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   Utopia Parkway needs pruning, but it still stands as Fountains of Wayne’s best album. After Utopia Parkway failed to break them as a major commercial act, they took a break, with Schlesinger rejoining his previous band Ivy, and Collingwood forming country-rock band Gay Potatoes, before reconvening for ’s Welcome Interstate Managers.

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   February 23 – Eminem releases his second studio album and major-label debut, The Slim Shady LP. It debuts at number two on the Billboard , selling over , copies in its first week. It remains on the Billboard for weeks.

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   2nd album "Utopia Parkway", is as close as it comes to a late 70's early 80's new wave sounding album, there is. Schlesinger and Collingwood write some catchy tunes about suburbia. The title track begins things with some nice keyboards and guitar though out, and then blends into "Red Dragon Tattoo", love the Special and KoRn references/5(86).

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   View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the Vinyl release of Utopia Parkway on Discogs. Label: Yep Roc Records - AEIYRR • Format: Vinyl LP, Album • Country: US • Genre: Pop • Fountains Of Wayne - Utopia Parkway (, Vinyl) | Discogs5/5(3).

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   Fountains of Wayne - Utopia Parkway - CD askemolaluacassoadongvimembgreasam.co Fountains of Wayne's second album is somewhat of a new thing under the sun: Pet Sounds for '90s Jersey high schoolers. Main-men Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood litter these songs with cultural references (Pink Floyd laser shows, tattoos, Puff Daddy, lavender Lexuses, "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"), but their "Valley of /5(90).

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   Closing number “The Senator’s Daughter” closes the album with Fountains of Wayne once again dropping a gear. It’s a nice enough song, but it’s just a shame that Utopia Parkway doesn’t close with a rousing closing number which leaves the listener with a final flourish with what the band do best.

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   Utopia Parkway is the second studio album by the American rock band Fountains of Wayne. It was released by Atlantic Records in April

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   Apr 03,  · We started with the title track of the album they just released, "Utopia Parkway." (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "UTOPIA PARKWAY") FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE: (Singing) Well, I've been saving for a custom van, and.

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