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Track Listings
| 1. Utopia Parkway |
| 2. Red Dragon Tattoo |
| 3. Denise |
| 4. Hat and Feet |
| 5. Valley of Malls |
| 6. Troubled Times |
| 7. Go, Hippie |
| 8. Fine Day for a Parade |
| 9. Amity Gardens |
| 10. Laser Show |
| 11. Lost in Space |
| 12. Prom Theme |
| 13. It Must Be Summer |
| 14. Senator's Daughter |
Product Description
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ファウンテインズ・オブ・ウェインのセカンド・アルバムは、太陽の下に出てきた新作という感じで、90年代のニュージャージーの高校生にとっての『ペット・サウンズ』（原題『Pet Sounds』）だと言える。中心メンバーのアダム・シュレシンジャーとクリス・コリンウッドは、歌詞の中にさまざまな文化（ピンク・フロイドのレーザー・ショー、タトゥー、パフ・ダディ、ラベンダー色のレクサス、ファンクソング「You Dropped a Bomb on Me」）をちりばめているが、「Valley of Malls」（邦題「ヴァレー・オブ・モールズ」）は、アダム・サンドラーが演じたウェディングシンガー並みにほろ苦さたっぷりだ。ポップス通のシュレシンジャーは、アイヴィーのメンバーでもあり、『すべてをあなたに』（原題『That Thing You Do!』）のタイトル曲を書いている。また、ELOへのほろりとくるトリビュート曲、「Prom Theme」（邦題「プロム・テーマ」）のダブ・バージョンをやるほどの小ざかしさだが、アルバムが若者に人気の1曲、「The Senator’s Daughter」（邦題「セネターズ・ドーター」）で終わると、ブライアン・ウィルソンの『駄目な僕~I Just Was』（原題『I Just Wasn't Made for These Times』）に似た率直な感じを受ける。（Rickey Wright, Amazon.com）
From Amazon.co.uk
Loads of New York bands have written songs about their home towns. Few, however, have focused on the suburbs of the City That Never Sleeps: the tree-lined streets populated by commuters and shopping malls that make up much of New Jersey, Connecticut and Long Island. This is the world of disaffected youth, the "gee-whiz" America of Frank Capra films colliding with the suburban nightmare of Amityville (which is, after all, a town on Long Island). Utopia Parkway is, in effect, a concept album about the world that's just a short train journey from Manhattan yet an eternity away from big city life. Songwriting duo Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger--the creative forces behind the Fountains Of Wayne--treat their subject with humour and dignity, singing about the lives and dreams of the suburbanites who populate their songs against a backdrop of soccer moms and high school proms. Moreover, the songs are flawless gems of guitar-driven pop perfection, like Teenage Fanclub at their best, running the gamut from fine to fantastic: from the rocking single "Denise" to the vintage pop of "Laser Show" and "The Valley Of Malls" to the witticisms of "Red Dragon Tattoo" ("Now I look a little more like that guy from Korn"). Utopia Parkway is a knowing portrait of a neglected aspect of American life and--most importantly--a perfect pop album. --Robert Burrow
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