What Is Not to Love

What Is Not to Love
Studio album by
Imperial Teen
ReleasedUS September 15, 1998
GenresIndie rock, indie pop
Length45:24
LabelSlash
ProducersMark Freegard, Steve McDonald
Imperial Teen chronology
Seasick
(1996)		 What Is Not to Love
(1998)		 On
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
Robert ChristgauA−
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar
Rolling StoneStarStarStarHalf star
Spin6/10
Tiny Mix TapesStarStarStarStar

What Is Not to Love is the second album by indie-rock band Imperial Teen. It is the follow-up to their first full-length record, Seasick (1996), and was released in 1998 via Slash Records.

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".

Track listing

All songs written by Imperial Teen.

  1. "Open Season" – 2:25
  2. "Birthday Girl" – 3:36
  3. "Yoo Hoo" – 3:30
  4. "Lipstick" – 4:00
  5. "Alone in the Grass" – 7:15
  6. "Crucible" – 4:18
  7. "The Beginning" – 2:39
  8. "Year of the Tan" – 3:05
  9. "Seven" – 4:33
  10. "Hooray" (live) – 7:11
  11. "Beauty" – 2:52

Personnel

Band members

Technical staff

References

  1. 1 2 "Imperial Teen What Is Not To Love". www.tinymixtapes.com.
  2. ↑ Damas, Jason. "allmusic ((( What Is Not to Love > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Imperial Teen". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 18, 2010.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 463.
  5. ↑ Brackett, Nathan. "Imperial Teen". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 403, cited March 18, 2010
  6. ↑ "Reviews". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. March 21, 1999 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Imperial Teen | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Rock Bottum". The Advocate. Here Publishing. February 16, 1999 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ "What Is Not to Love". EW.com.