Goodbye Jumbo

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Goodbye Jumbo
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Studio album by
World Party
Released24 April 1990
Recorded1987–1989
Genre
Length53:22
Label Ensign
Producer Karl Wallinger
World Party chronology
Private Revolution
(1987)		Goodbye Jumbo
(1990)		 Bang!
(1993)
Singles from Goodbye Jumbo
  1. "Way Down Now"
    Released: 1990
  2. "Put the Message in the Box"
    Released: 1990
  3. "Thank You World"
    Released: 1991

Goodbye Jumbo is the second studio album by Welsh-British alternative rock band World Party, released on 24 April 1990 on Ensign Records.

Contents

The album received generally positive reviews from critics and peaked at No. 73 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 36 on the UK Albums Chart. "Way Down Now", the album's lead single, spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, and follow-up single "Put the Message in the Box" reached No. 8. [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Classic Pop Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME 8/10 [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Record Mirror 4/5 [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Sounds Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [11]

Writing for Spin , Jon Young deemed Goodbye Jumbo a "winning opus" and said that frontman Karl Wallinger's "unabashed enthusiasm" and "ability to craft killer pop tunes" prevent the album's liberal referencing of earlier musical styles from becoming "sterile". [12] Chicago Tribune critic Greg Kot considered the album to be heavily influenced by the Beatles' "sense of pop and studio craft", further commenting that the "biting" humour and irony in its lyrics are effectively balanced by upbeat "melodies and moments". [3] Chris Willman of the Los Angeles Times stated that Wallinger's "Lennonisms sound somehow endemic, not affected", and that the album never lapses into "petty theft" despite its numerous influences. [6] In Rolling Stone , Don McLeese wrote that "Goodbye Jumbo displays an ambition as broad as the emotional range of its music", and that while "Wallinger's missionary zeal occasionally belabors his messages", the music "is sufficiently vital to overpower resistance". [10] The Village Voice 's Robert Christgau, however, dismissed the album as a "dud". [13]

At the end of 1990, Goodbye Jumbo was named the year's best album by Q . [14] It was also voted the fifteenth best album of 1990 in The Village Voice's year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll. [15] At the Grammy Awards' 1991 ceremony, Goodbye Jumbo was nominated for Best Alternative Music Performance. [16] In 2000, it was ranked 94th on Q's list of the "100 Greatest British Albums Ever". [17]

In 2000 it was voted number 474 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums . [18]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Karl Wallinger.

  1. "Is It Too Late?" – 4:24
  2. "Way Down Now" – 3:49
  3. "When the Rainbow Comes" – 4:58
  4. "Put the Message in the Box" – 4:16
  5. "Ain't Gonna Come Till I'm Ready" – 5:05
  6. "And I Fell Back Alone" – 3:57
  7. "Take It Up" – 4:37
  8. "God on My Side" – 4:14
  9. "Show Me to the Top" – 5:15 (contains untitled hidden track beginning at 4:42)
  10. "Love Street" – 4:21
  11. "Sweet Soul Dream" – 4:39
  12. "Thank You World" – 3:47

Personnel

Credits for Goodbye Jumbo adapted from album liner notes. [19]

Charts

Chart performance for Goodbye Jumbo
Chart (1990)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [20] 70
Canadian Albums ( RPM ) [21] 26
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [22] 38
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [23] 20
UK Albums (OCC) [24] 36
US Billboard 200 [25] 73

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [26] Silver60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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