That's So Gay

That's So Gay is an album by the American queercore band Pansy Division.[4][5] It was released on March 31, 2009, by Alternative Tentacles.[3][6]

That's So Gay
Studio album by
Pansy Division
ReleasedMarch 31, 2009
RecordedApril 2007-September 2008
StudioNu Tone Studios in Pittsburg, California
GenreQueercore, power pop, alternative rock
Length37:56
LabelAlternative Tentacles[1]
Pansy Division chronology
The Essential Pansy Division
(2006)		 That's So Gay
(2009)		 Quite Contrary
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
PopMatters[3]

Critical reception

Exclaim! called the album "the band's most natural commingling of music and message yet ... Equal amounts of attention are paid to crafting sultry, unforgettable tunes as cramming double entendres into every line."[7] Magnet wrote that it "retains the group’s signature melodic songs and humorous, homo-tawdry lyrics."[8] Tucson Weekly wrote that "the joke is obvious but doesn't ever get old, because underneath the cartoonish simplicity, the music is actually, well, fun as hell."[9] The Advocate wrote: "With a sense of humor as sharp-witted as ever, the seminal S.F. queercore combo is still on top of their game, taking on heteronormative hypocrisy in their triumphant return after a six-year hiatus."[10]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Twinkie Twinkie Little Star"Jon Ginoli2:15
2."Average Men"Ginoli3:24
3."Ride Baby"Chris Freeman3:24
4."Some of My Best Friends"Joel Reader3:40
5."That's So Gay"Freeman2:28
6."Obsessed with Me"Ginoli1:57
7."20 Years of Cock"Ginoli1:39
8."What's in it for Me?"lyrics: Freeman/Ginoli, music: Freeman3:25
9."You'll See Them Again"Ginoli2:30
10."Dirty Young Man"Ginoli2:42
11."It's Just a Job"lyrics: Freeman/Ginoli/Reader, music: Freeman3:12
12."Pat Me on the Ass"Ginoli1:45
13."Never You Mind"Freeman2:32
14."Life Lovers"Ginoli3:03
Total length:37:56

Personnel
  • Luis Illades – drums, percussion, keyboards on track 13
  • Jon Ginoli – guitars, vocals
  • Joel Reader – lead guitars, vocals
  • Chris Freeman – bass guitars, vocals, keyboards on tracks 8 and 10
  • Jello Biafra - guest vocals on track 2[3]

References
  1. "Pansy Division". June 13, 2018.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Tartanella, Emily (April 26, 2009). "Pansy Division: That's So Gay". PopMatters. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  4. "Pansy Division | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. "Pansy Division: a quarter-century of queercore". the Guardian. September 15, 2016.
  6. Plato, Catherine (25 March 2009). "Life in a Gay Rock Band". East Bay Express.
  7. "Pansy Division That's So Gay". exclaim.ca.
  8. "Memoir: Pansy Division's Jon Ginoli". April 8, 2009.
  9. Bottai, Sean. "Pansy Division: That's So Gay (Alternative Tentacles)". Tucson Weekly.
  10. "Hot Sheet: Week of April 13". www.advocate.com. April 10, 2009.
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