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Sammy Tales of Great Neck Glory Release Date: 1996 04 zz Label: Greffen Like margarine to butter, NutraSweet to sugar, Sammy is to Pavement -- a smoother, blander version of a classic. Sammy distills the half-mumbled, half-sung vocals, loopy guitars, off-kilter percussion, and sunny pop hooks that Pavement made their own in the late '80s, and slavish imitators that they are, Sammy can't even chart the heights that Pavement reaches. That said, Sammy's major-label debut, Tales of Great Neck Glory, is a fun, if derivative, album. Singer Jesse Hartman has a cheeky, knowing style on songs like "Neptune Ave. (Ortho Hi Rise)" and "Blue Oyster Bay" that makes the group's five-finger discount style of songwriting enjoyable as a sort of in-joke between Sammy and their audience. "Horse or Ballet?" and "Chilling Excerpts" in particular have a weird, jittery energy of their own, while "Buckle-Up Sunshine" lives up to its name, showing that the members of Sammy are moving away from being merely competent copyists to something more interesting. While they may not be the real thing yet, Sammy and Tales of Great Neck Glory provide some mindlessly entertaining listening. Heather Phares, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Possibly Peking Hartman, Wood 4:14 2 Encyclopedi-Ite Hartman, Wood 3:06 3 Slim Style Wood, Hartman 4:34 4 Neptune Ave. [Ortho Hi Rise] Hartman, Wood 3:55 5 Buckle-Up Sunshine Hartman, Wood 4:02 6 Blue Oyster Bay Wood, Hartman 4:43 7 Chilling Excerpts Hartman, Wood 4:18 8 Red Lights Flashing Wood, Hartman 2:32 9 Anything Hartman, Wood 3:30 10 Horse or Ballet? Hartman, Wood 3:15 11 Kings Pt. Vs. Steamboat Wood, Hartman 4:36 Releases: Year Type Label 1996 CD Greffen 2006 CD Fire Records (Rock/Pop) 1996 CD Fire Records (Rock/Pop) 2006 CD Interscope Records

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