Repercussion (album)


Repercussion is the second studio album by American power pop band the dB's, released in 1982 by Albion Records. Like its predecessor, Stands for Decibels, the album was commercially unsuccessful but critically acclaimed.
This was the band's final album with the original lineup, as Chris Stamey left in early April 1982.

Background and production

Stamey and Peter Holsapple, the band's dual singers/guitarists, each ended up contributing six songs on the album. As was the case on their debut, Stamey's songs veered towards more experimental melodies and rhythms, while Holsapple's songs were more traditionally in a pop vein.
The album was produced by Scott Litt, giving it a "fuller, more modern overall sound".
The first track, Holsapple's "Living a Lie", featured a horn section, the Rumour Brass.
Stamey's "ridiculously catchy" song "Ask for Jill" was about the process of mastering an album.
Holsapple's composition "Amplifier" became the band's lead single and also their first video. "Amplifier" was later rerecorded and included on the band's next album, Like This. The original version was later included on Rhino Records' box set .
A video for the second single, "Neverland", was completed but went unreleased until the band uploaded it to their website in 2008.

Reception

In a retrospective review, critic Rob Ross called the album "essential listening" and said it was "one of the finest albums to ever be released by any American band – not just in the early '80's but across the generations".

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "Living a Lie" – 3:26
  2. "We Were Happy There" – 2:39
  3. "Happenstance" – 4:07
  4. "From a Window" – 2:34
  5. "Amplifier" – 3:08
  6. "Ask for Jill" – 2:33
Side 2
  2. "I Feel Good " – 4:28
  3. "Storm Warning" – 2:32
  4. "Ups and Downs" – 3:03
  5. "Nothing Is Wrong" – 4:16
  6. "In Spain" – 3:02
  7. "Neverland" – 2:46
Different versions of the album have been reissued on CD with different bonus tracks, usually either Holsapple's instrumental B-side "PH Factor" or Stamey's "Soul Kiss".

Personnel

The dB's