No Pocky for Kitty is the second studio album by American indie rock band Superchunk, released in 1991.[9][10] Pocky is a popular Japanese snack food.
No Pocky for Kitty | ||||
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Released | October 30, 1991 | |||
Recorded | April 21–23, 1991 | |||
Studio | CRC (Chicago) | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 33:37 | |||
Label | Matador | |||
Producer | Steve Albini | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Chicago Tribune | [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [4] |
Record Collector | [5] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Select | 4/5[7] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 4/10[8] |
The album was recorded April 21–23, 1991, at the Chicago Recording Company by Steve Albini.[11] It was released on Matador Records in 1991, and reissued by Merge Records in 1999.[12]
Albini is not credited in the liner notes, which read "Produced with eyes closed by Laura, who sat in the right chair." The reference is to Laura Ballance, the group's bassist.[11]
Trouser Press praised the album's "indelible hooks" and Mac McCaughan’s "opaque yet curiously coercive lyric expression."[12] Paste wrote that the album "captures Superchunk at the ideal cross-section of youthful ebullience and clearheaded experience."[13]
B-sides include "Fishing", "Cool", "The Breadman", "It's So Hard to Fall in Love", "Brand New Love", and "I Believe in Fate".
[T]he Albini-recorded No Pocky for Kitty retains its defining unrefined edge... [with a] brash brilliance and inspiring energy...