Total Entertainment!
Total Entertainment! is a studio album by American queercore band Pansy Division.[3][4] It was released in 2003 by Alternative Tentacles.[5][6]
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| Released | August 12, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Queercore, Punk rock | |||
| Length | 45:20 | |||
| Label | Alternative Tentacles[1] | |||
| Producer | Chris Xefos | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
Critical reception
Now called the album "a goofy alt-rock amusement park ride of a record, with more hooks than a crocheting bee in a doily-happy nursing home and the gayest lyrics this side of Rufus Wainwright."[7] The Richmond Times-Dispatch called it "pipin' with hilarity and crunching power pop."[8] The Advocate called it the band's "most varied effort to date."[9]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0. | "untitled pre-gap track" | 0:55 | |
| 1. | "Who Treats You Right?" | lyrics: Ginoli, music: Ginoli/Freeman | 2:20 |
| 2. | "Blurry Down Below" | lyrics: Ginoli, music: Ginoli/Freeman/Goodwin/Illades | 2:19 |
| 3. | "When He Comes Home" | Freeman | 2:59 |
| 4. | "Too Many Hoops" | lyrics: Ginoli, music: Ginoli/Freeman | 2:54 |
| 5. | "Spiral" | Freeman | 3:09 |
| 6. | "Saddest Song" | lyrics: Ginoli, music: Ginoli/Freeman/Goodwin | 3:13 |
| 7. | "No Protection" | lyrics: Freeman/Ginoli, music: Freeman/Ginoli/Goodwin | 3:59 |
| 8. | "Alpine Skiing" | Ginoli | 3:14 |
| 9. | "Not Good Enough" | Freeman | 1:20 |
| 10. | "Scared to Death" | Freeman | 2:02 |
| 11. | "I'm Alright" | Ginoli | 2:30 |
| 12. | "First Betrayal" | Freeman | 4:02 |
| 13. | "Sleeping in the Cold" | lyrics: Freeman, music: Freeman/Ginoli/Goodwin/Illades | 4:23 |
| 14. | "He Whipped My Ass in Tennis, Then I Fucked His Ass in Bed" | Ginoli | 2:08 |
| 15. | "Total Entertainment" | lyrics: Ginoli/Goodwin, music: Goodwin/Freeman/Ginoli | 2:07 |
| 16. | "At the Mall" (Bonus track unlisted on the back cover, but listed in the lyric sheet) | Ginoli | 12:06 |
| Total length: | 45:20 | ||
0 is about 40 seconds of silence, followed by what sounds like a movie sample, set in a record store, in which a woman offers to play the new Pansy Division they just got in and a man declines. 16 is preceded by a 2:55 silent pre-gap.
Personnel
Pansy Division
- Chris Freeman – bass, vocals
- Jon Ginoli – rhythm guitar, vocals
- Patrick Goodwin – lead guitar, vocals
- Luis Illades – drums, saxophone, vocals
Additional musicians
- Victor Krummenacher – acoustic guitar on track 6
- Scott Wagar – tambourine on tracks 2 and 4
- Danny Cao – trumpet on tracks 7, 8 and 10
- Doug Hilsinger – pedal steel guitar on track 14
- Josh Pollock – banjo on track 14
- Chris Xefos – keyboards
References
- "Total Entertainment!". June 13, 2018.
- "Total Entertainment! - Pansy Division | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- "Sock It to Your Hole! – OC Weekly". www.ocweekly.com.
- Summers, Claude (April 24, 2012). The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, and Musical Theater. Cleis Press Start. ISBN 9781573448758 – via Google Books.
- "Pansy Division | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- "OK Then". SF Weekly. September 3, 2003.
- "NOW: Pansy Division, Jul 31 - Aug 6, 2003". December 6, 2004. Archived from the original on 2004-12-06.
- "Sound Off". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 17 November 2003.
- "Return of the Pansys". The Advocate. Here Publishing. September 16, 2003 – via Google Books.