Welcome Interstate Managers

Welcome Interstate Managers
Studio album by Fountains of Wayne
Released June 10, 2003
Recorded 2003
Studio Stratosphere Sound, New York City
Genre
Length 55:08
Label S-Curve
Producer
Fountains of Wayne chronology
Utopia Parkway
(1999)		 Welcome Interstate Managers
(2003)		 Out-of-State Plates
(2005)
Singles from Welcome Interstate Managers
  1. "Stacy's Mom"
    Released: September 29, 2003
  2. "Mexican Wine"
    Released: 2003
  3. "Hey Julie"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic86/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA–[4]
Mojo[5]
Pitchfork Media7.5/10[6]
Q[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]
SpinA[10]
The Village VoiceA–[11]

Welcome Interstate Managers is the third studio album by the American rock band Fountains of Wayne. It was released by S-Curve Records on June 10, 2003.

Cover

The album's title was taken from a hotel marquee sign.

Release

The album was met with commercial success and favorable reviews. Review aggregating website Metacritic reports a weighted average score of 86 out of 100 based on 24 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[1]

Details

The song, "All Kinds of Time", was used by the NFL in a promotional video that first aired during the 2005 season,[12] and was also used in an episode of Scrubs and One Tree Hill. The song, "Hey Julie", was also used in another episode of Scrubs. "Valley Winter Song" was used in an L.L.Bean commercial, and "Stacy's Mom" was used in a Dr. Pepper commercial.[13] "Bright Future in Sales" was used in a 2003 episode of Malcolm in the Middle.

Covers

In 2009, Katy Perry performed a cover of "Hackensack" on MTV Unplugged.[14]

In 2011, the band, The Wonder Years, performed a cover of "Hey Julie" for the charity compilation album, Vs. The Earthquake. [15]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger. 

No. Title Length
1. "Mexican Wine"   3:23
2. "Bright Future in Sales"   3:06
3. "Stacy's Mom"   3:18
4. "Hackensack"   3:00
5. "No Better Place"   4:06
6. "Valley Winter Song"   3:35
7. "All Kinds of Time"   4:22
8. "Little Red Light"   3:35
9. "Hey Julie"   2:37
10. "Halley's Waitress"   3:35
11. "Hung Up on You"   3:59
12. "Fire Island"   2:57
13. "Peace and Love"   3:26
14. "Bought for a Song"   4:02
15. "Supercollider"   5:05
16. "Yours and Mine"   1:04
17. "Elevator Up" (Japan/iTunes bonus track) 4:02
18. "Adam's Mom" (Japan bonus track) 3:18

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "Reviews for Welcome Interstate Managers by Fountains of Wayne". Metacritic. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ Vanderhoff, Mark. "Welcome Interstate Managers – Fountains of Wayne". AllMusic. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers". Blender (17): 138. July 2003.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Beth (June 13, 2003). "Welcome Interstate Managers". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers". Mojo (116): 108. July 2003.
  6. ↑ Martelli, Mark (June 17, 2003). "Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers". Q (207): 104. October 2003.
  8. ↑ Hoard, Christian (June 12, 2003). "Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers". Rolling Stone (924). Archived from the original on December 30, 2003. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  9. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 307–08. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
  10. ↑ Greenwald, Andy (July 2003). "Fountains of Wayne, Welcome Interstate Managers (S-Curve/EMI)". Spin 19 (7): 109. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  11. ↑ Christgau, Robert (August 5, 2003). "Consumer Guide: Shadows in the Cave". The Village Voice. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Fountains of Wayne.us". Fountainsofwayne.us. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
  13. ↑ "Fountains of Wayne Tickets - Premium Rock /Pop Tickets". ShowTimeTickets.com. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  14. ↑ Peter Gerstenzang (2011-06-17). "Fountains of Wayne Talk Dark New Disc | Music News". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  15. ↑ "The Blog • The Wonder Years - Hey Julie (Fountains Of Wayne". Makeup For The Silence. 2011-03-20. Retrieved 2012-10-12.

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