Black Candy

Black Candy
Studio album by
Beat Happening
Released1989
Recorded1988
Genres
Length30:03
LabelK
ProducerSteve Fisk
Beat Happening chronology
Jamboree
(1988)		 Black Candy
(1989)		 Dreamy
(1991)

Black Candy is the third studio album by indie pop band Beat Happening.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
Alternative Rock4/10
Hi-Fi News & Record ReviewB:1

Beat Happening promoted it with tours alongside Fugazi in 1990 and 1991.

Author Dave Thompson, in his book Alternative Rock (2000), wrote that despite the titular song "kick[ing] critical ass," the remainder of the album "sounds like BH didn't actually know they were making it. Or that someone was taping the rehearsal." The name of the song "T.V. Girl" was the inspiration for indie pop group TV Girl's name.

Track listing

All tracks written by Beat Happening.

  1. "Other Side" – 3:35
  2. "Black Candy" – 3:00
  3. "Knick Knack" – 2:13
  4. "Pajama Party in a Haunted Hive" – 4:38
  5. "Gravedigger Blues" – 2:26
  6. "Cast a Shadow" – 2:31
  7. "Bonfire" – 3:12
  8. "T.V. Girl" – 2:31
  9. "Playhouse" – 2:30
  10. "Ponytail" – 3:27

Cover versions

Beat Happening's songs from Black Candy have been covered by other artists:

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Lindsay, Cam (November 12, 2015). "Rank Your Records: Calvin Johnson Reluctantly Ranks Beat Happening's Records". Vice.
  2. ↑ Azerrad, Michael (December 1, 2012). Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316247184.
  3. ↑ "Beat Happening". Trouser Press.
  4. ↑ AllMusic
  5. 1 2 3 Thompson 2000, p. 182
  6. ↑ "Review: Beat Happening — Black Candy" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review. Vol. 34, no. 12. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. December 1989. p. 145. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021 – via World Radio History.
  7. ↑ "Interview with TV Girl". WHRB. Retrieved May 19, 2025.

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