "Channel 3" (Theme song to Animaniacs) 1:05
4. "Channel 4" (McDonalds' jingle for the Big Mac) 0:23
5. "Channel 5" (Theme song to Diff'rent Strokes) 0:54
6. "Channel 6" ("Boss of Me", the theme song to Malcolm in the Middle) 0:40
7. "Channel 7" (General Mills' Pac-Man breakfast cereal jingle) 0:33
8. "Channel 8" (Theme song to Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!) 0:55
9. "Channel 9" (Kit Kat jingle) 0:11
10. "Channel 10" (Theme song to SpongeBob SquarePants) 0:43
11. "Channel 11" ("In The Street", the theme song to That '70s Show) 0:53
12. "Channel 12" (Oscar Mayer Weiners jingle) 0:30
13. "Channel 13" ("Love and Marriage", the theme of Married... with Children) 0:46
14. "Channel 14" (Toys "R" Us jingle) 0:28
15. "Channel 15" ("Making Our Dreams Come True", the theme from Laverne & Shirley) 1:15
16. "Channel 16" (FreeCreditScore.com Pirate-themed restaurant jingle) 0:33
Total length:
 11:30

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://theywillrockyou.com/2010/09/jake-release-tvep-ocotber-12/
  2. ↑ http://www.punknews.org/article/40139
  3. ↑ http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2010/10/18/album-review-less-than-jake-tv-ep/
  4. ↑ http://theywillrockyou.com/2010/10/cd-review-jake-tvep/
  5. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/tvep-r1972868/review