Blender (The Murmurs album)

Blender is the third studio album released by American alternative pop band The Murmurs; it was released in 1998 on MCA. The album was produced by Larry Klein, k.d. lang and Matthew Wilder.[1] Blender includes tracks from their second album Pristine Smut (one of them, "I'm A Mess", remixed), and three new songs.[2] All of the tracks were written by band members Leisha Hailey and Heather Grody. One, "Smash", was co-written with members of rock band The Go-Go's, Jane Wiedlin and Charlotte Caffey.[3]

Blender
Studio album by
The Murmurs
ReleasedAugust 4, 1998 (1998-08-04)
Recorded1997–1998
GenreAlternative pop
Length33:37
LabelMCA
ProducerLarry Klein
k.d. lang
Matthew Wilder
The Murmurs chronology
Pristine Smut
(1997)		 Blender
(1998)

Reception

In a review for Allmusic, Alex Henderson gave Blender a star rating of four out of five, calling it "power-pop heaven". Henderson compared the sound of the album to that The Go-Go's and praised "Underdog", "Sucker Upper" and "La Di Da" in particular as "first-class ... fun, melodic offerings".[3] Robert Christgau gave the album a B- rating and compared it negatively to its predecessor, Pristine Smut. He criticized the band's "pusillanimity", and said "they were cuter with slime on their pudenda".[4]

Track listing
  1. "La Di Da" — 2:57
  2. "I'm a Mess" — 3:13
  3. "Big Talker" — 2:58
  4. "Misfit" — 4:03
  5. "Smash" — 2:35
  6. "Genius" — 3:42
  7. "Don't Lie" — 2:56
  8. "Underdog" — 2:56
  9. "Sucker Upper" — 3:00
  10. "Country Song" — 2:28
  11. "About Nothin'" — 2:49

Personnel
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References
  1. "Blender — Murmurs — Credits", Allmusic, Rovi Corporation, retrieved June 12, 2011
  2. "Overlooked 'Smut' Gets Second Shot", Daily News, Kentucky, p. 5, August 26, 1998, retrieved June 12, 2011
  3. Henderson, Alex, "Blender — Murmurs — Review", Allmusic, Rovi Corporation, retrieved June 12, 2011
  4. Christgau, Robert, "CG: The Murmurs", robertchristgau.com, retrieved June 12, 2011
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