Blue Sky on Mars
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| Studio album by Matthew Sweet | ||||
| Released | March 25, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | October 1996 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 36:29 | |||
| Label | Zoo Entertainment | |||
| Producer | Brendan O'Brien, Matthew Sweet | |||
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Blue Sky on Mars is the sixth album by alternative rock musician Matthew Sweet. It was released on Zoo Entertainment in 1997.
The cover of the album features an image by Viking 1, the first spacecraft to land on Mars; the album's liner notes include additional imagery of the planet's landscape as taken by the spacecraft on July 20, 1976. The text on the cover was done by fantastic artist, Roger Dean, best known for his work on album covers for bands such as Yes. The album's title comes from the tour in the film, Total Recall.
The album was met with little commercial success, but favorable reviews. Critic Jim Farber of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a "B", writing that it "matched his usual sugary melodies to denser production, hinting at everything from the Beach Boys to '80s new wave", and adding that "[Sweet's] power pop still has the knack".The A.V. Club wrote that the album contained "nice, sugary three-minute pop singles that instantly lodge themselves in your cranium", adding that it is "a slight but worthy addition to his terrific catalog".
The song "Hollow" was featured in the film The Game, and "Come to California" was featured in the film Nancy Drew.
All songs written by Matthew Sweet.
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