Format Details: Gold Smoke Vinyl / Gold Smoke Vinyl
Release Date: 14 February 2025
Label: Real Gone Music
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 848064018759
Genres: Rock
Description
Famously formed in 8th grade for a school talent show, The Donnas began as a self-styled co-ed answer to The Ramones, playing gleefully unapologetic, pop-punk paeans to adolescent alienation and hedonism from a decidedly female perspective.
But by the time of 2004's Gold Medal, their sixth album and second for the
major label Atlantic, the group has clearly—dare we say it?--matured. With
the notable exception of the single (and career highlight) "Fall Behind Me,"
Gold Medal marks a move away from the Donnas' harder/faster ethos towards a more polished (acoustic guitars…whaaat?) pop sound veering towards '70s
psychedelia under the helm of Avril Lavigne producer Butch Walker. And you can tell it from the album's graphics, which flash vintage, Peter Max-esque
squiggles on the front cover and feature a faux black light poster inside (which we have reproduced for this reissue along with the original printed inner
sleeve). The result was an album that lead vocalist Brett Anderson a.k.a Donna A. deems her favorite, and one that stands as probably the most underrated album in the band's fabulous catalog (most of which we have
recently released here at Real Gone Music). Our reissue comes in gold smoke vinyl…an overlooked early-oughties gem!
Tracklisting
The Donnas
Tiny Tim
The Soul Searchers
Stina Nordenstam
Jesse Ed Davis
Fanny
William S. Fischer
Walter Bishop Jr
The Donnas
The Donnas
The Donnas
The Donnas
The Donnas
The Donnas
The Donnas
