Cruise Yourself

Cruise Yourself
Studio album by Girls Against Boys
Released October 3, 1994 (1994-10-03)
Recorded May 1994 (1994-05)
Studio Oz Studios, Baltimore, MD
Genre Post-hardcore, indie rock
Length 40:59
Label Touch and Go
Producer Ted Niceley
Girls Against Boys chronology
(I) Don't Got a Place
(1994)		 Cruise Yourself
(1994)		 Kill the Sexplayer
(1995)

Cruise Yourself is the third studio album by American post-hardcore band Girls Against Boys, released on October 3, 1994 by Touch and Go Records.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Robert Christgau[3]
NME[4]
Q[5]
Rolling Stone[6]

Cruise Yourself has received a mixed-to-favorable response from critics.

Accolades

Year Publication Country Accolade Rank
1998 Alternative Press United States "The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s" 53 [7]
2000 Rock de Lux Spain "Best Albums of the '90s" 102 [8]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Girls Against Boys. 

No. Title Length
1. "Tucked-In"   4:17
2. "Cruise Your New Baby Fly Self"   3:11
3. "Kill the Sexplayer"   3:16
4. "(I) Don't Got a Place"   3:43
5. "Psychic Know-How"   3:41
6. "Explicitly Yours"   4:59
7. "From Now On"   4:15
8. "Raindrop"   3:13
9. "The Royal Lowdown"   2:41
10. "My Martini"   3:41
11. "Glazed-Eye"   4:02

Personnel

Adapted from the Cruise Yourself liner notes.[9]

Girls Against Boys
Production and additional personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1994 Touch and Go CD, CS, LP TG117

References

  1. ↑ Kot, Greg (2007). "Girls Against Boys". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Cruise Yourself". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Girls Against Boys". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ columnist (October 1994). "Girls Against Boys: Cruise Yourself". NME: 52.
  5. ↑ columnist (November 1994). "Girls Against Boys: Cruise Yourself". Q: 112.
  6. ↑ Brackett, Nathan, ed. (November 2004). "Girls Against Boys". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. p. 332.
  7. ↑ "The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s". Alternative Press. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Best Albums of the '90s". Rock de Lux. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
  9. ↑ Cruise Yourself (booklet). Girls Against Boys. Chicago, Illinois: Touch and Go Records. 1994.

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