The album received generally positive reviews from critics and peaked at No. 73 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 36 on the UK Albums Chart. "Way Down Now", the album's lead single, spent five weeks at number one on the BillboardAlternative Songs chart, and follow-up single "Put the Message in the Box" reached No. 8.[1]
Writing for Spin, Jon Young deemed Goodbye Jumbo a "winning opus" and said that frontman Karl Wallinger's "unabashed enthusiasm" and "ability to craft killer pop tunes" prevent the album's liberal referencing of earlier musical styles from becoming "sterile".[12]Chicago Tribune critic Greg Kot considered the album to be heavily influenced by the Beatles' "sense of pop and studio craft", further commenting that the "biting" humour and irony in its lyrics are effectively balanced by upbeat "melodies and moments".[3] Chris Willman of the Los Angeles Times stated that Wallinger's "Lennonisms sound somehow endemic, not affected", and that the album never lapses into "petty theft" despite its numerous influences.[6] In Rolling Stone, Don McLeese wrote that "Goodbye Jumbo displays an ambition as broad as the emotional range of its music", and that while "Wallinger's missionary zeal occasionally belabors his messages", the music "is sufficiently vital to overpower resistance".[10]The Village Voice's Robert Christgau, however, dismissed the album as a "dud".[13]
At the end of 1990, Goodbye Jumbo was named the year's best album by Q.[14] It was also voted the fifteenth best album of 1990 in The Village Voice's year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll.[15] At the Grammy Awards' 1991 ceremony, Goodbye Jumbo was nominated for Best Alternative Music Performance.[16] In 2000, it was ranked 94th on Q's list of the "100 Greatest British Albums Ever".[17]
goodbye, jumbo, second, studio, album, welsh, british, alternative, rock, band, world, party, released, april, 1990, ensign, records, studio, album, world, partyreleased24, april, 1990recorded1987, 1989genrerock, alternative, rock, psychedelia, poplength53, 22. Goodbye Jumbo is the second studio album by Welsh British alternative rock band World Party released on 24 April 1990 on Ensign Records Goodbye JumboStudio album by World PartyReleased24 April 1990Recorded1987 1989GenreRock alternative rock neo psychedelia popLength53 22LabelEnsignProducerKarl WallingerWorld Party chronologyPrivate Revolution 1987 Goodbye Jumbo 1990 Bang 1993 Singles from Goodbye Jumbo Way Down Now Released 1990 Put the Message in the Box Released 1990 Thank You World Released 1991The album received generally positive reviews from critics and peaked at No 73 on the US Billboard 200 and No 36 on the UK Albums Chart Way Down Now the album s lead single spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and follow up single Put the Message in the Box reached No 8 1 Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 5 Certifications 6 References 7 External linksCritical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 Chicago Tribune nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 Classic Pop nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 Entertainment WeeklyB 5 Los Angeles Times nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 6 NME8 10 7 Q nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 8 Record Mirror4 5 9 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 10 Sounds nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 11 Writing for Spin Jon Young deemed Goodbye Jumbo a winning opus and said that frontman Karl Wallinger s unabashed enthusiasm and ability to craft killer pop tunes prevent the album s liberal referencing of earlier musical styles from becoming sterile 12 Chicago Tribune critic Greg Kot considered the album to be heavily influenced by the Beatles sense of pop and studio craft further commenting that the biting humour and irony in its lyrics are effectively balanced by upbeat melodies and moments 3 Chris Willman of the Los Angeles Times stated that Wallinger s Lennonisms sound somehow endemic not affected and that the album never lapses into petty theft despite its numerous influences 6 In Rolling Stone Don McLeese wrote that Goodbye Jumbo displays an ambition as broad as the emotional range of its music and that while Wallinger s missionary zeal occasionally belabors his messages the music is sufficiently vital to overpower resistance 10 The Village Voice s Robert Christgau however dismissed the album as a dud 13 At the end of 1990 Goodbye Jumbo was named the year s best album by Q 14 It was also voted the fifteenth best album