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The Brooklyn Side is the second studio album by St. Louis, Missouri-based roots rock band the Bottle Rockets. It was originally released on East Side Digital in 1994, and was produced by Eric Ambel. It soon received many favorable reviews from critics, which prompted Atlantic Records to sign the band to their roster, after which they reissued the album in 1995.[1][2]

The Brooklyn Side
Studio album by The Bottle Rockets
Released	1994
Genre	Roots rock
Length	51:59
Label	East Side Digital TAG Atlantic
Producer	Eric Ambel
The Bottle Rockets chronology
Bottle Rockets (1993) The Brooklyn Side (1994) 24 Hours a Day (1997)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Austin Chronicle	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	A[5]
Orlando Sentinel	[6]
Q	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]
The Village Voice	A−[10]

The Brooklyn Side placed at number 35 on The Village Voice's year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll.[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Welfare Music"	3:18
2.	"Gravity Fails"	3:21
3.	"I'll Be Comin' Around"	2:43
4.	"Radar Gun"	3:15
5.	"Sunday Sports"	4:59
6.	"Pot of Gold"	3:28
7.	"Thousand Dollar Car"	4:46
8.	"Idiot's Revenge"	3:45
9.	"Young Lovers in Town"	3:33
10.	"Take Me to the Bank"	2:37
11.	"What More Can I Do?"	4:23
12.	"Stuck in a Rut"	4:45
13.	"I Wanna Come Home"	3:12
14.	"Queen of the World"	3:54
Total length:		51:59

2013 reissue with Bottle Rockets

Bottle Rockets/The Brooklyn Side
Compilation album by The Bottle Rockets
Released	November 19, 2013 (2013-11-19)
Genre	Roots rock
Length	2:25:34
Label	Bloodshot

On November 19, 2013, Bloodshot Records reissued a remastered version of both The Brooklyn Side and the band's previous album, 1993's Bottle Rockets. This reissue also included live and demo versions of some of the albums' songs.[12]

2013 reissue

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	89/100[12]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[13]
American Songwriter	[14]
Blurt	[15]
Chicago Tribune	[16]
Exclaim!	9/10[17]
The Guardian	[18]
PopMatters	8/10[19]
Uncut	9/10[20]

References

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