All the Money's Gone

"All the Money's Gone" is a song by Babylon Zoo and the first single to be taken from their second album King Kong Groover. It was written and produced by Jas Mann, and peaked at #46 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1999.[1] An animated music video was made to accompany the single.

"All the Money's Gone"
Single by Babylon Zoo
from the album King Kong Groover
B-side
  • Chrome Invader
  • All the Money's Gone (Wiseass Dawn Patrol Mix)
Released20 January 1999
Recorded1998
GenreGlam rock
Alternative rock
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Jas Mann
Producer(s)Jas Mann
Steve Power
Babylon Zoo singles chronology
"The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes"
(1996)
"All the Money's Gone"
(1999)
"Honaloochie Boogie"
(1999)

Reception

The Sunday Mercury read: "Mann is having an identity crisis... he can't decide if he's [David] Bowie, Marc Bolan or Gary Glitter – but glam-rock, this disappointing record ain't".[2] Ewan MacLeod of the Sunday Mail enjoyed the single's accompanying music video, but felt it "a shame the song sounds like a rip-off of Seventies glam group T-Rex".[3] In NME, Steven Wells wrote that the "very Bowie-esque" track "sucks" on an unrivalled level.[4] Anna Carey of the Sunday Tribune called it "hideous".[5]

In a retrospective article for AllMusic, critic Dave Thompson likened the song to "an unholy collision between Oasis and Barry Blue's 'Dancing on a Saturday Night'."[6]

Track listing

  • CD Promo Single 1998 EMI (CDEMDJ 519)
  1. All the Money's Gone (7" Mix) - 3.44
  • CD Single 1 1998 EMI (CDEMS 519)
  1. All the Money's Gone - 3.44
  2. Chrome Invader - 5.03
  3. All the Money's Gone (Wiseass Dawn Patrol Remix) - 6.53
  • CD Single 2 1998 EMI (CDEM 519)
  1. All the Money's Gone - 3.44
  2. All the Money's Gone (Tin Tin Out Vocal Mix) - 8.35
  3. All the Money's Gone (Space Raiders Mix) - 6.08

References

  1. "Official Charts: Babylon Zoo - Singles". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. "New releases". Sunday Mercury. The Free Library. 20 September 1998. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  3. MacLeod, Ewan (30 August 1998). "Gossip". Sunday Mail. Trinity Mirror.
  4. Wells, Steven (23 January 1999). "This week's singles". NME. Archived from the original on 31 August 2000. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  5. Carey, Anna (14 February 1999). "Rock/pop CDs". Sunday Tribune.
  6. Thompson, Dave. "King Kong Groover Review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
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