Jerk of All Trades

Jerk of All Trades is a studio album by New York City punk rock band Lunachicks.[5][6][7] It was released in 1995 by Go-Kart Records and was produced by Ray Martin.

Jerk of All Trades
Studio album by
Lunachicks
ReleasedMay 1, 1995
Recorded1993-1995
GenrePunk rock
Length52:34
LabelGo-Kart[1]
ProducerRay Martin
Lunachicks chronology
Binge & Purge
(1992)		 Jerk of All Trades
(1995)		 Pretty Ugly
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA-[4]
Tucson Weekly[1]

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly called Jerk of All Trades "an album of punkoid riffs and comic, melodic choruses."[4] Trouser Press wrote: "Inoffensive songs of varying seriousness about pets, dolls, adolescent pranks and reproductive rights ... give the album a conceptual variety thoroughly blunted by the stultifying sameness of the music, a relentless barrage that furiously digs itself down a boring hole."[8] The Sun Sentinel wrote that "roaring guitars and screaming vocals make for a noisy full-length disc, but it's fun in an infantile way."[9] The Deseret News deemed the album "filled with image-altering guitars and hyper-intense arrangements."[10]

The A.V. Club called the title track "arguably Lunachicks’ greatest song."[11]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Theo Kogan except as noted; all music is composed by Lunachicks.

No.TitleLength
1."Drop Dead"2:52
2."Fingerful"4:13
3."F.D.S."2:45
4."Light as a Feather"3:15
5."Edgar"3:27
6."Dogyard"2:22
7."Buttplug"1:12
8."Bitterness Barbie"3:13
9."Deal with It"3:38
10."Brickface + Stucco"3:12
11."Jerk of All Trades"2:22
12."Spoilt"3:54
13."Ring + Run"1:46
14."Fallopian Rhapsody"4:27
15."Insomnia"3:44
16."Why Me?"6:12

For track 11, "Jerk of All Trades," trumpet is played by Tommy Kennedy.

References
  1. "Quick Scans (June 29 - July 5, 1995)". www.tucsonweekly.com.
  2. "Jerk of All Trades - Lunachicks | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 5: MUZE. p. 370.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. "Jerk of All Trades". EW.com.
  5. "Lunachicks | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. "VH1.com : Lunachicks : Biography". VH1.com. 2005-01-08. Archived from the original on 2005-01-08. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  7. Blush, Steven (October 4, 2016). New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 9781250083623 – via Google Books.
  8. "Lunachicks". Trouser Press. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  9. SCHULMAN, -SANDRA. "ROBERTSON IS ON HIS OWN". Sun-Sentinel.com.
  10. "WHAT'S GOING DOWN AT AREA CLUBS IN THE UPCOMING WEEK". Deseret News. September 8, 1995.
  11. "Bash this beat like a skull: 22 fight-ready songs". Music.
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