Zücker
    1. Believe Me Never (3:03)
    2. Gone to the Moon (1:51)
    3. Hung On a Bad Peg (1:47)
    4. Under the Old Lightbulb (1:35)
    5. Never Heard of Him (1:47)
    6. When I'm Old (3:37)
    7. All About Nothing (2:28)
    8. Bill Challenger (1:18)
    9. Parts (1:46)
    10. Kind of Game (2:36)
    11. They Don't Care (2:32)
    12. Please Read Me (2:07)
    13. Save Room For Me (3:13)
    14. That Was (3:09)

Lyrics
Zucker
The Fastbacks - Zücker

Released: 1993 by Sub Pop Records (SP 184b)
Produced by Kurt Bloch at Egg Studios: Seattle, WA.
Duration: 14 Songs, 32 Minutes, 49 Seconds.
All songs written by Kurt Bloch, except 'Please Read Me' which was originally performed by in 1967 by the Bee Gees on 'The Bee Gees First' LP (Robin/Barry Gibb).
Available on CD, LP, and cassette.

Personnel:
Kim Warnick - Vocals and Bass
Lulu Gargiulo - Vocals and Guitar
Kurt Bloch - Electric Guitar
Rusty Willoughby - Drums

Zucker includes the single "Gone to the Moon", for which the Fastbacks made a video. The video was directed by Lulu and it features many different friends of the Fastbacks in a classroom setting. Kurt is the teacher, and he espouses the theories of "Dr. Sigmund Zucker". Student Kim starts falling asleep and daydreams about becoming a fabulous rock star!

Zucker is an assault of sound and melody. The booklet that comes with the CD includes lyrics in both German and English. The lyrics were translated by graphic artist and FBX friend, Christopher 'Hammi' Hammerschmidt. When Kurt handed over the lyrics to Hammi, Hammi was under the impression that they were paragraphs for a book. Subsequently he was very confused because the paragraphs didn't go together and none of them made sense. It was only until later that Kurt revealed that each paragraph was a different song. Zucker, by the way, translates to mean 'sugar' in German.

Liners read: Produced and mixed by Kurt. Engineered by Kurt and Uno at Egg studio, Seattle. Photos by Kurt, Lulu, and David Wild. Layout and design by Kurt. Typesetting and translation by Hammi "Gill" Hammerschmidt. Lab assistant Ayne St. Martin. Expidition by W.G.T. Blaze. Rusty appears courtesy of FLOP and Frontier Recs.
Album Index Top of Page Home