We Care is the debut album by Swedish alternative rock group Whale. The album was produced by Whale; several tracks were produced in cooperation with Falcon or Tricky.
After forming an impromptu band, Gordon Cyrus, Henrik Schyffert, and Cia Berg recorded a music track. Released in May 1994 as "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" on East West Records, it became a novelty hit, especially on MTV, where it received heavy rotation. It rose to number 24 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart. The word "slobo" was a mistranslation by the band, who meant to use the British slang word "sloane". After Warner Sweden declined to exercise their option on the band, Virgin signed them and released We Care on 3 July 1995 in Europe, 31 July in the UK, and 1 August in the United States.[1] Schyffert described their collaboration style on the album as "scream[ing] out ideas". Though this resulted in a wide variety in styles and a difficult-to-describe album, he dismissed concerns that it was too confusing.[2]
Sacha Jenkins of Vibe wrote, "Whale exhibits an alert grasp on the desires of the fast-food, on-line generation."[9] Chris Molanphy of CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that while the album is fun, its lack of effort to be smart hampers the ability to take the band seriously.[10]Robert Christgau rated it A− and wrote, "They're so good you have to think twice to remember which two tracks Tricky helped out on."[5]Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic rated it 4.5/5 stars and wrote, "Taking elements of trip-hop beats, heavy metal guitars, sing-song pop, and football chants, the band creates a joyously noisy racket that emphasizes their humor and their sexiness."[3] James Hunter of Rolling Stone rated it 4/5 stars and wrote, "The trio satisfies a raging appetite for distorted guitars while remembering punk and betraying an inevitable background in Abbaesque pop."[8]
care, debut, album, swedish, alternative, rock, group, whale, album, produced, whale, several, tracks, were, produced, cooperation, with, falcon, tricky, studio, album, whalereleased3, july, 1995, 1995, europe, genrealternative, rock, trip, hoplabelvirginprodu. We Care is the debut album by Swedish alternative rock group Whale The album was produced by Whale several tracks were produced in cooperation with Falcon or Tricky We CareStudio album by WhaleReleased3 July 1995 1995 07 03 Europe GenreAlternative rock trip hopLabelVirginProducerWhaleFalcon tracks 6 9 amp 10 Tricky tracks 1 amp 8 Whale chronologyWe Care 1995 Pay For Me mini album 1995 Contents 1 Background and release 2 Reception 3 Track listing 4 ReferencesBackground and release EditAfter forming an impromptu band Gordon Cyrus Henrik Schyffert and Cia Berg recorded a music track Released in May 1994 as Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe on East West Records it became a novelty hit especially on MTV where it received heavy rotation It rose to number 24 on Billboard s Modern Rock chart The word slobo was a mistranslation by the band who meant to use the British slang word sloane After Warner Sweden declined to exercise their option on the band Virgin signed them and released We Care on 3 July 1995 in Europe 31 July in the UK and 1 August in the United States 1 Schyffert described their collaboration style on the album as scream ing out ideas Though this resulted in a wide variety in styles and a difficult to describe album he dismissed concerns that it was too confusing 2 Reception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 3 Cash Box favorable 4 Christgau s Consumer GuideA 5 Entertainment WeeklyB 6 The Guardian 7 Rolling Stone 8 Sacha Jenkins of Vibe wrote Whale exhibits an alert grasp on the desires of the fast food on line generation 9 Chris Molanphy of CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that while the album is fun its lack of effort to be smart hampers the ability to take the band seriously 10 Robert Christgau rated it A and wrote They re so good you have to think twice to remember which two tracks Tricky helped out on 5 Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic rated it 4 5 5 stars and wrote Taking elements of trip hop beats heavy metal guitars sing song pop and football chants the band creates a joyously noisy racket that emphasizes their humor and their sexiness 3 James Hunter of Rolling Stone rated it 4 5 stars and wrote The trio satisfies a raging appetite for distorted guitars while remembering punk and betraying an inevitable background in Abbaesque pop 8 Track listing Edit Kickin Whale Tricky 3 47 That s Where It s At Whale 4 15 Pay for Me Whale 4 24 Eurodog Whale 3 36 I ll Do Ya Whale 8 26 Electricity Christian Falk P Holmlund 4 13 Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe Whale 3 59 Tryzasnice Whale Tricky 4 45 Happy in You P Holmlund Falcon Whale 4 56 I Miss Me Falcon Whale Neale 4 11 Young Dumb N Full of Cum 5 14 I m Cold Whale 8 25 Born to Raise Hell Whale 1 13References Edit Newman Melinda Watson Miranda June 24 1995 Whale Follow Hobo With A Full Length Virgin Album Billboard 107 25 18 20 Smith L C January 1996 Artful Dodgers Spin 11 10 20 a b Erlewine Thomas Whale We Care AllMusic Retrieved 2015 07 30 Baltin Steve 1995 09 30 Pop Albums PDF Cash Box p 9 Retrieved 2022 11 09 a b Christgau Robert 2000 10 15 Whale We Care Christgau s Consumer Guide Albums of the 90s Macmillan Publishing ISBN 9780312245603 Eddy Chuck 1995 08 04 We Care Entertainment Weekly Retrieved 2018 11 06 Sullivan Caroline 1995 08 04 Music Your essential guide to the week s CD releases Pop The Guardian a b Hunter James 1995 10 19 Whale Rolling Stone Archived from the original on 2008 09 30 Retrieved 2015 07 30 Jenkins Sacha September 1995 Whale We Care Vibe 3 7 174 Molanphy Chris October 1995 Whale We Care CMJ New Music Monthly 25 45 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title We Care amp oldid 1137472348, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
