Here Comes Success is the fifth and final studio album by American alternative rock band Band of Susans, released on February 28, 1995, by Blast First and Restless Records.[3]

Here Comes Success
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 28, 1995 (1995-02-28)
RecordedAutumn 1994 (1994)
StudioBaby Monster Studio
(New York City, New York)
GenreNoise rock, alternative rock
Length64:12
LabelBlast First/Restless
ProducerRobert Poss
Band of Susans chronology
Wired for Sound
(1995)
Here Comes Success
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

Andrew Earles included the album in his book Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential Underground Rock Albums 1981–1996 alongside The Word and the Flesh.[4]

A review posted in the Tucson Weekly noted that the "elements that make Band of Susans truly great also make their relative obscurity baffling ...[and] An unequivocally fantastic album from an equivocal Band of “Susans,” Here Comes Success is ripe for rediscovery"[5]

Cover and images

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Band leader Robert Poss is a Rambler automobile fan with a particular interest in Rambler Marlins. An official American Motors Corporation (AMC) factory publicity photograph of the 1965 Marlin is the cover art for the Here Comes Success album, and the car's hood ornament is the art on the CD itself.[6][7][8][9]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Robert Poss and Susan Stenger

No.TitleLength
1."Elizabeth Stride (1843–1888)"9:06
2."Dirge"8:11
3."Hell Bent"9:23
4."Pardon My French"6:55
5."As Luck Would Have It"0:54
6."Two Jacks"7:32
7."Stone Like a Heart"7:41
8."In the Eye of the Beholder (For Rhys)"10:00
9."Sermon on Competition, Part 1 (Nothing Is Recoupable)"4:30

Personnel

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Adapted from Here Comes Success liner notes.[10]

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1995 Restless CD 7 72789
United Kingdom Blast First CD, LP BFFP114

References

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  1. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Band of Susans: Here Comes Success > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  2. ^ Staff columnist (March 18, 1995). "Band of Susans: Here Comes Success". Rolling Stone. p. 90.
  3. ^ Neate, Wilson; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Band of Susans". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  4. ^ Earles, Andrew (2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential Underground Rock Albums 1981–1996 (First ed.). Voyageur Press. p. 28.
  5. ^ Petitti, Michael (January 25, 2013). "Attractive Nuisance #2: Band of Susans". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  6. ^ "1965 Rambler Marlin brochure cover". oldcarbrochures.org. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  7. ^ "Band Of Susans – Here Comes Success Images". Discogs. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  8. ^ Daniels, Collin (September 15, 2013). "My 50 Favorite Rock Album Covers: #6–10". Retrieved March 16, 2024. ...compared to the simply gorgeous 1960's Rambler Marlin sports car that takes up most of the cover.
  9. ^ "Here Comes Success". rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  10. ^ Here Comes Success (booklet). Band of Susans. El Segundo, California: Restless Records. 1995.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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