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Considering the speed that their second album was delivered, the Presidents of the United States of America must have known their time in the spotlight was brief. Released exactly a year after "Lump" stormed the charts, POTUSA 2 is just like the group's debut except not as consistently engaging. A few songs have strong hooks to rival those on the debut -- particularly the two-chord rampage of "Mach 5" -- but about half of the album sounds too labored and considered, especially the hyped-up They Might Be Giants homage "Volcano." So, The Presidents of the United States 2 delivers everything that the second album from a one-hit wonder should do: it has a couple of pretty good singles intermixed with a bunch of tolerable filler that plays better as nostalgia than it did when it was currently released.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jason Finn, Producer - Jason Finn, Drums - The Presidents of the United States of America, Performer - Dave Dederer, Producer - Dave Dederer, Bass - Chris Ballew and The Presidents of The United States of America, Composer - Chris Ballew and The Presidents of The United States of America, Lyricist - Chris Ballew, Guitar - Chris Ballew, Producer - Tom Smurdon, 2nd Engineer - S. Craig Montgomery, Co-Producer - S. Craig Montgomery, Engineer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Matt Bayles, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jason Finn, Producer - Jason Finn, Drums - The Presidents of the United States of America, Performer - Dave Dederer, Producer - Dave Dederer, Bass - Chris Ballew and The Presidents of The United States of America, Composer - Chris Ballew and The Presidents of The United States of America, Lyricist - Chris Ballew, Guitar - Chris Ballew, Producer - Tom Smurdon, 2nd Engineer - S. Craig Montgomery, Co-Producer - S. Craig Montgomery, Engineer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Matt Bayles, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
David Dederer, Composer - David Dederer, Lyricist - Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jason Finn, Producer - Jason Finn, Drums - The Presidents of the United States of America, Performer - Dave Dederer, Producer - Dave Dederer, Bass - Chris Ballew, Guitar - Chris Ballew, Composer - Chris Ballew, Producer - Chris Ballew, Lyricist - Tom Smurdon, 2nd Engineer - S. Craig Montgomery, Co-Producer - S. Craig Montgomery, Engineer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Matt Bayles, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
David Dederer, Composer - David Dederer, Lyricist - Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jason Finn, Producer - Jason Finn, Drums - The Presidents of the United States of America, Performer - Dave Dederer, Producer - Dave Dederer, Bass - Chris Ballew, Guitar - Chris Ballew, Composer - Chris Ballew, Producer - Chris Ballew, Lyricist - Tom Smurdon, 2nd Engineer - S. Craig Montgomery, Co-Producer - S. Craig Montgomery, Engineer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Matt Bayles, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jason Finn, Producer - Jason Finn, Drums - The Presidents of the United States of America, Composer - The Presidents of the United States of America, Lyricist - The Presidents of the United States of America, Performer - Dave Dederer, Producer - Dave Dederer, Bass - Chris Ballew, Guitar - Chris Ballew, Producer - Tom Smurdon, 2nd Engineer - S. Craig Montgomery, Co-Producer - S. Craig Montgomery, Engineer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Matt Bayles, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jason Finn, Producer - Jason Finn, Drums - The Presidents of the United States of America, Performer - Dave Dederer, Producer - Dave Dederer, Bass - Chris Ballew and The Presidents of The United States of America, Composer - Chris Ballew and The Presidents of The United States of America, Lyricist - Chris Ballew, Guitar - Chris Ballew, Producer - Tom Smurdon, 2nd Engineer - S. Craig Montgomery, Co-Producer - S. Craig Montgomery, Engineer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Matt Bayles, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jason Finn, Producer - Jason Finn, Drums - The Presidents of the United States of America, Performer - Dave Dederer, Producer - Dave Dederer, Bass - Chris Ballew and The Presidents of The United States of America, Composer - Chris Ballew and The Presidents of The United States of America, Lyricist - Chris Ballew, Guitar - Chris Ballew, Producer - Tom Smurdon, 2nd Engineer - S. Craig Montgomery, Co-Producer - S. Craig Montgomery, Engineer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Matt Bayles, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
