Take a Look Inside (The Folk Implosion album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Take a Look Inside
| type = studio
| artist = the Folk Implosion
| cover = Take A Look Inside.jpg
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| released = {{start date|1994}}
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| length = {{duration|m=21|s=35}}
| label = Communion
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| next_title = Dare to Be Surprised
| next_year = 1997
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Take a Look Inside is the debut studio album by the Folk Implosion.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&dq=Take+a+Look+Inside+%28The+Folk+Implosion+album%29+1994&pg=PA387|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Peter|last=Buckley|date=January 1, 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781843531050}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9910/01/music.folk.implo/|title=Folk Implosion outward: One band's road to the record stores - October 1, 1999|website=CNN|access-date=}} It was released on Communion in 1994.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/folk-implosion-mn0000762496/biography|title=Folk Implosion | Biography & History|website=AllMusic|access-date=}} The album experienced an uptick in sales after the release of "Natural One", selling around 10,000 copies.{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dg8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Take+a+Look+Inside+The+Folk+Implosion+1994&pg=PA11|title=Folk Implosion's Success 'Natural' For Communion|magazine=Billboard|date=February 10, 1996|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/take-a-look-inside-mw0000121541|title=Take a Look Inside Folk Implosion|website=AllMusic|access-date=}}
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book|last1=Larkin|first1=Colin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|date=2006|publisher=MUZE|volume=3|page=521}}
| rev3 = The New Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev3score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|date=2004|publisher=Simon & Schuster|page=306}}
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Trouser Press called the album "more ambitious [than previous releases] thanks in part to minor studio tinkering (on the reverb-laden 'Blossom') and in part to snappy genre juxtapositions — like the Mersey-punk title track and the Lennonish 'Slap Me'."{{cite web|title=Sebadoh|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/sebadoh/|website=Trouser Press|access-date=January 1, 2021}} The New Rolling Stone Album Guide called the album "a lightweight goof, rocking through 14 catchy songs in 22 minutes."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Lou Barlow and John Davis
| title1 = Blossom
| length1 = 1:00
| title2 = Sputnik's Down
| length2 = 1:16
| title3 = Slap Me
| length3 = 1:44
| title4 = Chicken Squawk
| length4 = 0:53
| title5 = Spiderweb-Butterfly
| length5 = 1:20
| title6 = Hard to Find Out
| length6 = 2:06
| title7 = Better Than Allrite
| length7 = 2:11
| title8 = Why Do They Hide
| length8 = 1:08
| title9 = Winter's Day
| length9 = 1:00
| title10 = Boyfriend, Girlfriend
| length10 = 1:49
| title11 = Shake a Little Heaven
| length11 = 1:28
| title12 = Waltzin' with Your Ego
| length12 = 2:02
| title13 = Take a Look Inside
| length13 = 1:16
| title14 = Start Again
| length14 = 2:16
| total_length = 21:35
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Lou Barlow – performance, arrangement, mixing
- John Davis – performance, arrangement, mixing
Additional personnel
- Tim O'Heir – mixing
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|64867|Take a Look Inside}}
{{The Folk Implosion}}
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