{{Infobox album | name = Accordion Solo! | type = [[Album]] | artist = [[Ten in the Swear Jar]] | cover = TITSJ Accordion Solo!.jpg | alt = | released = 2005 <small>([[United States|US]])</small> | recorded = 1999–2000 | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Experimental rock]], [[ska-punk]], [[post-punk]], [[lo-fi]], [[garage rock]] | length = 76:20 | label = [[Asian Man]] <small>([[United States|US]])</small><br/><small>ASM-130</small> | producer = [[Jamie Stewart (American musician)|Jamie Stewart]] | prev_title = [[Inside the Computer Are All of My Feelings]] | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = | next_year = }} '''''Accordion Solo!''''' is a 2005 album by [[Ten in the Swear Jar]]. It is the band's third release under that name, a complete discography derived from all their previous releases. It is released by [[Asian Man|Asian Man Records]] who described it as "A collection of live recordings, "field recordings" and studio tracks with complex lyrics, beautiful melodies, and diverse instrumentation."<ref>[http://www.asianmanrecords.com/basket/accordionsolo.html The Album at Asian Man Records] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060319120936/http://www.asianmanrecords.com/basket/accordionsolo.html |date=March 19, 2006 }}</ref> The [[Concert|live]] tracks are acknowledged to be of imperfect quality.
[[Jamie Stewart (American musician)|Jamie Stewart]] has re-used many lyrics from songs on ''Accordion Solo!'' in various [[Xiu Xiu]] songs.
[[AJJ (band)|AJJ]] covered "San Jose Fight Song" on their 2014 compilation ''Rompilation 2.0: The Digitizing.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=San Jose Fight Song (by Ten in the Swear Jar), by AJJ |url=https://ajjtheband.bandcamp.com/track/san-jose-fight-song-by-ten-in-the-swear-jar |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=AJJ |language=en}}</ref>
==Track listing== #"Malafuquana Espana" – 1:47 #"Hot Karl" – 3:04 #"San Jose Fight Song" – 4:20 #"I Don't Play the Drumz" – 4:13 #"Gauntlet of Thor the Destroyer" – 5:33 #"Fort Awesome Drunk Tank" – 0:52 #"Helsabot" – 3:21 #"Famine" – 4:32 #"I Love the Valley" – 3:39 #"Leg Show" – 4:14 #"King Earth" – 4:09 #"Melon" – 0:48 #"When You Write" – 3:58 #"Worry Boy" – 3:54 #"Sita Deth" – 3:31 #"House Quake II" – 3:56 #"Sad Girl" – 3:21 #"In The Blue Trunks J.H." – 3:28 #"Accordion Solo!" – 0:04 #"Gauntlet of Thor the Destroyer (live)" – 5:41 #"I Love the Valley (live)" – 3:21 #"House Quake II (live)" – 4:23
===Explanation of tracks=== *1, 6, 12, 19 are [[field recording]]s *13 is a cover of the [[IBOPA]] (Indestructible Beat of Palo Alto) song of the same name (Stewart's previous band) *20-22 are [[concert|live]] recordings from The Usual in [[San Jose, California]]
=== Re-usage of lyrics in [[Xiu Xiu]] songs ===
* Lyrics in "Hot Karl" and "House Quake II" are reused in "Pink City" from ''[[A Promise (Xiu Xiu album)|A Promise]]'' * "Helsabot" was later sung by [[Caralee McElroy]] in "[[Xiu Xiu discography#Singles|Helsabot of Caraleebot]]", a b-side to "Fleshettes", and "Helsabot", from ''[[Fag Patrol]]'' * "I Love The Valley" would become "I Luv The Valley OH!" from ''[[Fabulous Muscles]]'' * "King Earth" would become "King Earth, King Earth" from ''[[Chapel of the Chimes (EP)|Chapel of the Chimes]]'' and ''Fag Patrol'' * "Sad Girl" would become "Sad Pony Guerrilla Girl" from ''A Promise''
==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[Tiny Mix Tapes]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/ten-swear-jar-accordion-solo www.tinymixtapes.com]</ref> | rev2 = [[Pitchfork Media]] | rev2Score = (7.4/10)<ref>[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22812-accordion-solo?artist_title=22812-accordion-solo Howe, Brian, ''Pitchfork Media'', September 6, 2005.]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> }} ''[[Tiny Mix Tapes]]'' wrote, "Save the chirp 'n' croak of the unnecessary field recordings, ''Accordion Solo!'' presents a compelling alter ego to counteract the clucking of one of indie-rock's favorite chickens . . . [A] calculated, cocksure, and soiled like a bona fide dumpster mattress with all sorts of beautiful yellow, orange, and brown taint/mung stains."
''[[Pitchfork Media]]'' wrote, "''Accordion Solo!'' is the rare early-career document that works as a stand-alone record. One gets the sense that Stewart had yet to develop the confidence to be as melodramatic as [they'd] like, and Xiu Xiu detractors might find this preferable to the more realized recent work, while for neophytes, it will provide a valuable foothold on Stewart's daunting, alien terrain."
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