Bedlam Ballroom | ||||
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Released | October 17, 2000 | |||
Studio | Kingsway Studios, New Orleans[1] | |||
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Length | 38:14 | |||
Label | Mammoth[2] | |||
Producer | Mike Napolitano, John Plymale, Squirrel Nut Zippers | |||
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AllMusic | [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Bedlam Ballroom is a studio album by the swing revival band Squirrel Nut Zippers, released in 2000.[5][6] It followed several major personnel changes. The album reflects a stylistic shift, with the band incorporating a broader ranges of styles, instrumentation, and production approaches.[3] The band broke up after the release of the album, eventually reuniting in 2007.[7]
The album peaked at No. 195 on the Billboard 200.[8]
Exclaim! wrote that the band have "abandoned their adherence to '30s recording techniques, and though a bit of the charm is lost, thankfully these Zippers ain't slick."[9] CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that the album finds SNZ "nearly as eclectic as ever, but more generic too."[10] Variety thought that the album "can easily be considered their best for, if nothing else, they reclaim a time when music was unsure of itself, an era when Louis Armstrong had given up on the music of his youth to build a wider audience through pop numbers and show tunes."[11]
All songs written by Jimbo Mathus except where noted.
Additional musicians