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, United States
Genre
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 in October 1994 by record label Touch and Go.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert Christgau[2]
NME[3]
Q[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
Trouser Pressunfavourable[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 tracks written 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. Raggett, Ned. "Cruise Yourself". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  2. Christgau, Robert. "Girls Against Boys". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  3. columnist (October 1994). "Girls Against Boys: Cruise Yourself". NME: 52.
  4. columnist (November 1994). "Girls Against Boys: Cruise Yourself". Q: 112.
  5. Brackett, Nathan, ed. (November 2004). "Girls Against Boys". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. p. 332.
  6. Kot, Greg (2007). "Girls Against Boys". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  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.

External links

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