Last Day of Summer

Last Day of Summer Artist: Barely Pink
Label: Not Lame Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 618403008426
EAN: 0618403008426
ASIN: B0000CDL7X


Release Date: 2003-09-16

Last Day of Summer


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Tracks:

  1. Girl In The Crowd
  2. Do What You Like
  3. Sixteen's Gone
  4. Simple Enough
  5. Hurt You Anyless
  6. Mercury Girl
  7. Mood Meter Maid
  8. California
  9. Strongest One
  10. Firebug

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Pink Pops On.......2003-09-21

Deriving their sound from the likes of Cheap Trick, Big Star, ELO and Material Issue, Bay Area pop stalwarts Barely Pink release yet another incendiary cd onto the "in the know" power pop fans around Tampa and around the world. Their inflammatory popularity in Japan makes them too cool for our school but that's never stopped us before. What threatens to be the best power pop release of the still new decade, Last Days of Summer harkens back to the days when the Move stalked the earth with their Brontosaurus and, Cheap Trick made me realize that I Can't Take It and Material Issue wrote every song with a girl's name in the chorus.
Girl in the Crowd has to be the smartest pop hook known to man while Do What You Like makes us all wanna grab a girl and dance. Mercury Girl makes us cry and California evokes a road trip. The Strongest One, , Firebug and GHurt You Any Less onfuse me and Simple Enough, Sixteen's Gone and Mood Meter Maid makes us all wanna sing. The early even pressings come with a great Barely Pink sticker that got caught in my hair and required an emergency trip to Super Cuts but how can I hold that against them?
You need to buy this cd.

5 out of 5 stars The best thing this summer.......2003-09-20

This is a great album, my friends and I all purchased a copy of this at a live show, and we were blown away. California and Sixteens gone are my personal favorite, but it is definately one of those CD's that I like play all the way through.

Having seen the band live, it is refreshing to hear the album that captures the great live sound and is not overdone in the studio.

Great buy.

5 out of 5 stars Barely Pink does it again!.......2003-09-20

If you're reading this you've
probably already heard the Power Pop Princes BARELY PINK from their first three CDs, or if you're a Big Star fan, their kick-ass version of "In the Street." For those of you who haven't,
you're in for a Power Pop feast if you pick up their new release "The Last Day of Summer" that has just been released by Not Lame Records.

I was first made aware of this band through a cover of The Raspberries "Tonight." After chatting with lead singer
(and co-writer) Brian Merrill, and downloading several tracks off of their own site:

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I was convinced this was one of the very few "modern" bands that actually "got" what true power pop really is, and had still created a fresh, new sound of their own producing this type of music.

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5 out of 5 stars Got Pink? I do!.......2003-09-20

Okay, for the record... this band is from my neck of the woods. Barely Pink's "Last Day of Summer" has to honestly be one of the top 5 CDs I've gotten my hands on this year. It's fun, it's silly, it's comforting..... And no, I'm not just saying that because I know these guys. (Hi guys!) They're just simply a really great band! Strong songwriting and musicianship are the key elements to this disc. Brian Merrill's vocals are top-notch, Mark Warren's guitar screams while Michael Hoag's bass is the perfect accompiant to Stan Arthur's drumming prowness. Track highlights include "Sixteen's Gone", "Strongest One" and the totally radio-ready "Firebug" and "Mood Meter Maid". This is Barely Pink's best yet and I can't wait to see what they pull out of their bag of tricks in the next round. If you're ever in the Tampa Bay area, I highly suggest taking in a Barely Pink show (or 2 or 3 or 4...). You won't be disappointed.

5 out of 5 stars Barely Pink gives us an endless summer of straight-ahead roc.......2003-09-20

Barely Pink is a welcome return to the straight-ahead, melodically catchy rock that was the signature sound of bands like Cheap Trick. From the spectacularly thumping opening to "Hey Girl in the Crowd" by drummer Stan Arthur, you'll be hooked. A dissection of the lyrics will uncover nothing emotionally deep or new, but these songs will not get out of your head. And that's a good thing!

Jim Simpson

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  4. Sympatico ~ Tom Freund
  5. Millenium Edition (Best of) ~ Shonen Knife
  6. The Collection: Slow Dancer/Silk Degrees/Down Two Then Left ~ Boz Scaggs
  7. A Special Tribute to Elvis ~ Swing Cats
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