| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| Rolling Stone |  [5] |
| Spin | 6/10[6] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [1] |
What Is Not to Love is the second album by indie rock band Imperial Teen.[7][8] It is the follow-up to their first full-length record Seasick (1996), and was released in 1998 via Slash Records.[9]
Critical reception
Entertainment Weekly wrote that "there’s something fundamentally warm and cuddly about the mixed-gender quartet’s seductive mix of indie-rock cliches (distorted guitars, diffident vocals) and hook-and-harmony-informed popcraft."[10]
Track listing
All songs written by Imperial Teen.
- "Open Season" – 2:25
- "Birthday Girl" – 3:36
- "Yoo Hoo" – 3:30
- "Lipstick" – 4:00
- "Alone in the Grass" – 7:15
- "Crucible" – 4:18
- "The Beginning" – 2:39
- "Year of the Tan" – 3:05
- "Seven" – 4:33
- "Hooray" (live) – 7:11
- "Beauty" – 2:52
Personnel
Band members
- Roddy Bottum – guitar, vocals
- Will Schwartz – guitar, vocals
- Jone Stebbins – bass, backing vocals
- Lynn Truell – drums, backing vocals
Technical staff
- Mark Freegard – producer, engineer, mixing
- Andre Moran – engineer
- Mark Saunders – mixing
- Greg Freeman – engineer
- Bill Inglot – mastering
- Matt Kelley – engineer
- Mickey Petralia – producer, mixing
- Chris Scard – second engineer
- Gabriel Shepard – second engineer
- Matt Wallace – mixing
- Howard Willing – second engineer
References
- ^ a b "Imperial Teen What Is Not To Love". www.tinymixtapes.com.
- ^ Damas, Jason. "allmusic ((( What Is Not to Love > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Imperial Teen". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 18, 2010.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 4: MUZE. p. 463.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan. "Imperial Teen". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 403, cited March 18, 2010
- ^ "Reviews". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. March 21, 1999 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Imperial Teen | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Vaziri, Aidin (June 21, 1998). "What's Not To Love About Imperial Teen? / With a new album out, S.F. band shrugs off the whole gay thing". SFGATE.
- ^ "Rock Bottum". The Advocate. Here Publishing. February 16, 1999 – via Google Books.
- ^ "What Is Not to Love". EW.com.