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Saturday Looks Good To Me: Fred Thomas (vocals, arranger, various instruments); Jessica Bailiff, Erika Hoffmann, Ted Leo, Daniel Littelton, Elizabth Mitchell, Cynthia Nelson, Tara Jane O'Neil, Karla Schickele, Matthew Smith, Jodi VB (vocals); Ben Bracken (acoustic guitar); Jacob Danziger,

Ida Pearle (violin); Anna Steinhoff (cello); Emily Linn (harp); Candi Wilson (flute); Matt Bauder, Elliot Bergman (saxophone); Brian Lipson (trumpet); Sarah Weaver (trombone); Brett Lyman (piano, organ, drums); Warn DeFever (piano, bass); Aidan Dysart (electric piano); Nate Cavalieri (organ, vibraphone); Dave Shettler (Mellotron); Zach Wallace (bass).

Recorded between February 2000 & March 2002.

Personnel: Fred Thomas (vocals, electric guitar); Dan Littleton, Elizabeth Mitchell, Erika Hoffmann, Karla Schickele, Jessica Bailiff, Matthew Smith, Tara Jane O'Neil, Ted Leo, Cynthia Nelson (vocals); Ben Bracken (acoustic guitar); Jacob Danziger, Ida Pearle (violin); Anna Steinhoff (cello); Matt Bauder, Elliot Bergman (saxophone); Brian Lipson (trumpet); Sarah Weaver (trombone); Warn Defever (piano); Aidan Dysart (electric piano); Nate Cavalieri (organ, vibraphone); Dave Shettler (Mellotron); Zach Wallace (double bass).

Audio Mixers: Fred Thomas ; Warn Defever.

Recording information: Ann Arbor, MI (02/2000-03/2002); Detroit, MI (02/2000-03/2002); Livonia, MI (02/2000-03/2002); Louisville, KY (02/2000-03/2002); The Grange Hall, RI (02/2000-03/2002); Ypsilanti, MI (02/2000-03/2002).

Editors: Fred Thomas ; Warn Defever.

Photographer: Doug Coombe.

Arranger: Fred Thomas .

Even though the largely emo-based Polyvinyl Records doesn't seem like the most natural home for Saturday Looks Good to Me's winsome, nostalgic pop, the undeniable emotional pull and heartfelt delivery of Fred Thomas and company's music makes it a better fit than one might expect. All Your Summer Songs, the group's fifth album and Polyvinyl debut, is another triumph, expressing the complexities of being in and out of love with deceptively naïve music and lyrics that are wise beyond their years. While Motown, Phil Spector, and the Beach Boys still exert a strong influence on Saturday Looks Good to Me's sound -- especially on "Alcohol" and "Ultimate Stars" -- the band explores an entire bandwidth of AM radio moments, ranging from the "Itchycoo Park" drum fills on "Meet Me by the Water"; the Peter & Gordon-esque acoustic guitars on "No Good with Secrets"; and the Byrdsy jangle of "You Work All Weekend," which sounds like said band backing the Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt. And while Thomas has as much reverence for -- not to mention ability to create -- a perfectly written two-and-a-half-minute pop song as Merritt does, his music sounds fresher and less contrived despite its retro allusions. Indeed, aside from pleasing record collectors and oldies geeks, the reconfiguration of sounds past that makes up Saturday Looks Good to Me's style gives their music a timeless yet fresh feel that also has an instant familiarity. "Caught" and "Typing" (which also includes the priceless lyric "You spent such a long time typing/That you forgot how to write letters") are twinkling pop confections ready for cameos on the soundtrack to a Wes Anderson movie, while "Underwater Heartbeat" casts singer Erika Hoffmann as a lovelorn mermaid. Along with Hoffmann, All Your Summer Songs also features indie luminaries and long-time SLGTM auxiliary members like Ted Leo, Dan Littleton, Matthew Smith, Karla Schickele, and Jessica Bailiff, although Thomas himself sings the album's most painfully intimate songs, such as "The Sun Doesn't Want to Shine" and the title track's slow-motion breakup lament. Even so, a wistful feeling pervades even the album's most upbeat moments; songs that start out bright and bouncy often end with a sigh. Sonically, the album is slightly more polished than the band's earlier works, but not by much; though "Ambulance," one of their best songs, appears in a cleaner, lusher version here

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Category Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs
Label Polyvinyl
Orig Year 2003
All Time Product Rank 110,507
CD Universe Part number 5609109
Catalog number 60
Discs 1
Release Date Mar 18, 2003
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Fred Thomas
Personnel Ted Leo
Matthew Smith
Ida Pearle - violin
Tara Jane O'Neil
Brian Lipson - trumpet
Dan Littleton
Matt Bauder
Aidan Dysart - electric piano
Anna Steinhoff - cello
Ben Bracken - acoustic guitar

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Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars) 4 stars

4 stars quirky cd grows on you
this is one of those cds that on first listen makes you wonder why you spent good money on this. but dammit, i got hooked. retro sounding, less than stellar vocals, genre mishmash - it keeps getting better every time.
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