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      • Perennial Favorites is an album by the swing revival band Squirrel Nut Zippers, released in 1998.
      The album peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard 200. It achieved gold status.


      Production


      The album was recorded at Ken Mosher's studio in Pittsboro, North Carolina.


      Critical reception


      AllMusic wrote: "Part of the reason [the Zippers] stand apart from the rest of the neo-swing crowd is that they don't forget that there was a bit of menace in the days of hot jazz -- it wasn't a naive, swinging party, there was some genuine hedonism as well." Entertainment Weekly's review called the band "adept but inconsequential," writing that Katharine Whalen's "sleepy Billie Holiday cadences verge on satire." Spin called the album "self-congratulatory, jokey, essentially heartless cartoon music masquerading as 1920s 'hot jazz'." The Houston Press deemed it "a dozen rock-solid originals that represent the band's finest and most ambitious collection to date."


      Track listing


      "Suits Are Picking Up the Bill" (Jimbo Mathus) – 3:04
      "Low Down Man" (Mathus) – 4:14
      "Ghost of Stephen Foster" (Mathus) – 3:32
      "Pallin' with Al" (Maxwell) – 2:41
      "Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter" (Mathus) – 2:47
      "Trou Macacq" (Maxwell) – 3:17
      "My Drag" (Mathus) – 3:27
      "Soon" (Maxwell) – 3:02
      "Evening at Lafitte's" (Mathus) – 2:48
      "The Kraken" (Maxwell) – 3:40
      "That Fascinating Thing" (Mathus) – 2:43
      "It's Over" (Mathus) – 1:49
      Hidden track: "Berceuse Tendres" – 1:16 [between tracks 11 and 12]


      Personnel


      Jimbo Mathus – vocals, trombone, banjo, piano, lead guitar, guitar, percussion, backing vocals
      Tom Maxwell – vocals, tenor and baritone saxophone, gong, backing vocals, clarinet, rhythm guitar
      Katharine Whalen – vocals, banjo
      Ken Mosher – alto and baritone saxophone, guitar, cymbal, Fender Rhodes
      Je Widenhouse – cornet, trumpet, backing vocals
      Stuart Cole – bass
      Don Raleigh – bass
      Chris Phillips – drums, percussion, steel drum, contraption kit, backing vocals
      Additional personnel

      Andrew Bird – violin, percussion, background vocals
      Emily Laurance – harp
      Steve Watson – pedal steel
      Rick Lassiter – bass
      Jay Faires – executive producer
      Steve Balcom – executive producer
      Clay Walker – Enhanced CD Design, Multimedia Producer, Photography, Video Editor, Video Producer


      References

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