100% Fun

Certain Songs #1112: Matthew Sweet – “Smog Moon”

January 27, 2018 by Jim Connelly

Album: 100% Fun
Year: 1995

Featuring:
Brendan O’Brien – Piano
Greg Leisz – Electric Lap Steel Guitar
Ric Menck – Drums

There are some songs that absolutely bring me back to a specific time and place every single time I hear them. “Smog Moon” is one of those songs.

Certain Songs #1111: Matthew Sweet – “Lost My Mind”

January 26, 2018 by Jim Connelly

Album: 100% Fun
Year: 1995

Featuring:
Robert Quine – Electric Lead Guitar
Richard Lloyd – Electric Lead Guitar
Brendan O’Brien – Mellotron
Ric Menck – Drums

“But Jim,” you didn’t ask, “you’ve been writing about of these posts about Matthew Sweet songs where he had either Richard Lloyd or Robert Quine play lead guitar, but I’m wondering did they ever play on the same song??”

Certain Songs #1110: Matthew Sweet – “Sick of Myself”

January 25, 2018 by Jim Connelly

Album: 100% Fun
Year: 1995

Featuring:
Richard Lloyd – Electric Lead Guitar
Brendan O’Brien – Electric Rhythm Guitar
Ric Menck – Drums

Produced by producer d’jour Brendan O’Brien and featuring an absolutely adorable cover photo of young Matthew Sweet listening to an album via some huge headphones, 1995’s 100% Fun definitely felt like a comeback after what I then still felt was the scatteredness of Altered Beast.