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Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure is an album by Juliana Hatfield, released in 2000.[6][7] It was released on the same day as Beautiful Creature.[5][8]

Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure
Studio album by Juliana Hatfield
Released	May 16, 2000
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	38:22
Label	Zoë Records[1]
Producer	Juliana Hatfield
Juliana Hatfield chronology
Beautiful Creature (2000) Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure (2000) Gold Stars 1992–2002: The Juliana Hatfield Collection (2002)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	35/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Robert Christgau	[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A[5]

The songs "Total System Failure" and "Leather Pants" use the same music with different lyrics.

Production

The album was recorded as a trio, dubbed Juliana's Pony. Bass player Mikey Welsh co-wrote four songs.[9] Although inspired by Hatfield's months-long stay in Los Angeles, the album was made in Austin, Texas.[10]

Critical reception

Exclaim! wrote that "this is Hatfield at her funniest and most bitter, heaping bile on boy toys ('Houseboy'), All About Eve ladder-climbers ('My Protegee'), teenage girls in SUVs ('Road Wrath') and overly fertile families ('Breeders')."[11] Trouser Press wrote: "It’s easily the weakest album in her career and sounds even worse when compared to the subtle path of Beautiful Creature, although there is something mortifyingly fascinating about the utterly disastrous tone in which Hatfield portrays her life and loves."[12]

Track listing

Personnel

• Juliana Hatfield – guitar, vocals
• Zephan Courtney – drums
• Mikey Welsh – bass, backing vocals

Production

• Producer: Juliana Hatfield
• Engineer: Brian Brown
• Mastering: Brian Lee
• Photography: Juliana Hatfield, Mikey Welsh

References

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