Very, Very Powerful Motor

Very, Very Powerful Motor is the second studio album by the Fastbacks, released in 1990 on PopLlama Records.

Very, Very Powerful Motor
Studio album by Fastbacks
Released	1990
Genre	Punk rock, indie rock
Length	33:02
Label	PopLlama Records
Fastbacks chronology
And His Orchestra (1987) Very, Very Powerful Motor (1990) Zücker (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Spin Alternative Record Guide	8/10

The second track, "Apologies," is a cover of a Pointed Sticks song.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that the album "gives Bloch’s pop-rooted songs rocking arrangements that occasionally overwhelm them." Greil Marcus, in Artforum, called it "unreconstructed punk with a lot of melody, no apologies ... and Kim Warnick, for whom singing flat is just a form a realism."

Track listing

All songs written by Kurt Bloch, except where noted.

1. "In the Summer" – 3:23
2. "Apologies" (Nick Jones) – 1:50
3. "Trouble Sleeping" – 3:18
4. "Better Than Before" – 3:25
5. "What to Expect/Dirk's Car Jam" – 5:02
6. "Says Who?" – 4:12
7. "Last Night I Had a Dream That I Could Fly" – 5:13
8. "I Won't Regret" – 3:25
9. "I Guess" – 2:41
10. "Always Tomorrow" – 4:25
11. "I'll Be Okay" – 5:00
12. "Everything I Don't Need" – 3:22

Personnel

• Kim Warnick – vocals, bass
• Kurt Bloch – guitar
• Lulu Gargiulo – guitar
• Nate Johnson – drums