Isolation Party

Isolation Party
Studio album by Tommy Keene
Released	1998
Genre	Power pop, rock
Label	Matador Records
Producer	Tommy Keene[1]
Tommy Keene chronology
Ten Years After (album) (1996) Isolation Party (1998) The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[4]

Isolation Party is an album by the American musician Tommy Keene.^[5][6] It was released in 1998 by Matador Records.^[7] It includes a cover version of Mission of Burma's "Einstein's Day".^[8]

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly concluded that "power-pop enthusiasts should find plenty to admire in these melodically acute tunes, although true highlights are in short supply."^[4] The Chicago Tribune praised the "ringing, buoyant guitar lines, sing-along choruses, thoughtful lyrics and a touch of melancholy that never grows depressed but keeps things from ever getting giddy."^[3]

AllMusic wrote that the album is "a harder and leaner set than he usually offered up in his earlier days ... though the hallmarks of his style—moody but graceful melodies, a nimble and efficient rhythm section, and Keene's passionate vocals and subtly sublime guitar work—are still very much in evidence."^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Tommy Keene, except where noted

1. "Long Time Missing" – 4:38
2. "Getting Out From Under You" – 3:19
3. "Take Me Back" – 4:44
4. "Never Really Been Gone" – 3:29
5. "The World Outside" – 3:21
6. "Einstein's Day" – 4:43 (Roger Miller)
   • Originally recorded by Mission of Burma, 1982
7. "Battle Lines" – 5:11
8. "Happy When You're Sad " – 3:31
9. "Love Dies Down" – 3:44
10. "Tuesday Morning" – 2:37
11. "Waiting Without You" – 3:55
12. "Weak And Watered Down" – 4:15
13. "Twilight's In Town" – 3:38

Personnel

The band

• Tommy Keene — Guitar, back-up vocals
• John Richardson — Drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Jay Bennett — Organ, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar
• Leroy Bocchieri — Bass guitar
• Tom Broeske — Bass guitar
• Jeff Murphy — Back-up vocals
• Jeff Tweedy — Back-up vocals
• Jesse Valenzuela — Back-up vocals

Production

• Jay Bennett — Engineer, production assistant, editing, mastering, mixing, assistant producer
• Brendan Gamble — Engineer
• Jeff Murphy — Engineer
• Jonathan Pines — Engineer, production assistant, editing, mastering, mixing, assistant producer
• Adam Schmitt — Editing, mastering

References