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May 2025 ...finally studio Too Much Joy finallyTMJ.jpg 1996 Water Music, Hoboken, New Jersey Alternative rock Discovery/Warner Bros.Stewart Allison Reviews CMJ New Music Monthly Apr 1996 32 44 William Wittman Mutiny 1992 Gods & Sods 1999 ...finally is an album by the American band Too Much Joy, released in 1996.https://www.allmusic.com/artist/too-much-joy-mn0000158771/biography Too Much Joy Biography, Songs, & Albums AllMusicBorzillo Carrie Discovery Records finds alternative Billboard Jan 20, 1996 108 3 1 Its first single was "The Kids Don't Understand".Sullivan Jim Joy: prickly punk pop even a mom could love The Boston Globe 25 Mar 1996 Arts & Film 45 Production The album was produced by William Wittman, who had joined Too Much Joy after producing the band's previous album, Mutiny.Marsh Steven P. Joy, Nudity, and Newt The Record 3 May 1996 Lifestyle/Previews 4 The band used a sample of Alan Arkin remarking "uh, oh, too much joy," from the movie Simon; although both the album and the film were produced for Warner Bros., the corporation charged the band to use the sample.https://books.google.com/books?id=PzTrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT22 Radically Rethinking Copyright in the Arts: A Philosophical Approach James O. Young June 11, 2020 Routledgehttps://books.google.com/books?id=8FIpO0Kiw_4C&pg=PA97 Freedom of Expression: Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property Kembrew McLeod December 27, 2007 U of Minnesota Press The cover of the album, by artist Doug Allen, depicts a cartoon rendering of a man and woman moments after engaging in sex.Dickinson Chris Too Much to Be Legal: Punk Group Rocks the Boundaries of Sound — and Obscenity Laws St. Louis Post-Dispatch 25 Apr 1996 Get Out 7 A second cover was used to obscure the image for retail.Rollins Ron Too Much: The Joy of This Band Is That It Defies Categorization Dayton Daily News 5 May 1996 3C Critical reception AllMusic 2.5 5https://www.allmusic.com/album/finally-mw0000181989 Finally Review by Stewart Mason AllMusic Boston Herald 2.5 4Johnson Dean Discs Boston Herald March 22, 1996 S6 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 3 5Larkin Colin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2006 MUZE 8 212 San Antonio Express-News 1.5 4Johnson Robert ...finally Too Much Joy San Antonio Express-News March 24, 1996 Records Trouser Press thought that "the overpowering, sometimes nearly generic music obscures the progress, but ...finally benefits from an organic focus not found on the others."Too Much Joy https://trouserpress.com/reviews/too-much-joy/ Trouser Press 27 December 2021 The Virginian-Pilot called the album "angst-driven rock 'n' roll, but with a catch... The music is loud, but not angry."Harper John Too Much Joy Has Newt Gingrich as a Fan The Virginia Pilot May 19, 1996 Carolina Coast 20 The Columbus Dispatch considered that, "like most sophomoric acts, Joy flounders when it aims for seriousness ... but the group's Ramones-ish pop/punk carries the day."Joyous WWCD fest The Columbus Dispatch April 4, 1996 Weekender 8 The San Antonio Express-News stated that, "instead of the quirky rock that has served it well, Too Much Joy gives us an entire album's worth of imitation pop-punk in general and Green Day in particular." The Houston Press determined that "the immediate tone is grumpy and sarcastic, but less typical is the hopelessness often evident underneath."Rowland Hobart Having Some Nasty Fun – Too Much Joy cowers in the mouth of adulthood Houston Press April 18, 1996 Music The Delaware County Daily Times concluded that the "subject matter veers from preachy, to political and pointless... But through it all, the music's rambunctious, deliriously catchy style wins out."D'Addono Beth Rock fans can't have Too Much Joy Delaware County Daily Times May 17, 1996 News The Boston Herald warned: "Too Much Joy is threatening to become the Replacements of the '90s: a group so dedicated to planned adolescence that it just might seal its own doom." AllMusic wrote that "the group are rejuvenated here, replacing the production gloss of their last couple of albums with the sort of punk-inflected buzzsaw guitar pop that had enlivened 1989's Son of Sam I Am, only with a better sense of melody." MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide opined that frontman Tim Quirk "downplays humor for rebellious introspection—like James Taylor fronting a punk band or something."MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide 1999 Visible Ink Press 1156 Track listing You Will Weak Poison Your Mind Mrs. Now The Kids Don't Understand Different Galaxies I Believe in Something How to Be Happy Half Life I'm Your Wallet Skyline A New England Underneath a Jersey Sky References Category:Too Much Joy albums Category:1996 albums Category:Discovery Records albums