Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)

Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)
Studio album by Sam Phillips
Released 1996
Recorded Sunset Sound Recorders
(Hollywood, California)
Genre Alternative rock
Label Virgin
Producer T-Bone Burnett
Sam Phillips chronology
Martinis and Bikinis
(1994)
Omnipop (It's Only A Flesh Wound Lambchop)
(1996)
Zero Zero Zero
(1998)

Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop) is the eighth (studio) album from American singer-songwriter Sam Phillips. The album's subtitle is a quote from the film The Producers. The track "Power World" was covered by the artist Terry Sullivan in 2005 on the Good Charamel Record label's release Theerthmovesroundthesun.

Reception

The album was a critical and commercial flop, selling only about a quarter as many copies as its predecessor, Martinis and Bikinis[1] and receiving several negative reviews from music critics.[2][3] In one such review, Mark Caro wrote that the album's "lyrics are more pronouncements than personal revelations, and her observations are less insightful than broad and ornery."[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
Entertainment Weekly(C)[2]
Robert Christgau[3]
Chicago Tribune[4]
CMJ(moderately favorable)[6]

Track listing

All songs by Sam Phillips, except "Slapstick Heart" by Sam Phillips, Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe

  1. "Entertainmen" – 4:15
  2. "Plastic Is Forever" – 3:31
  3. "Animals on Wheels" – 3:17
  4. "Zero Zero Zero!" – 3:41
  5. "Help Yourself" – 3:05
  6. "Your Hands" – 6:58
  7. "Power World" – 3:49
  8. "(Skeleton)" – 1:42
  9. "Where Are You Taking Me" – 3:34
  10. "Compulsive Gambler" - :48
  11. "Faster Pussycat to the Library!" – 2:30
  12. "Slapstick Heart" – 5:07

Personnel

Production notes

References

  1. Foster, Ken (12 June 2002). "The ghost of pop". Salon. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 Kim, Wook (23 August 1996). "Omnipop Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  3. 1 2 CG: Sam Phillips
  4. 1 2 Caro, Mark (19 September 1996). "Sam Phillips Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  5. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop) Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  6. Molanphy, Chris (October 1996). "Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop) Review". CMJ. p. 12. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
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