Regretfully Yours

Regretfully Yours is the major-label debut album by Superdrag, released on Elektra Records in 1996.[4][5] The first single, "Sucked Out", expressed disdain for the music industry.[6] It was an MTV Buzz Bin hit.[7]

Regretfully Yours
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 26, 1996
RecordedEasley Recording (Memphis, Tennessee), Fort Apache Studios (Cambridge, Massachusetts), etc.
GenreAlternative rock
Power pop
Indie rock
Length41:30
LabelElektra
ProducerTim O'Heir[1]
Superdrag chronology
The Fabulous 8-Track Sound of Superdrag
(1995)
Regretfully Yours
(1996)
Head Trip in Every Key
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

A vinyl version—which didn't appeared at the time of the original release despite the album's retro aesthetic—was released in 2012 on SideOneDummy Records.[8]

The album peaked at No. 158 on the Billboard 200.[9]

Critical reception

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music wrote that the album "suffered from a cleaner production than their independent debut, losing some of the band's rough power pop charm in the process."[3] Trouser Press wrote: "That [John] Davis’ vulnerably sweet and sour songwriting is in full effect is the album’s saving grace, but the audible sense of what Superdrag is about has changed a lot."[1]

Track listing

All songs written by John Davis.

  1. "Slot Machine" - 2:36
  2. "Phaser" - 3:19
  3. "Carried" - 2:15
  4. "Sucked Out" - 2:46
  5. "Cynicality" - 3:20
  6. "Destination Ursa Major" - 3:55
  7. "Whitey's Theme" - 4:42
  8. "Truest Love" - 2:41
  9. "What If You Don't Fly" - 2:14
  10. "Garmonbozia" - 3:38
  11. "N.A. Kicker" - 2:27
  12. "Nothing Good Is Real" - 4:43
  13. "Rocket" - 2:46

Personnel

  • John Davis: vocals, guitars, piano, organ, mellotron
  • Brandon Fisher: guitars
  • Tom Pappas: bass
  • Don Coffey, Jr.: drums

References

  1. "Superdrag". Trouser Press. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. Regretfully Yours at AllMusic
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 7: MUZE. p. 854.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. "Superdrag | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. "The Modern Age". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 31, 1996 via Google Books.
  6. "SUPERDRAG HOLDS ITS OWN AS TOP DOG". courant.com.
  7. Reighley, Kurt B. (October 9, 2006). "Songwriting With Superdrag". Seattle Weekly.
  8. "Superdrag's 'Regretfully Yours' to Receive Vinyl Reissue". exclaim.ca.
  9. "Superdrag". Billboard.
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