Rock Archeologia

Sussman Lawrence - Pop City (1984)

Artist: Sussman Lawrence
Album: Pop City
Label: Orange Records
Catalog #: E-1133
Released: 1984
Country: US
Genre: Pop/Rock, College Rock, Power Pop
Duration: 01:58:17

• Sussman Lawrence was a band led by Peter Himmelman on lead vocals and guitar, with his cousin Jeff Victor on keyboards and backup vocals. Both had previously performed as the only white members in Minneapolis soul singer Alexander O'Neal's band. Saxophonist Eric Moen, bass guitarist Al Wolovitch, and drummer Andrew Kamman rounded out the group, which formed in the late ‘70s and took its name from a character on Steamroller, a local Public-access television comedy show that Himmelman hosted.
• The members of Sussman Lawrence had all gone to junior high school together in the Minneapolis suburb of St. Louis Park. Heavily influenced by Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley, Himmelman (who also performed with Shangoya where he added a 'rock-guitar' flavor to the Caribbean sound) brought a pronounced reggae/ska flavor to their debut album “Hail To The Modern Hero!” and then embellished it on the more polished and ambitiously pop-oriented follow up, the Double-LP masterpiece “Pop City.” Both albums fueled Sussman Lawrence’s incendiary live shows with such fan favorites as “House on Fire,” “Baby Let Me Be Your Cigarette,” “Closer, Closer,” and “The Fifth of August” - a gorgeous love song that would resurface on Himmelman’s 1994 album “Skin.”

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 • Side One:
01. Torture Me 03:21
02. She's The Living End 04:20
03. (I Really Don't Love You But) I Sure Do Like You A Lot 02:25
04. Fifth Of August 04:35
05. House On Fire 02:54
 • Side Two:
01. Fireman 03:39
02. Naturally (You're Artificial) 04:14
03. Closer, Closer 03:06
04. 1.5 BMPHH 00:21
05. Made To Order 03:31
06. Hope 03:39
 • Side Three:
01. Listen Up 02:58
02. Pajama Party 04:15
03. Strangest Emotion 02:56
04. Bitter World 03:51
05. Sperm Song 05:56
• Side Four:
01. Baby Let Me Be Your Cigarette 02:54
02. Luxury 03:18
03. Call Me On Monday 03:10
04. Love Is A Fight 06:13

     All Songs Written by Peter Himmelman
     Himmasongs Music ASCAP © 1984


 

Musicians:
Peter Himmelman - Vocals, Guitar
Eric Moen - Vocals, Guitar, Saxophone, Keyboards
Jeff Victor - Vocals, Keyboards
Al Wolovitch - Vocals
Andy Kamman - Drums, Percussion

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