Twenty-Eight Teeth

Twenty-Eight Teeth
Studio album by
Buck-O-Nine
ReleasedApril 15, 1997
Recorded1997
GenreSka punk
Length42:43
LabelTVT
ProducersNeill King, David Kershenbaum
Buck-O-Nine chronology
Water in My Head
(1996)		 Twenty-Eight Teeth
(1997)		 Pass the Dutchie
(1998)
Singles from Twenty-Eight Teeth
  1. "My Town"
    Released: 1997

Twenty-Eight Teeth is the third studio album by the American ska punk band Buck-O-Nine, released in 1997.

"My Town", about La Jolla, California, peaked at No. 32 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. The album peaked at No. 190 on the Billboard 200.

Twenty-Eight Teeth sold more than 200,000 copies. The band promoted it by touring with Primus.

Production

The album was produced by Neill King and David Kershenbaum. It contains a cover of Joe Jackson's "I'm the Man". "What Happened to My Radio?" is about the narrowing of radio playlists.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Record called the album "an infectious and energetic workout that avoids the same-rhythm rut that most bands of the snappy, staggered-tempo genre fall into." The San Diego Union-Tribune noted that "'Nineteen' is jet-powered by Jonas Kleiner's careening guitars, while 'My Town' gets its cheery bounce from Scott Kennerly's bobbing bass and Steve Bauer's swinging drums." The New Times Broward-Palm Beach praised the "full-throttle skacore ... where hyperactive ska grooves set the pace only to lurch into supercharged punk status come chorus time."

AllMusic wrote that "Buck-O-Nine needs to give more time to the horn section and engage in the kind of loopy interplay that made the Specials so interesting."

Track listing

All songs written by Buck-O-Nine except "I'm the Man" written by Joe Jackson.

No.TitleLength
1."Round Kid"2:59
2."Nineteen"2:55
3."Albuquerque"3:33
4."Tear Jerky"3:29
5."I'm the Man"3:20
6."Jennifer's Cold"2:59
7."Steve Was Dead"2:00
8."What Happened to My Radio?"2:32
9."Twenty-Eight Teeth"2:48
10."You Go You're Gone"3:07
11."Peach Fish"3:24
12."Record Store"3:26
13."My Town"3:34
14."Little Pain Inside"2:31

Credits

Performance

References

  1. ↑ "Buck-O-Nine Sinks Its Teeth Into American Radio". MTV News. Archived from the original on January 27, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Buck-O-Nine Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Partridge, Kenneth (September 14, 2021). Hell of a Hat: The Rise of '90s Ska and Swing. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-09053-5 – via Google Books.
  4. 1 2 Bambarger, Bradley (September 6, 1997). "The modern age". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 36. p. 109.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (January 27, 2008). Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-0-89820-174-1 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2010). Top Pop Albums (7 ed.). Record Research Inc. p. 117.
  7. ↑ "Buck-O-Nine | San Diego Reader". www.sandiegoreader.com.
  8. ↑ Maestri, Cathy (October 24, 1997). "To the Nines". The Press-Enterprise. p. AA12.
  9. 1 2 DeMarco, Jerry (June 27, 1997). "READYING THE WORLD FOR SKA BUCK-O-NINE IS HOPEFUL". The Record. LIFESTYLE/PREVIEWS. p. 26.
  10. ↑ Healy, James (May 15, 1997). "Buck-O-Nine wants to hear (its) cool songs on the radio". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Entertainment. p. 18.
  11. 1 2 "Twenty-Eight Teeth - Buck-O-Nine | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  12. ↑ Peterson, Karla (April 3, 1997). "A big deal for Buck-O-Nine - Spring spins in with tons of new tunes". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Entertainment. p. 17.
  13. ↑ Weiss, Neal (November 13, 1997). "Passing the Buck". New Times Broward-Palm Beach. Music.