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Lechuza

 
Album Review: Lechuza

  • Artist: Fenix TX
  • Rating: StarHalf Star
  • Release Date: May 22, 2001
  • Type: Contains explicit content, Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Fenix TX was one of droves of circa-2000 major label bands that took their cues from punk, both of the hardcore and poppy variety, of the 1970s and 1980s. They're not the worst of the lot, but neither do they stand out from the crowd, which is quite a problem considering how much many members of this particular crowd resemble each other. There are a dozen concise songs with buzzsaw guitars and anthemically sung lyrics about the frustration and alienated joys of youth. The pace only occasionally slows down, as on the closing "El Borracho," which like many songs of this era builds from a sluggish slow spare arrangement to a crescendo. Sometimes it verges on amelodic hardcore, but at other times there are enough harmonies to make it something that major labels might actually be able to pitch to commercial radio. There are some love songs, but they're not happy ones. There are some complaints against the shallow materialistic overload of American life, but if you're in their camp philosophically, you probably won't be learning anything new. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Phoebe Cates (Lyrics) Fenix TX Fenix TX (3:40)
Katie W. (Lyrics) Fenix TX Fenix TX (3:34)
Threesome (Lyrics) Fenix TX Fenix TX (2:33)
Something Bad Is Gonna Happen (Lyrics) Fenix TX Fenix TX (3:35)
Tearjerker (Lyrics) Fenix TX Fenix TX (3:44)
Pasture of Muppets (Lyrics) Fenix TX Fenix TX (3:00)
A Song for Everyone Fenix TX Fenix TX (4:08)
Manufactured Inspirato (Lyrics) Fenix TX Fenix TX (2:51)
Beating a Dead Horse (Lyrics) Fenix TX Fenix TX (3:16)
ABBA Zabba (Lyrics) Fenix TX Fenix TX (4:01)
El Borracho Fenix TX Fenix TX (17:36)

Credits

Roddy Bottum (Keyboards), Dennis Hill (Guitar), Dennis Hill (Vocals (Background)), John Sanders (Project Coordinator), Steve Sisco (Assistant Engineer), Andy Wallace (Mixing), Jerry Finn (Producer), Sean O'Dwyer (Producer), Sean O'Dwyer (Engineer), Tim Stedman (Art Direction), William Salazar (Guitar), William Salazar (Vocals), Mike Fasano (Drum Technician), Jeanne Venton (Project Coordinator), Fenix TX (Main Performer), Bob Breen (Assistant Engineer), Tom Baker (Mastering)
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Lechuza
Studio album by Fenix TX
Released May 22, 2001
Recorded Ocean Studios (Burbank, California), Entourage Studios (North Hollywood, California), Track Record (North Hollywood, California), Village Recorders (Los Angeles, California)
Genre Pop punk
Length 52:02
Label MCA, Drive-Thru Records
Producer Jerry Finn, Sean O'Dwyer
Professional reviews
Fenix TX chronology
Fenix TX
(1999)
Lechuza
(2001)
Purple Reign in Blood - Live
(2005)

Lechuza is the second album by Fenix TX, released on May 22, 2001 by MCA and Drive-Thru Records.

The first song, "Phoebe Cates", is a first-person tale of falling in lust with actress Phoebe Cates. It includes a bridge with the lines "Looking for a fast time / Watching out for bright lights / Send me off to private school / When I'm with you it's paradise", all of which are references to films starring Cates (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Bright Lights, Big City, Private School and Paradise, respectively). It was featured on the soundtrack and in the 2001 film American Pie 2.

On both the UK and the Japanese issue of the album, two bonus tracks are added — an updated rendition the Spanish Christmas song "Feliz Navidad" and the group's 2000 single "All My Fault" from Fenix TX. The hidden track is placed at the end of the second bonus track, thus shortening the length of track 11 on these issues to 5:34.

Track listing

(all songs written by Fenix TX)

  1. "Phoebe Cates" – 3:40
  2. "Katie W." – 3:34
  3. "Threesome" – 2:33
  4. "Something Bad Is Gonna Happen" – 3:34
  5. "Tearjerker" – 3:44
  6. "Pasture of Muppets" – 3:00
  7. "A Song for Everyone" – 4:08
  8. "Manufactured Inspirato" – 2:51
  9. "Beating a Dead Horse" – 3:16
  10. "Abba Zabba" – 4:01
  11. "El Borracho" – 17:36
    • There is an untitled hidden track 13min:47sec into the last track.

Bonus tracks:

  1. "Felix Navidad" - 3:02
  2. "All My Fault" - 14:56

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