Very, Very Powerful Motor

Very, Very Powerful Motor is the second studio album by the Fastbacks, released in 1990 on PopLlama Records.

The second track, "Apologies," is a cover of a Pointed Sticks song.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that the album "gives Bloch’s pop-rooted songs rocking arrangements that occasionally overwhelm them." Greil Marcus, in Artforum, called it "unreconstructed punk with a lot of melody, no apologies ... and Kim Warnick, for whom singing flat is just a form a realism."

Track listing

All songs written by Kurt Bloch, except where noted.

1. "In the Summer" Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:23
2. "Apologies" (Nick Jones) Ã¢Â€Â“ 1:50
3. "Trouble Sleeping" Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:18
4. "Better Than Before" Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:25
5. "What to Expect/Dirk's Car Jam" Ã¢Â€Â“ 5:02
6. "Says Who?" Ã¢Â€Â“ 4:12
7. "Last Night I Had a Dream That I Could Fly" Ã¢Â€Â“ 5:13
8. "I Won't Regret" Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:25
9. "I Guess" Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:41
10. "Always Tomorrow" Ã¢Â€Â“ 4:25
11. "I'll Be Okay" Ã¢Â€Â“ 5:00
12. "Everything I Don't Need" Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:22

Personnel

• Kim Warnick – vocals, bass
• Kurt Bloch – guitar
• Lulu Gargiulo – guitar
• Nate Johnson – drums

References