David Dederer, Composer - David Dederer, Lyricist - Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jason Finn, Producer - Jason Finn, Drums - The Presidents of the United States of America, Performer - Dave Dederer, Producer - Dave Dederer, Bass - Chris Ballew, Guitar - Chris Ballew, Composer - Chris Ballew, Producer - Chris Ballew, Lyricist - Tom Smurdon, 2nd Engineer - S. Craig Montgomery, Co-Producer - S. Craig Montgomery, Engineer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Matt Bayles, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jason Finn, Producer - Jason Finn, Drums - The Presidents of the United States of America, Performer - Dave Dederer, Producer - Dave Dederer, Bass - Chris Ballew and The Presidents of The United States of America, Composer - Chris Ballew and The Presidents of The United States of America, Lyricist - Chris Ballew, Guitar - Chris Ballew, Producer - Tom Smurdon, 2nd Engineer - S. Craig Montgomery, Co-Producer - S. Craig Montgomery, Engineer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Matt Bayles, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Mark Sandman, Guitar - Jason Finn, Producer - Jason Finn, Drums - The Presidents of the United States of America, Performer - Dave Dederer, Producer - Dave Dederer, Bass - Chris Ballew and The Presidents of The United States of America, Composer - Chris Ballew and The Presidents of The United States of America, Lyricist - Chris Ballew, Guitar - Chris Ballew, Producer - Tom Smurdon, 2nd Engineer - S. Craig Montgomery, Co-Producer - S. Craig Montgomery, Engineer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Matt Bayles, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jason Finn, Producer - Jason Finn, Drums - The Presidents of the United States of America, Performer - Dave Dederer, Producer - Dave Dederer, Bass - Chris Ballew and The Presidents of The United States of America, Composer - Chris Ballew and The Presidents of The United States of America, Lyricist - Chris Ballew, Guitar - Chris Ballew, Producer - Tom Smurdon, 2nd Engineer - S. Craig Montgomery, Co-Producer - S. Craig Montgomery, Engineer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Matt Bayles, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jason Finn, Producer - Jason Finn, Drums - The Presidents of the United States of America, Composer - The Presidents of the United States of America, Lyricist - The Presidents of the United States of America, Performer - Dave Dederer, Producer - Dave Dederer, Bass - Chris Ballew, Guitar - Chris Ballew, Producer - Tom Smurdon, 2nd Engineer - S. Craig Montgomery, Co-Producer - S. Craig Montgomery, Engineer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Matt Bayles, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jason Finn, Producer - Jason Finn, Drums - The Presidents of the United States of America, Performer - Dave Dederer, Producer - Dave Dederer, Bass - Chris Ballew and The Presidents of The United States of America, Composer - Chris Ballew and The Presidents of The United States of America, Lyricist - Chris Ballew, Guitar - Chris Ballew, Producer - Tom Smurdon, 2nd Engineer - S. Craig Montgomery, Co-Producer - S. Craig Montgomery, Engineer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Matt Bayles, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jason Finn, Producer - Jason Finn, Drums - The Presidents of the United States of America, Performer - Dave Dederer, Producer - Dave Dederer, Bass - Chris Ballew and The Presidents of The United States of America, Composer - Chris Ballew and The Presidents of The United States of America, Lyricist - Chris Ballew, Guitar - Chris Ballew, Producer - Tom Smurdon, 2nd Engineer - S. Craig Montgomery, Co-Producer - S. Craig Montgomery, Engineer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - Matt Bayles, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
T. Ballew, Composer - T. Ballew, Lyricist - Jerry Finn, Mixing Engineer - Jason Finn, Producer - Jason Finn, Drums - The Presidents of the United States of America, Performer - Dave Dederer, Producer - Dave Dederer, Bass - Chris Ballew, Guitar - Chris Ballew, Producer - D. Thiele, Composer - D. Thiele, Lyricist - Tom Smurdon, 2nd Engineer - S. Craig Montgomery, Co-Producer - S. Craig Montgomery, Engineer - Wally Traugott, Mastering Engineer - C. Ballew, Composer - C. Ballew, Lyricist - Matt Bayles, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Album review
Considering the speed that their second album was delivered, the Presidents of the United States of America must have known their time in the spotlight was brief. Released exactly a year after "Lump" stormed the charts, POTUSA 2 is just like the group's debut except not as consistently engaging. A few songs have strong hooks to rival those on the debut -- particularly the two-chord rampage of "Mach 5" -- but about half of the album sounds too labored and considered, especially the hyped-up They Might Be Giants homage "Volcano." So, The Presidents of the United States 2 delivers everything that the second album from a one-hit wonder should do: it has a couple of pretty good singles intermixed with a bunch of tolerable filler that plays better as nostalgia than it did when it was currently released.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:56
- Main artists: The Presidents Of The United States Of America
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Pop/Rock
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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