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Betti-Cola

{{Infobox album

| name = Betti-Cola

| type = Album

| artist = Cub

| cover = Betticola.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1993

| recorded =

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| genre = Cuddlecore

| length = 53:33

| label = Mint{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4uhHRQN117IC&q=Betti-Cola+cub+1993&pg=PA73|title=Fresh at Twenty: The Oral History of Mint Records|first=Kaitlin|last=Fontana|date=October 22, 2011|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=9781770900523|via=Google Books}}

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| next_title = Come Out Come Out

| next_year = 1995

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/betti-cola-mw0000648351|title=Betti-Cola - Cub | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|website=AllMusic}}

|rev2=Pitchfork Media

|rev2Score=8.0/10{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11902-betti-cola-come-out-come-out/|title=Cub: Betti-Cola / Come Out Come Out|website=Pitchfork|date=10 May 2007 }}

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Betti-Cola is the 1993 debut album from Canadian cuddlecore group Cub.{{Cite web|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/cub/|title=Cub|website=Trouesr Press}}{{cite book |last1=Prested |first1=Kevin |title=Punk USA: The Rise and Fall of Lookout Records |date=2014 |publisher=Microcosm Publishing |page=109}} Originally released in fall of 1993, the album was remastered and re-released with bonus tracks in 2007 by Mint Records.

The album contains tracks taken from various 7-inch EPs as well as a handful of covers. A 12-song double EP 7-inch titled Betti Cola, with similar cover art, was released at roughly the same time as the CD.

The cover art is by Archie Comics cartoonist Dan DeCarlo.

Recording

Cub recorded Betti-Cola primarily with microphones and a Digital Audio Tape machine. The album was recorded in various locations, including in Olympia, Washington, and at CBC Television.{{Cite book|title=Have not been the same: the CanRock renaissance, 1985-1995|last1=Barclay|first1=Michael|last2=Jack|first2=Ian A.D.|last3=Schneider |first3=Jason|date=2011|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=9781550229929|pages=20|oclc=702799226}}

Track listing

(all songs written by Cub, except where indicated)

  1. "Go Fish" – 2:00
  2. "What The Water Gave Me" – 1:14
  3. "Motel 6" – 2:21
  4. "A Party" – 1:18
  5. "Flying Carpet" – 2:38
  6. "My Chinchilla" – 1:23
  7. "Electric Chair" – 2:33
  8. "Nicolas Bragg" – 1:56
  9. "Pretty Pictures" – 1:38
  10. "They Don't" – 1:40
  11. "A Picnic" – 1:24
  12. "It's True" – 1:28
  13. "Someday" – 1:44
  14. "Cast A Shadow" (Beat Happening cover) – 2:12
  15. "The Day We Met" – 1:34
  16. "Surfer Girl" (Beach Boys cover) – 1:33
  17. "Little Star" – 1:13
  18. "My Assassin" – 1:51
  19. "Tell Me Now" (Daniel Johnston cover) – 3:00
  20. "Lucky 7-inch – 1:46
  21. "Through My Hoop" – 2:25
  22. "Leapfrog" – 2:10
  23. "Backwoods" (Windwalker cover) – 3:14
  24. "What The Water Gave Me" (NFA covers Cub) – 3:45

2007 Bonus Tracks:

25. "Chico" – 1:15

26. "Sweet Pea" (Tommy Roe cover) – 1:24

27. "Summer Samba" (Astrud Gilberto cover) – 1:41

28. "Hello Kitty" – 1:33

29. "Wipeout!(live)" (unlisted) - 0:20


Tracks 1-4, 25 are from the Pep 7-inch EP

Tracks 5-8, 27 are from the Hot Dog Day 7-inch EP

Tracks 9-13, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 26, 28 are from the Betti Cola double 7-inch EP

Tracks 14-16, 19, 21, 23, 24, 29 are unique to this compilation, though alternate versions of 14, 15, and 21 appeared on the Volcano, Pep, and Hot Dog Day vinyl 7-inch records, respectively.

Personnel

  • Lisa Marr - vocals, bass
  • Robynn Iwata - guitar, back-up vocals
  • Valeria Fellini - drums, back-up vocals
  • Neko Case - drums
  • Dave Carswell - drums, acoustic guitar, glockenspiel

References

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Category:1993 debut albums

Category:Cub (band) albums

Category:Mint Records albums