Jack (EP)

{{Infobox album

| name = Jack

| type = EP

| artist = Moose

| cover = Moose Jack EP cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 1991

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| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Shoegazing

| length = {{Duration|m=14|s=44}}

| label = Hut

| producer = Guy Fixsen

| prev_title =

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| next_title = Cool Breeze

| next_year = 1991

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Jack is the debut EP by British rock band Moose. It was released in March 1991 through Hut Records. Akin to Moose's two succeeding EPs, the album showcases a distortion-heavy shoegazing style, which was abandoned shortly before the recording of the band's debut album, ...XYZ (1992).{{cite web | url=http://www.popmatters.com/post/142604-soon-is-never-soon-enough-mooses-.-.-.-xyz-remastered/ | title=Moose's '. . . Xyz', Remastered | publisher=PopMatters | date=9 June 2011 | accessdate=28 December 2015 | author=Fisher, Joseph}}{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/moose-mn0000496873/biography | title=Moose | publisher=Allmusic | accessdate=28 December 2015 | author=Bush, Josh}}

In 2012, the title track from the EP was included on PopMatters' list "10 Great Shoegaze Songs Submerged Beneath the Surface."{{cite web | url=http://www.popmatters.com/post/163041-bubbling-up-10-great-shoegaze-songs-submerged-beneath-the-surface/ | title=Bubbling Up: 10 Great Shoegaze Songs Submerged Beneath the Surface | publisher=PopMatters | date=12 September 2012 | accessdate=28 December 2015 | author=Fisher, Joseph}}

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/jack-ep-mw0000999892 | title=Moose - Jack [EP] | publisher=Allmusic | accessdate=28 December 2015 | author=Ankeny, Jason}}

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Allmusic critic Jason Ankeny described the record as "a galvanizing and commanding debut", stating that the EP "immediately establishes Moose as noisemakers par excellence, creating feedback-rich pop with an urgency and ferocity not heard since the Jesus and Mary Chain's landmark Psychocandy." Ankeny also wrote: "Over just a handful of songs, Moose manage to convey the full scope of the shoegazer aesthetic."

Track listing

All songs written by Kevin McKillop and Russell Yates.

  1. "Jack" — 3:43
  2. "Ballad of Adam and Eve" — 4:13
  3. "Boy" — 3:44
  4. "I'll Take Tomorrow" — 3:04

Personnel

;Moose

  • Russell Yates — guitar, vocals
  • Kevin J. McKillop — guitar
  • Damien Warburton — drums
  • Jeremy Tishler — bass

;Other personnel

  • Guy Fixsen — production
  • C. Whitehead — photography

References

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