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Forgery is an album by the American alternative rock band Monks of Doom, released in 1992.[2][3] It was the band's first album to be distributed by a major label, and their second after the breakup of the members' former band, Camper Van Beethoven.[4][5]

Forgery
Studio album by Monks of Doom
Released	1992
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	I.R.S. Records[1]
Producer	Dan Fredman
Monks of Doom chronology
The Insect God EP (1992) Forgery (1992) What's Left for Kicks? (2006)

Production

A loose concept album about fabrication and deception, Forgery was produced by Dan Fredman.[6][7][8] "Tanguedia" and its reprise are tributes to the Argentine musician Astor Piazzolla.[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
Chicago Tribune	[10]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[1]
The Press of Atlantic City	[11]

Trouser Press wrote that "it’s a tight and cleanly played record but, as with the Monks’ entire oeuvre, the literate songs and sounds come too often from the head and too rarely from the heart."[5] Guitar Player deemed the album "modern psychedelia for the smart drug generation."[12] The Province considered the album's songs to be "projections of a modern, unfussy but subtly complex expression of progressive-rock."[13] The Chicago Tribune concluded that Forgery "is something indulgent and bloodless, with bassist Victor Krummenacher delivering crypto-important metaphors that fail to touch any nerves."[10]

Stereo Review called it "pretentious undergrad rock reminiscent of Camper at its most terminally twee."[14] The Milwaukee Journal praised the album's first track, "Flint Jack", describing it as "a ska beat rumbling in slow motion under some spry, acrobatic guitar sprints."[15] The Philadelphia Daily News declared that "Forgery is one pop product that dares to be art and actually succeeds."[16] The St. Louis Post-Dispatch stated that Monks of Doom have "once again abandoned standard rock decorum to explore new music worlds via thrashing guitar leads, primitive synthesizers and acoustic guitars, and rippling syncopations."[17]

AllMusic wrote that it combines "the quirky, off-kilter elements of Camper with a more streamlined, straightforward rocking approach."[9]

Track listing

Personnel

• David Immerglück - guitar, mandolin
• Victor Krummenacher - bass
• Greg Lisher - guitar, vocals
• Chris Pedersen - drums

References

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