Stuck in Wonderamaland by Dramarama

Stuck in Wonderamaland, Dramarama's third album, came out on Chameleon in 1989, and the New Jersey power-pop crew produced it themselves. John Easdale's voice is the anchor, weary and wiseass at once, and the band wraps it in chiming, crunching guitars with one foot in glam and the other in the college-radio jangle of the day.

The standout is "Last Cigarette", a ragged, singalong rocker that became a minor rock-radio hit. They also tip their hat to Mott the Hoople with a cover of "I Wish I Was Your Mother", then took the whole thing out on a North American tour. It sits between Box Office Bomb and Vinyl in their catalog.

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