Bull (album)

Bull is the second album by the Canadian band Bootsauce, released in 1992.[2][3] "Love Monkey #9", "Whatcha' Need" and "Big, Bad & Groovy" were released as singles. The album was nominated for a Juno Award, in the "Best Album Design" category.[4]

Bull
Studio album by
Bootsauce
Released1992
LabelVertigo/PolyGram[1]
ProducerMichael Jonzun, Bootsauce
Bootsauce chronology
Re-Boot
(1991)		 Bull
(1992)		 Sleeping Bootie
(1993)

Production

The album was produced by Michael Jonzun and the band.[5] Bootsauce shared in the songwriting.[6] "Love Monkey #9" is about animal testing on non-human primates.[7] "Big Bad & Groovy" employs a horn section.[8] Lemmy sang on "Hold Tight".[9]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]
Calgary HeraldB[1]
Windsor StarA[6]

The Gazette noted that "there is more of everything—sex, danceability, power chords, smooth balladry, samples, with singer Drew Ling's insinuating voice living up to its owner's name."[11] The Globe and Mail wrote: "Bootsauce bounds all over the musical map, mulching early Pink Floyd sci-fi rock with Public Enemy-styled rapping ('Touching Cloth'), emulating Extreme on the ballad 'What Cha' Need', resurrecting Dr. John on the New Orleans-styled 'Dog Pound', and paying tribute to Sly and the Family Stone."[12] The Edmonton Journal determined that "assertive hard rock lays the foundation for snippets of soul falsetto, New Orleans gumbo and busy, Frank Zappa-ish orchestration."[13]

Track listing

All songs were written by Bootsauce, except where noted.

  1. "Love Monkey #9" – 3:25
  2. "Touching Cloth" – 3:42
  3. "Whatcha' Need" – 5:09
  4. "Big Bad & Groovy" – 4:08
  5. "Dogpound" – 3:35
  6. "Outhouse Quake" – 4:23
  7. "The 13th Psalm" – 4:30
  8. "Misunderstood" – 3:46
  9. "Rollercoaster's Child" (Willy Beck, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Pierce, Clarence Satchel, James Williams) – 3:31
  10. "I Saw You There" – 4:04
  11. "The Whole of You" – 4:01
  12. "Bad Dinner" – 3:45
  13. "Hold Tight" – 4:15

Personnel
  • Drew Ling (vocals)
  • Pere Fume (guitar)
  • Sonny Greenwich, Jr. (guitar)
  • Alan Baculis (bass)
  • John Lalley (as Johnny Frappe) (drums)
  • Lemmy (guest vocals on 'Hold Tight')

References
  1. Muretich, James (16 Feb 1992). "Bootsauce: Bull". Calgary Herald. p. C4.
  2. Greenwood, Therese (21 Nov 1991). "Bootsauce, one of Canada's hottest club acts right now...". Entertainment. The Whig-Standard. p. 1.
  3. Krewen, Nick (8 Feb 1992). "Bootsauce Bull". The Hamilton Spectator. p. C5.
  4. "Juno nominees at a glance". The Kitchener-Waterloo Record. 10 Feb 1993. p. F2.
  5. Howell, Peter (25 Jan 1992). "New Bootsauce will be hot, and that's no bull". Toronto Star. p. K10.
  6. Jones, Owen (29 Feb 1992). "Pop". Windsor Star. p. F2.
  7. Erskine, Evelyn (22 Feb 1992). "Bootsauce produces berserk party music". Ottawa Citizen. p. G3.
  8. "Bull by Bootsauce". Billboard. 104 (24): 51. Jun 13, 1992.
  9. Harrison, Tom (14 Apr 1992). "Heel, toe, and away we go: Yes, you can dance to music of Bootsauce". The Province. p. C3.
  10. Ruhlmann, William. "Review Bull". AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  11. Lepage, Mark (6 Feb 1992). "Bootsauce laces up for 'fight of our life'". The Gazette. Montreal. p. F1.
  12. Niester, Alan (10 Feb 1992). "Categorizing Bull is not easy". The Globe and Mail. p. C3.
  13. Metella, Helen (16 Feb 1992). "A dense, fun listen from Montreal". Edmonton Journal. p. G2.
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