Too Bright, Just Right, Good Night

Too Bright, Just Right, Good Night is the debut album by the American band Actionslacks, released in 1996.[2][3] The album was recorded in three days in a basement studio.[4]

Too Bright, Just Right, Good Night
Studio album by
Actionslacks
Released1996
RecordedNovember 1994 & August 1995
GenreIndie rock
LabelSkene![1]
ProducerActionslacks
Actionslacks chronology
Too Bright, Just Right, Good Night
(1996)		 One Word
(1998)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]

Trouser Press called the album "a patchy jumble of awkward song structures, muddled production and shaky performances."[6] The San Francisco Chronicle deemed it "unrefined pop with an explosive delivery that belied [the band's] skeletal lineup."[4] The Austin Chronicle labeled Too Bright, Just Right, Good Night "a bunch of good, slightly noisy pop songs with biting lyrics and high bass-driven melodies that pull together to create a sense that the dam is just about to break and your little town will be crushed."[7]

AllMusic concluded that "this solid burst of indie rock from the Berkeley, CA-based Actionslacks chronicles mid-'90s slacker angst perfectly."[5]

Track listing

(all songs written by Actionslacks, lyrics by Tim Scanlin)

  1. "Sporting Life"
  2. "Clockwatcher"
  3. "No Wonder Boy"
  4. "I'm Hit!"
  5. "Spelling Bee"
  6. "Floater"
  7. "Heavy"
  8. "Space-Age Heart"
  9. "Tugboat Mutiny"
  10. "A.C.R.O.N.Y.M."
  11. "Blues in the Way"
  12. "Saint"
  13. "Crook"
  14. "In Hysterics"
  15. "Louder"
  16. "Credits"

Personnel
  • Tim Scanlin - guitar, vocals
  • Marty Kelly - drums
  • Mark Wijsen - bass

References
  1. "Actionslacks: The Scene's Out of Sight". Pitchfork.
  2. "Actionslacks Biography by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  3. Rodriguez, Kenn (27 Apr 2001). "Actionslacks ready to venture from musical model". Albuquerque Journal. p. 13.
  4. Ansaldo, Michael (June 14, 1998). "Actionslacks Sews Up Album – 13 months later, 'One Word' is ready". Sunday Datebook. San Francisco Chronicle. p. 49.
  5. "Too Bright, Just Right, Good Night - Actionslacks". AllMusic.
  6. "Actionslacks". Trouser Press. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  7. Hess, Christopher. "Sxsw". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 9 May 2023.


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