Very, Very Powerful Motor

Very, Very Powerful Motor
Studio album by Fastbacks
Released	1990
Genre	Punk rock, indie rock
Length	33:02
Label	PopLlama
Fastbacks chronology
And His Orchestra (1987) Very, Very Powerful Motor (1990) Zücker (1993)

Very, Very Powerful Motor is the second studio album by the Fastbacks, released in 1990 on PopLlama Records.^[1]

The second track, "Apologies," is a cover of a Pointed Sticks song.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	8/10[3]

Trouser Press wrote that the album "gives Bloch’s pop-rooted songs rocking arrangements that occasionally overwhelm them."^[1] Greil Marcus, in Artforum, called it "unreconstructed punk with a lot of melody, no apologies ... and Kim Warnick, for whom singing flat is just a form a realism."^[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Kurt Bloch, except where noted.

1. "In the Summer" – 3:23
2. "Apologies" (Nick Jones) – 1:50
3. "Trouble Sleeping" – 3:18
4. "Better Than Before" – 3:25
5. "What to Expect/Dirk's Car Jam" – 5:02
6. "Says Who?" – 4:12
7. "Last Night I Had a Dream That I Could Fly" – 5:13
8. "I Won't Regret" – 3:25
9. "I Guess" – 2:41
10. "Always Tomorrow" – 4:25
11. "I'll Be Okay" – 5:00
12. "Everything I Don't Need" – 3:22

Personnel

• Kim Warnick – vocals, bass
• Kurt Bloch – guitar
• Lulu Gargiulo – guitar
• Nate Johnson – drums

References

1. "Fastbacks". Trouser Press. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
2. Very, Very Powerful Motor at AllMusic
3. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 144.
4. Marcus, Greil (October 20, 2015). Real Life Rock: The Complete Top Ten Columns, 1986-2014. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300218596 – via Google Books.