Those Darn Accordions / Lawnball
Album: Lawnball   Collection:General
Artist:Those Darn Accordions   Added:Nov 2004
Label:Globe Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2005-01-23 Pull Date: 2005-03-27
Week Ending: Mar 27 Feb 13 Jan 30
Airplays: 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 26, 2005: the Dog and Pony show
Old Slow Guy
3. Jan 25, 2005: The Devil's Dictatorship
Old Slow Guy
2. Feb 09, 2005: Brownian Motion
Frankenstein

Album Review
Alex Dunn
Reviewed 2005-01-12
Quasi-novelty album by local accordion-based group. Goofy lyrics and a variety of song genres. If Weird Al wrote original songs, and was less manic, it might sound like this. Album ends with an a-typical, serious song that is the best of the lot. Recommend 11, 6. FCC: 3.

1) 136 bpm. Cheerful 80s pop about a lawnball.
2) 75/150 bpm. Ska-ish, male vocals, female backup, accordion, guitar, synth.
3) FCC 60/120 bpm. Polka about mountain climbing, and the lame people who do it. Dumbass, damn.
4) 100 bpm. Mockingly metal, w/ chords ground out on accordion.
5) 90 bpm. New Orleans style jazz ballad, with clarinet, trumpet, fatalistic lyrics.
6) 85 bpm. Rocksteady about a defunct relationship.
7) 110 bpm. Smoov-pop, featuring wretched female rapping.
8) Purposefully cheesy metal medley.
9) 124 bpm. Male vocals, straight ahead pop. About a mooching friend.
10) 120 bpm. Countryish, about eating at Mr. Chau’s and feeling lonely.
11) 44 bpm. Gently waltzing country ballad with touching lyrics about being old.

Alex D.

Track Listing
1. Lawnball   6. Hungover in Clover
2. Live It Up   7. Dr. Luv
3. There's Another Dumbass on T   8. Whole Lotta Love / Black Dog
4. Frankenstein   9. My Friend Jim
5. Dancing with a Dead Man   10. Rice for One
  11. Old Slow Guy