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

Bull is the second album by the Canadian band Bootsauce, released on February 7, 1992, on Polygram. It achieved Gold status in Canada in five weeks. "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. It is their first album with their permanent drummer John Lalley.

Production

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Calgary HeraldB
Windsor StarA

RPM listed Bull as their No. 1 album to watch on February 29 1992. The album reached No. 9 in Canada's Top 10 selling albums by the first week of March 1992. The Ottawa Citizen reviewed it as their "top release". 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." 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." The album peaked at No. 17 on C95 FM's Top 30 Countdown in April 1992. 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."

"Love Monkey #9" was the album's highest-charting single. It peaked at No. 42 on the RPM100 Hit Tracks for three weeks in March 1992, spending a total of 12 weeks on the chart. "Watcha' Need" was on the RPM100 for seven weeks, peaking at No. 51 for two weeks in June. "Big, Bad & Groovy" charted for five weeks, peaking at No. 65 for two weeks in September. The album peaked at No. 22, charting for 23 weeks from February to August.

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, lead vocals on Track 3)
  • John Lalley (as Johnny Frappe) (drums)
  • Lemmy (guest vocals on Track 13)

References

  1. ^ Muretich, James (16 Feb 1992). "Bootsauce: Bull". Calgary Herald. p. C4.
  2. Howell, Peter (7 February 1992). "New Bootsauce will be hot, and that's no bull". The Toronto Star. p. 175.
  3. Greenwood, Therese (21 Nov 1991). "Bootsauce, one of Canada's hottest club acts right now...". Entertainment. The Whig-Standard. p. 1.
  4. Krewen, Nick (8 Feb 1992). "Bootsauce Bull". The Hamilton Spectator. p. C5.
  5. Rogers, Ron (10 April 1995). "Montreal -based band provides truly Booty fourth album" (PDF). RPM. p. 7.
  6. "Gold/Platinum". Music Canada. 28 April 1992. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  7. "Juno nominees at a glance". The Kitchener-Waterloo Record. 10 Feb 1993. p. F2.
  8. Howell, Peter (25 Jan 1992). "New Bootsauce will be hot, and that's no bull". Toronto Star. p. K10.
  9. ^ Jones, Owen (29 Feb 1992). "Pop". Windsor Star. p. F2.
  10. Erskine, Evelyn (22 Feb 1992). "Bootsauce produces berserk party music". Ottawa Citizen. p. G3.
  11. "Bull by Bootsauce". Billboard. 104 (24): 51. Jun 13, 1992.
  12. Harrison, Tom (14 Apr 1992). "Heel, toe, and away we go: Yes, you can dance to music of Bootsauce". The Province. p. C3.
  13. Ruhlmann, William. "Review Bull". AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  14. "Albums to Watch" (PDF). RPM. 29 February 1992. p. 1.
  15. "Too sexy too good". Nanaimo Daily News. 6 March 1992. p. 45.
  16. Erskine, Evelyn (22 February 1992). "Bootsauce produces berserk music party". The Ottawa Citizen. p. 69. Bull tops last release.
  17. Lepage, Mark (6 Feb 1992). "Bootsauce laces up for 'fight of our life'". The Gazette. Montreal. p. F1.
  18. Niester, Alan (10 Feb 1992). "Categorizing Bull is not easy". The Globe and Mail. p. C3.
  19. "C95 FM The StarPhoenix Top 30 Countdown". Star-Phoenix. 9 April 1992. p. 31.
  20. Metella, Helen (16 Feb 1992). "A dense, fun listen from Montreal". Edmonton Journal. p. G2.
  21. "RPM100 HIT TRACKS & where to find them". RPM. 7 March 1992. p. 6.
  22. "RPM100 Hit Tracks" (PDF). RPM. 20 June 1992.
  23. "RPM100 Hit Tracks" (PDF). RPM. 9 September 1992. p. 6.
  24. "RPM100 Albums" (PDF). RPM. 1 August 1992. p. 11.
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