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OOOH! (Out of Our Heads)
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 20, 2002
Studio
Genre
Length37:20
LabelQuarterstick Records
ProducerMekons
Mekons chronology
Journey to the End of the Night
(2000)
OOOH! (Out of Our Heads)
(2002)
Punk Rock
(2004)

OOOH! (Out Of Our Heads) is the sixteenth studio album from British post-punk collective The Mekons, credited on this album as simply Mekons. Released on the band's 25th anniversary, the album grew out of an eponymous art exhibition the previous year and was recorded largely in Chicago.

Background

Recording

Content

Release

Promotion

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Alternative Press4/5[3]
Blender[4]
Chicago Sun-Times[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB[6]
The Great Indie Discography6/10[7]
Pitchfork8.0/10[8]
Tom HullA[9]
Uncut8/10[10]
The Village VoiceA[11]

Track listing

All tracks written by Mekons unless specified otherwise.

  1. "Thee Olde Trip to Jerusalem" - 4:16
  2. "Dancing in the Head" - 2:55
  3. "This Way Through the Fire" - 2:38
  4. "Hate Is the New Love" - 2:53
  5. "Take His Name in Vain" - 3:50
  6. "Only You and Your Ghost Will Know" - 3:47
  7. "Lone Pilgrim" (B.F. White, Adger M. Pace, Arthel Watson) - 2:51
  8. "Winter" - 3:35
  9. "One X One" -3:07
  10. "Bob Hope & Charity" - 3:48
  11. "Stonehead" - 3:40

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.

Additional personnel

  • Ken Sluiter: vocals, mastering, mixing, recording (credited as Ken Lite for the latter)
  • Edith Frost: vocals
  • Kelly Hogan: vocals

References

  1. ^ "Mekons". Metacritic.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Alternative Press, October 2002 issue, page 83
  4. ^ Blender, 2002 issue #9, page #152
  5. ^ [2]
  6. ^ Entertainment Weekly, September 2002 issue, page 86
  7. ^ [3]
  8. ^ [4]
  9. ^ [5]
  10. ^ Uncut October 2002 issue, page 108
  11. ^ [6]