Flip-Flop (album)

Flip-Flop is the fourth and final studio album by the American band Guadalcanal Diary.[1][2] It was released in 1989 on Elektra Records.[3] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[4] "Always Saturday", for which a video was shot, was released as a single.[5]

For other uses, see Flip-flop (disambiguation).
Flip-Flop
Studio album by
Guadalcanal Diary
Released1989
GenreRock
LabelElektra
ProducerDon Dixon
Guadalcanal Diary chronology
2X4
(1987)		 Flip-Flop
(1989)		 At Your Birthday Party (live)
(1999)

Production

The album was produced by Don Dixon.[6] Drummer John Poe wrote several of the album's songs.[7] "Ten Laws" was inspired by Joseph Campbell's Myths to Live By.[8]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[9]
Chicago Tribune[10]
Houston Chronicle[11]

The Los Angeles Times wrote: "One of the most underrated, overlooked and inaccurately compared to R.E.M. bands around doesn't offer much to change that on its fourth album."[12] The Northwest Florida Daily News deemed the album "artsy rock 'n' roll" that "doesn't stray too far from homespun melodies and twangy guitars."[13]

The Toronto Star called it "raucous, energizing, intelligent guitar rock."[14] The Gazette determined that the album finds the band "working some of the melancholy out of singer Murray Attaway's vocals."[15] The Chicago Tribune labeled Flip-Flop "terrific mainstream rock, a shade quirkier than John Mellencamp or Tom Petty but no less deserving of Top 40 status."[10]

Track listing
  1. "Look Up!" – 2:33
  2. "Always Saturday" – 4:15
  3. "The Likes of You" – 3:06
  4. "Barometer" – 4:07
  5. "Happy Home" – 2:53
  6. "Whiskey Talk" – 3:36
  7. "Pretty Is As Pretty Does" – 4:08
  8. "Everything But Good Luck" – 2:53
  9. "Ten Laws" – 3:44
  10. "Fade Out" – 4:59
  11. "...Vista" – 3:05

References
  1. "Jeff Walls, Guitarist for Guadalcanal Diary, Hillbilly Frankenstein and The Woggles, Has Died". pastemagazine.com. May 30, 2019.
  2. Gittins, Ian (Feb 25, 1989). "Guadalcanal Diary". Melody Maker. 65 (8): 29.
  3. "TrouserPress.com :: Guadalcanal Diary". www.trouserpress.com.
  4. Zibart, Eve (14 Apr 1989). "Family Diary". The Washington Post. p. N22.
  5. Harrison, Tom (14 June 1989). "Band feels like family". Entertainment. The Province. p. 48.
  6. Heim, Chris (17 Mar 1989). "Up-and-comers and cult favorites". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. 54.
  7. Blackstock, Peter (4 Apr 1989). "Battle for success rages with Guadalcanal Diary". Austin American-Statesman. p. B14.
  8. "Murray Attaway, 31, is the lead singer...". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. 7 May 1989. p. 4.
  9. Flip-Flop at AllMusic
  10. Kot, Greg (11 May 1989). "Recordings". Chicago Tribune. p. 19C.
  11. Racine, Marty (April 2, 1989). "Records". Zest. Houston Chronicle. p. 10.
  12. Hochman, Steve (12 Mar 1989). "Record Rack". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 86.
  13. Wheeler, Kris (31 Mar 1989). "Georgia band alters Southern rock sound". Northwest Florida Daily News. p. C6.
  14. Quill, Greg (31 Mar 1989). "Guadalcanal Diary Flip Flop". Toronto Star. p. D15.
  15. "Guadalcanal Diary Flip Flop". The Gazette. 6 Apr 1989. p. F6.
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