Whenever You're Ready (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Whenever You're Ready
| type = studio
| artist = Flop
| cover = File:Flop,_Whenever_You're_Ready,_album_cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 21 September 1993
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Hanzsek Audio, Seattle, Washington
| genre = {{flatlist|
|}}
| length = 44:32
| label = {{flatlist|
|}}
| producer = Martin Rushent
| prev_title = Flop and the Fall of the Mopsqueezer!
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = World of Today
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Whenever You're Ready
| type = studio
| single1 = Regrets
| single1date = 1993
| single2 = The Great Valediction
| single2date = 1994{{cite web |title=Flop - The Great Valediction - Releases |url=https://www.discogs.com/Flop-The-Great-Valediction/master/629445 |website=Discogs |accessdate=30 December 2019}}
}}
}}
Whenever You're Ready is the second studio album by Seattle rock band Flop. The band's only major label release, the album was released in September 1993.
Recording
Whenever You're Ready was recorded at Hanzsek Audio in Seattle, Washington. The record was produced by punk-era producer Martin Rushent.{{cite web |last1=Rabid |first1=Jack |title=Whenever You're Ready - Flop {{!}} Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/whenever-youre-ready-mw0000102644 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=30 December 2019}}
Release
Whenever You're Ready was released on 21 September 1993. The record was issued in Europe on CD by 550 Music, in Japan through Epic, and in the United States by 550, Epic and Frontier Records jointly.{{cite web |title=Flop - Whenever You're Ready - Releases |url=https://www.discogs.com/Flop-Whenever-Youre-Ready/master/318631 |website=Discogs |accessdate=30 December 2019}} On cassette, the album saw release in the US through 550. Whenever You're Ready was made available digitally in 2019.
Musical style
The music of Whenever You're Ready has been described as "idiosyncratic power pop that paired soaring, Beach Boy harmonies and fuzzy guitars".{{cite web |last1=McLevy |first1=Alex |title=One of Seattle's finest power pop acts never found success |url=https://www.avclub.com/one-of-seattle-s-finest-power-pop-acts-never-found-succ-1798276721 |website=AV Club |access-date=30 December 2019}}
Commercial performance
Whenever You're Ready was apparently deemed a commercial failure by Sony,{{cite web |last1=Raggett |first1=Ned |title=World of Today - Flop - Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/world-of-today-mw0000647502 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=30 December 2019}} with the record failing to chart. Nevertheless, J.D. Considine of the Baltimore Sun remarked that the band were "doing pretty well" with the record, having attracted college radio airplay and even making an appearance on MTV's "120 Minutes".{{cite news |last1=Considine |first1=J.D. |title=Flop is quickly making a name for itself |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-02-04-1994035180-story.html |access-date=30 December 2019 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=4 February 1994}}
Allusions
A demo version of the album track "Julie Francavilla" appeared in the 1996 documentary Hype!, and was included on Hype! The Motion Picture Soundtrack.{{cite web |title=Hype! The Motion Picture Soundtrack |url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Hype-The-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/master/372611 |website=Discogs |accessdate=31 December 2019}}{{cite web |title=Hype! (1996) - Soundtracks |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116589/soundtrack |website=IMDb |accessdate=31 December 2019}}
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| all_writing = Rusty Willoughby, except where noted
| title1 = A. Wylie
| length1 = 2:30
| title2 = Regrets
| length2 = 3:14
| title3 = Julie Francavilla
| length3 = 2:09
| title4 = Pluto
| writer4 = Willoughby, Mark Bell, Björk
| length4 = 3:03
| title5 = En Route to the Unified Field Theory
| length5 = 4:20
| title6 = A Fixed Point
| length6 = 2:58
| title7 = A Popular Donkey
| length7 = 0:22
| title8 = The Great Valediction
| length8 = 1:51
| title9 = Mendel's White Trash Laboratory
| length9 = 2:31
| title10 = Z² + C
| length10 = 1:50
| title11 = Sorry Henry Maartens
| length11 = 2:41
| title12 = Night of the Hunter
| length12 = 1:45
| title13 = Port Angeles
| length13 = 2:34
| title14 = Eat
| length14 = 2:04
| title15 = Woolworth
| length15 = 2:38
| title16 = Pts. 1 & 2
| length16 = 4:07
| title17 = Need Retrograde Orbit
| length17 = 3:55
}}
Personnel
- Rusty Willoughby - vocals, guitar
- Bill Campbell - guitar
- Paul Schurr - bass, background vocals
- Nate Johnson - drums
Additional musicians
- Kim "Car Crash" Carter - cello