Everywhere at Once (The Plimsouls album): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox album

| name = Everywhere at Once

| type = studio

| artist = [[the Plimsouls]]

| cover = File:Plimsouls_Everywhere.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|May 26,1983|df=y}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = The Lighthouse and [[Dave's Room|Mama Jo's]], North Hollywood, CA; [[Pasha Records|The Pasha Music House]], Hollywood, CA; [[Record One]], Los Angeles, CA

| genre = [[Power pop]]<ref name="cg"/>

| length = 37:35

| label = [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]

| producer = Jeff Eyrich

| prev_title = [[The Plimsouls (album)|The Plimsouls]]

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = Kool Trash

| next_year = 1998

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Everywhere at Once

| type = studio

| single1 = A Million Miles Away

| single1date = 1982 (reissued 1983)

| single2 = Oldest Story in the World

| single2date = 1983

}}

{{music ratings

| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/everywhere-at-once-mw0000084319|title=''Everywhere at Once'' – The Plimsouls <nowiki>| Songs, Reviews, Credits |</nowiki> AllMusic |website=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=December 8, 2017}}</ref>

|rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]

|rev2score = B−<ref name="cg">{{Cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=2397|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 2397|website=www.robertchristgau.com}}</ref>

'''''Everywhere at Once''''' is the second studio album and major-label debut by American [[power pop]] band [[the Plimsouls]], released in 1983 by [[Geffen Records]].<ref name=trouserpress>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=plimsouls|title=TrouserPress.com :: Plimsouls|website=www.trouserpress.com}}</ref> The album reached #186 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' albums chart.<ref name=amg>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p26845/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} Billboard], [[AllMusic]]</ref><ref name=billboard>{{Cite web|url=https://elpee.jp/artist/The%20Plimsouls/|title=Billboard Database Top200 - The Plimsouls|website=billboard.elpee.jp|access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref> It includes the radio hit "A Million Miles Away" which reached #11 on ''Billboard'''s [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Top Rock Tracks]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/The+Plimsouls.art|title=The Plimsouls Top Songs|website=musicvf.com|access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref> It would be the band's last album until 1998's ''Kool Trash''.

== Background==

In 1981, the Plimsouls released their [[The Plimsouls (album)|self titled debut album]] through [[Planet Records]] but left the label the same year, dissatisfied with the lack of promotion by their label.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://devorahostrov.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-history-of-peter-case-part-2.html|last=Ostrov|first=Devorah|title=Teenage Kicks #2: The History Of Peter Case Part 2: The Plimsouls |website=|date=1997|access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref> The album reached #153 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' albums chart.<ref name=billboard/> The following year, the band released the independent single "A Million Miles Away" on their own Shaky City label, after which they signed with [[Geffen Records]] for ''Everywhere at Once''.<ref name=trouserpress/>

== Critical reception==

Retrospectively, [[AllMusic]] felt that the album has mixed results, writing, "While the change to a major label did have a profound impact on the band, it wasn't always for the best. While Jeff Eyrich's somewhat heavy-handed production did take a little air out of their performance, the end result is far less clinical than other major-label mainstream rock records of the day."<ref name=allmusic/>

''[[Trouser Press]]'' wrote that the album is "bubbling with undiminished fire and melody."<ref name=trouserpress/>

== Track listing==

#"Shaky City" ([[Peter Case]], Eddie Muñoz) – 2:27

#"Magic Touch" (Case, Muñoz) – 3:19

#"Oldest Story in the World" (Case) – 3:19

#"Lie, Beg, Borrow, and Steal" ([[Mouse and the Traps|Ronny Weiss]]) – 2:45

#"Play the Breaks" (Case, Muñoz, David Pahoa, Lou Ramirez, Jeff Eyrich) – 4:17

#"How Long Will It Take?" (Case) – 2:30

#"A Million Miles Away" (Case, Joey Alkes, Chris Fradkin) – 3:34

#"My Life Ain't Easy" ([[Eddy Grant]], Lincoln Gordon, Dervan Gordon) – 2:37

#"Inch By Inch" (Case, [[The Williams Brothers#The Williams Brothers, second generation (Andrew and David Williams)|Andrew Williams]], [[Charlotte Caffey]]) – 2:35

#"I'll Get Lucky" (Case) – 2:42

#"Everywhere at Once" (Case) – 3:19

;1992 reissue bonus track

#<li value="12">"Hobo" (Case, Muñoz, Pahoa, Ramirez) – 3:23

;Note

*Track 12 was released as the B-side to the "Oldest Story in the World" single; recorded at Baby O' Recorders, Hollywood, CA; produced by Jeff Eyrich.

==Personnel==

Adapted from the album liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Everywhere at Once (reissue)|others=[[The Plimsouls]] |date=1992|publisher=[[Geffen Records|Geffen]]|id=GEFD-24481}}</ref>

;The Plimsouls

*[[Peter Case]] – vocals, six and twelve-string guitar, harmonica

*Eddie Muñoz – lead guitar, backing vocals

*David Pahoa – bass, backing vocals

*Lou Ramirez – drums, maracas, tambourine, timbales, castanets, backing vocals

;Additional musicians

*Jeff Eyrich – Casio keyboard, guitar

*[[The Williams Brothers#The Williams Brothers, second generation (Andrew and David Williams)|Andy Williams]] – backing vocals

*[[The Williams Brothers#The Williams Brothers, second generation (Andrew and David Williams)|David Williams]] – backing vocals

*[[Steve Hunter]] – acoustic guitar (3)

*Phast Phreddie – backing vocals (4)

*Scott Wilk – Farfisa organ (4)

*William Norwood – high vocal (6)

*Brandon Matheson – tom toms (8)

;Technical

*Jeff Eyrich – producer

*Dennis Kirk – engineer

*Jim Hill – engineer

*Win Kutz – engineer

*Greg Ladanyi – mixing (1–6, 9–12)

*Larry Brown – mixing (7, 8)

*Bobby Macias – assistant engineer, mixing assistant

*Wayne Tanouye – assistant engineer, mixing assistant

*Eduardo Fayad – assistant engineer

*Laura Livingston – assistant engineer

*Laurie Allison – assistant engineer

*Mikey Davis – assistant engineer

*Sandra Wilson – assistant engineer

*Steve Ford – assistant engineer

*Dennis Densmore – mixing assistant

*Dan Hersch – mastering

*David J. Donnelly – mastering supervisor

*[[Mick Haggerty]] – art direction, photography

*Mike Fink – design, artwork

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