Goodbye Jumbo

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Goodbye Jumbo
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Studio album by World Party
Released 24 April 1990
Recorded 1987–1989
Genre Alternative rock
Length 53:22
Label Ensign
Producer Karl Wallinger
World Party chronology
Private Revolution
(1987)Private Revolution1987		 Goodbye Jumbo
(1990)		 Bang!
(1993)Bang!1993
Singles from Goodbye Jumbo
  1. "Way Down Now"
    Released: 1990
  2. "Put the Message in the Box"
    Released: 1990
  3. "Thank You World"
    Released: 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Chicago Tribune 3.5/4 stars[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide (dud)[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4/5 stars[4]
Entertainment Weekly B+[5]
Hot Press 11/12[6]
Los Angeles Times 3.5/5 stars[7]
Q 4/5 stars[8]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[9]

Goodbye Jumbo is the second studio album by British alternative rock band World Party. Originally released on 24 April 1990 on Ensign Records, the album was aided by a number of guest artists, including Sinéad O'Connor and frontman Karl Wallinger's former bandmates in The Waterboys. Its traditional rock sound – guitar, bass and drums – was augmented by piano, strings, flute and electronic percussion. The songs on Goodbye Jumbo follow the loose concept of an everyman's journey from lonely despair to spiritual fulfillment.[citation needed]

Goodbye Jumbo was voted as Album of the Year by Q magazine in 1990, with the album also receiving a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album the same year. In 2000, Q placed it at number 94 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. A remastered version of Goodbye Jumbo was reissued by Seaview Records on 4 April 2006.

"Way Down Now", the album's lead single, spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, and follow-up single "Put the Message in the Box" reached number 8.[10]

Track listing

  1. "Is It Too Late?" – 4:24
  2. "Way Down Now" – 3:49
  3. "When the Rainbow Comes" – 4:58
  4. "Put the Message in the Box" – 4:16
  5. "Ain't Gonna Come Till I'm Ready" – 5:05
  6. "And I Fell Back Alone" – 3:57
  7. "Take It Up" – 4:37
  8. "God on My Side" – 4:14
  9. "Show Me to the Top" – 5:15 (contains untitled hidden track beginning at 4:42)
  10. "Love Street" – 4:21
  11. "Sweet Soul Dream" – 4:39
  12. "Thank You World" – 3:47

Charts

Chart (1990 Peak
position
US Billboard 200[10] 73

Notes

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