of 1990 in The Village Voice s year end Pazz amp Jop critics poll 15 At the Grammy Awards 1991 ceremony Goodbye Jumbo was nominated for Best Alternative Music Performance 16 In 2000 it was ranked 94th on Q s list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever 17 In 2000 it was voted number 474 in Colin Larkin s All Time Top 1000 Albums 18 Track listing editAll songs written and composed by Karl Wallinger Is It Too Late 4 24 Way Down Now 3 49 When the Rainbow Comes 4 58 Put the Message in the Box 4 16 Ain t Gonna Come Till I m Ready 5 05 And I Fell Back Alone 3 57 Take It Up 4 37 God on My Side 4 14 Show Me to the Top 5 15 contains untitled hidden track beginning at 4 42 Love Street 4 21 Sweet Soul Dream 4 39 Thank You World 3 47Personnel editCredits for Goodbye Jumbo adapted from album liner notes 19 MusiciansKarl Wallinger vocals all instruments except as indicated composition design engineering production Guy Chambers drum samples 1 synthesizer 3 4 9 10 sampler 4 backwards piano 5 acoustic piano 10 harmonium 11 Chris Sharrock drum kit 2 3 4 Jeff Trott slide guitar 1 3 electric guitar 2 12 string acoustic guitar 3 Jerod Minnies acoustic guitar 1 Martyn Swain bass guitar 10 Chris Whitten drum kit 1 5 Steve Wickham violin 7 Roy Morgan tambourine 2 Dave Catlin Birch guitar 6 7 Sophia Ramos backing vocals 3 Sinead O Connor backing vocals 11 Additional personnelJoe Blaney engineering Karl Wallinger and Stephanie Nash artwork Steven Fargnoli management Karl Wallinger and Michael Nash design Steve Wallace photography Tim Young digital editing masteringCharts editChart performance for Goodbye Jumbo Chart 1990 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 20 70Canadian Albums RPM 21 26Dutch Albums Album Top 100 22 38Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 23 20UK Albums OCC 24 36US Billboard 200 25 73Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units salesUnited Kingdom BPI 26 Silver 60 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone References edit World Party Chart History Alternative Songs Billboard Retrieved 14 July 2015 Erlewine Iotis Goodbye Jumbo World Party AllMusic Retrieved 14 July 2015 a b Kot Greg 10 May 1990 World Party Goodbye Jumbo Ensign Chicago Tribune Retrieved 24 October 2015 Wallace Wyndham September October 2021 World Party Goodbye Jumbo Classic Pop No 71 p 95 Sandow Greg 18 May 1990 Goodbye Jumbo Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on 22 August 2017 Retrieved 14 July 2015 a b Willman Chris 27 May 1990 World Party Goodbye Jumbo Ensign Chrysalis Los Angeles Times Retrieved 14 July 2015 Williams Simon 12 May 1990 World Party Goodbye Jumbo NME p 36 Black Johnny June 1990 Primeval Q No 45 p 107 Crossing Gary 19 May 1990 World Party Goodbye Mr Jumbo Record Mirror p 19 a b McLeese Don 31 May 1990 World Party Goodbye Jumbo Rolling Stone No 579 Archived from the original on 1 October 2007 Retrieved 14 July 2015 Stout Andy 12 May 1990 World Party Goodbye Jumbo Sounds p 41 Young Jon July 1990 World Party Goodbye Jumbo Spin Vol 6 no 4 pp 79 80 Retrieved 22 January 2016 Christgau Robert 2000 World Party Goodbye Jumbo Christgau s Consumer Guide Albums of the 90s St Martin s Griffin p 339 ISBN 0 312 24560 2 Retrieved 1 July 2011 The Fifty Best Albums of 1990 Q No 52 January 1991 pp 82 88 The 1990 Pazz amp Jop Critics Poll The Village Voice 5 March 1991 Retrieved 14 July 2015 World Party The Recording Academy Retrieved 29 June 2023 The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever Q No 165 June 2000 Colin Larkin 2000 All Time Top 1000 Albums 3rd ed Virgin Books p 169 ISBN 0 7535 0493 6 Goodbye Jumbo liner notes World Party Ensign Records 1990 CDP 32 1654 2 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Ryan Gavin 2011 Australia s Music Charts 1988 2010 PDF ed Mt Martha Victoria Australia Moonlight Publishing p 306 Top Albums CDs Volume 52 No 7 Jun 30 1990 Collectionscanada gc ca Retrieved 23 August 2021 Dutchcharts nl World Party Goodbye Jumbo in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved 20 January 2016 Swedishcharts com World Party Goodbye Jumbo Hung Medien Retrieved 20 January 2016 World Party Artist Official Charts UK Albums Chart Retrieved 20 January 2016 World Party Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved 14 July 2015 British album certifications World Party Goodbye Jumbo British Phonographic Industry External links editGoodbye Jumbo at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Goodbye Jumbo amp oldid 1208980954, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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