Oh Yeah! is an album by the American power pop band the Spongetones, released in 1991.[1][2] It was issued by the Shoes' Black Vinyl Records, and was one of the first non-Shoes albums to be released by label.[3][4] Oh Yeah! was reissued in Japan by Sony Records, in 1995.[5]

Oh Yeah!
Studio album by The Spongetones
Released	1991
Genre	Power pop
Label	Black Vinyl Records
Producer	Jamie Hoover
The Spongetones chronology
Where-Ever-Land (1987) Oh Yeah! (1991) Beat & Tom (1994)

Production

The album was produced by band member Jamie Hoover, and was recorded at his house in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area.[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
Chicago Tribune	[8]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[9]

Stereo Review thought that "the fourteen cuts are actually an embarrassment of riches, like a greatest-hits album from the land of ought-to-be."[10] Trouser Press wrote that "the disc’s only real negative aspect is the disappointingly thin-sounding production."[11]

The Chicago Tribune praised "Am I Dancing or What?", writing that it "finds the 'Tones taking a slow ska boat down the Mersey and jumping off for an exuberant psychedelic break in midstream."[8] The Virginian-Pilot determined that "the chinka-chinka guitar, Lennon-esque harmonica and perfect harmonies give the disc a feel that is refreshingly unpretentious."[12]

AllMusic called the album "infectious Beatlesque power pop ... easily their best songwriting."[7] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide concluded that Oh Yeah! "assimilates the Spongetones' influences into a brilliant work that's still beholden to the Beatles, but less slavish in its devotion."[9]

Track listing

References