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News of a new Daddies studio album first surfaced in mid-2006 during a radio interview with Steve Perry. He confirmed that a new album was in the process of being written and would cover some new territory for the band, drawing on Latin, tropical and reggae sounds, though it would contain a few swing
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in that "songs are a means to an end. Genres reflect off each other". "It's like a little movie, doing what I always do with genres, which is to use them kind of like paint. I use various genres and grind them against each other. I like to put a flamenco song next to a song that's a glam rock song
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called Perry's songwriting attempts at being multi-genre "jumbled", "smug" and "flat-out overstuffed", though praising "Hi and Lo" as being "absolutely extraordinary". In a 2009 re-review by a separate author, the album was given a score of 8/10, citing the blend of genres as "the truest overall
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ranged from mixed to positive. While its low-profile release went mostly unnoticed by major media outlets, various internet publications were polarized over the album's multi-genre format, either praising the band for their musical experimentation or criticizing them as inconsistent.
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tracks as well. Most of this new material was debuted during the band's 2006 US tour. On February 9, 2007, the band released a collection of demo songs available for purchase: the reggae-tinged "Blood Orange Sun", the Latin-inspired "Bust Out", and the flamenco ballad "Roseanne".
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through the Daddies' website on February 19, 2008, before being made available in a limited CD pressing on June 10, 2008. Both formats of the album were available to purchase exclusively through the band's website until their signing to independent label
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also gave the album a positive review, describing it as "pleasurable listening", and in a later re-reviewing of the re-release, lauded the album's narrative concept and lyrical interconnectedness as an "amazing undertaking".
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sensibilities...these I wanted to explore and potentially boil down to some fundamental building blocks that might lead toward a new, more international style". Stylistically, Perry claimed that he based the structure of
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marked the band's return to recording after nearly a decade following their hiatus in 2000 and sporadic touring throughout 2002–2006. The album follows the eclectic format of previous records, with
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awarded the album an 86% rating, stating "there are only good things to say about the Cherry Poppin' Daddies new album", calling it "full of fun and surprisingly entertaining".
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delivered most of the praise on Perry's "secret weapon" voice, adding "being backed by a blistering horn section and hotshit guitar player certainly doesn’t hurt either".
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in that each of the songs were written in a different style and genre but the album was thematically coherent. He elaborated that he drew inspiration from
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page, recording began on the 25th of June. By September 5, the record was finally tracked but not fully mixed, and given the title
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Perry explained that the album's tropical slant was due to his prediction that one day "American pop will owe a huge debt to
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noted that the only tunes the reviewer felt succeeded were the ones that stuck to the band's original swing formula, while
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a rating of 3.5/5, claiming that it lacked "oomph or punch" and the band ultimately "leave the listener with little pop".
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was re-issued and given national distribution on September 29, 2009, in conjuncture with the Daddies' ska compilation
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as being about "losses and continuing on. It's about love, doubt and fatigue...and ultimately about gratitude".
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in the mid-1990s, ending up as part of the Daddies' own repertoire and becoming a staple of their live shows.
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near where Perry grew up (up until then, the album went under a number of working titles, including
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representation of the band" and the Daddies' "best work so far".
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next to a song that's a swing song, so that the flavor changes."
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Recorded and mixed by Billy Barnett at Gung Ho Studios in
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A previous studio version of "Hi and Lo" appeared on
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Index


Studio album
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Label
Rock Ridge
Producer
Steve Perry
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Soul Caddy
Skaboy JFK

Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Rock Ridge Music
Latin
Caribbean
swing
ska
rock
Latin
Caribbean music
flamenco
soca
bossa nova
Latin rock
reggae
rockabilly
ska punk
Steve Perry
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
world

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