- Record Label: In the Red Records
- Release Date: Sep 17, 2013
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MojoNov 22, 2013Their third tribute set is exactingly detail-correct. [Dec 2013, p.90]
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UncutOct 10, 2013It's a wonderful pop album and there's a genuinely delightful innocence here. [Nov 2013, p.69]
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Oct 1, 2013While bubblegum’s reliance on the hook has afforded Collins the opportunity to write some of the catchiest songs of his career, Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-Blooey!’s strongest selling point is its extraordinary attention to detail.
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Sep 18, 2013An amazing all-originals simulation, mostly of teeny-bop smashes by sundry Kasenetz-Katz-produced studio concoctions (plus the Archies) circa 1967-1970.
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Sep 18, 2013As it is, Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-Blooey! works perfectly well both as a tribute to one of the most underrated musical styles ever, and as an album that's fun from beginning to end, Dirtbombs-style.
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Sep 18, 2013Ooey was a bizarre concept that, with effort and care, became an effective reality.
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Sep 18, 2013Allegedly a bubblegum record, in reality this is Collins’ take on psychedelic pop, with twinkling keyboards, polite guitars and a heretofore unimagined Collins croon that could charm the panties off a lesbian punk rocker.
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Oct 11, 2013Ooey Gooey is a proof-of-concept album--yes, the Dirtbombs can Dirtbombify this ordinarily unscuzzy genre, too--rather than one that plays to the band's considerable strengths.
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Oct 23, 2013No doubt these songs will come to life on stage, but on record, they land a bit flat.