Under the Western Freeway

Under the Western Freeway
Studio album by Grandaddy
Released	October 21, 1997
Genre	Indie rock Space rock Lo-fi
Length	46:47
Label	Will
Producer	Jason Lytle
Grandaddy chronology
Live at the Art Factory (1997) Under the Western Freeway (1997) Machines Are Not She (1998)

Under the Western Freeway is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Grandaddy, released in October 1997 on Will Records.^[1] The album was released in the UK in April 1998 by Big Cat Records, and later reissued in the US by Big Cat's parent company V2 Records.^[1][2]

The track titled "A.M. 180" was used in the film 28 Days Later,^[3] and the 2000 movie American Virgin.^[4] It was also used as the theme tune for the British TV show Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jason Lytle. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nonphenomenal Lineage"	3:11
2.	"A.M. 180"	3:20
3.	"Collective Dreamwish of Upperclass Elegance"	5:26
4.	"Summer Here Kids"	3:35
5.	"Laughing Stock"	5:59
6.	"Under the Western Freeway"	3:01
7.	"Everything Beautiful Is Far Away"	5:13
8.	"Poisoned at Hartsy Thai Food"	1:13
9.	"Go Progress Chrome"	2:31
10.	"Why Took Your Advice"	4:07
11.	"Lawn and So On"	9:04

Japanese version bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Levitz (Birdless)"	4:22
2.	"My Small Love"	1:21
3.	"G.P.C."	1:43
4.	"12-Pak-599"	3:56

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[5]
The Independent	(favorable)[6]
Piero Scaruffi	[7]

Allmusic gave the album a four star rating, noting similarities to Pavement and Weezer, and described it as "a fairly brilliant album, combining a warm, earnest, and rustic feel with sometimes goofy experimentation".^[5] CMJ New Music Monthly described it as "an eccentric psych-pop collection".^[2] Andy Gill, writing for The Independent called it "one of the most beguiling debuts of the year...a fortuitous collision of Brian Wilson, Neil Young and the Pixies which throws out a stream of understated pop gems".^[6]

Credits

• Recorded and mixed at Floater and Headcorders in Modesto and Coulterville, California.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 773
2. ^ ^{a b} Martin, Richard A. (2001) "Hidden Agenda: Grandaddy's Fake Plastic Trees Can't Obscure How Good They Are", CMJ New Music Monthly, February 2001, p. 37-39, retrieved 2011-08-06
3. ^ The song appears in the movie, as well as the soundtrack: http://www.discogs.com/Various-28-Days-Later-The-Soundtrack-Album/release/766221
4. ^ "Soundtrack". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143422/soundtrack. Retrieved 12 August 2011. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Nitsuh Abebe. "Under the Western Freeway - Grandaddy". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/under-the-western-freeway-r317486. 
6. ^ ^{a b} Andy Gill (7 November 1997). "Pop Albums: Grandaddy Under The Western Freeway (Big Cat ABB152CD)". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/pop-albums-grandaddy-under-the-western-freeway-big-cat-abb152cd-1292533.html. 
7. ^ Piero Scaruffi. "Grandaddy". scaruffi.com. http://www.scaruffi.com/vol5/grandadd.html.