Inside is the debut album by alternative rock musician Matthew Sweet.[6][7] It was released on Columbia Records in 1986.[8][9] Sweet was dropped from the label after the album's release, and would not put out another record for three years.[10]
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Released | 1986 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 41:22 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Matthew Sweet, David Kahne, François Kevorkian, Stephen Hague, Ron Saint Germain, Don Dixon, Dave Allen, Alan Tarney[1] | |||
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MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Spin Alternative Record Guide | 5/10[5] |
The album was recorded in multiple studios with a large number of producers and musicians, including Bernie Worrell, Chris Stamey, Scott Litt, Don Dixon, and Aimee Mann, among others.[11]
Trouser Press called the album "a bit like R.E.M. and early dB’s doing sincere power-pop with keyboards."[11] The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that the songs "come across like the snappy work of a brainy Tommy James."[4] The Spin Alternative Record Guide called Inside "notable only because it features ten different producers, none of whom have a clue what to do with Sweet's music."[5] The Chicago Reader called it "tuneful and pleasant but ... sunk by the electropop, machine-driven production Sweet was pursuing."[12]
All songs written by Matthew Sweet; except where indicated
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