{{Infobox album | name = Jack | type = EP | artist = Moose | cover = Moose Jack EP cover.jpg | alt = | released = March 1991 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Shoegazing | length = {{Duration|m=14|s=44}} | label = Hut | producer = Guy Fixsen | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Cool Breeze | next_year = 1991 }}
'''''Jack''''' is the debut EP by British rock band Moose. It was released in March 1991 through Hut Records. Akin to Moose's two succeeding EPs, the album showcases a distortion-heavy shoegazing style, which was abandoned shortly before the recording of the band's debut album, ''...XYZ'' (1992).<ref name="bubbling"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.popmatters.com/post/142604-soon-is-never-soon-enough-mooses-.-.-.-xyz-remastered/ | title=Moose's '. . . Xyz', Remastered | publisher=PopMatters | date=9 June 2011 | accessdate=28 December 2015 | author=Fisher, Joseph}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/moose-mn0000496873/biography | title=Moose | publisher=Allmusic | accessdate=28 December 2015 | author=Bush, Josh}}</ref>
In 2012, the title track from the EP was included on PopMatters' list "10 Great Shoegaze Songs Submerged Beneath the Surface."<ref name="bubbling">{{cite web | url=http://www.popmatters.com/post/163041-bubbling-up-10-great-shoegaze-songs-submerged-beneath-the-surface/ | title=Bubbling Up: 10 Great Shoegaze Songs Submerged Beneath the Surface | publisher=PopMatters | date=12 September 2012 | accessdate=28 December 2015 | author=Fisher, Joseph}}</ref> ==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/jack-ep-mw0000999892 | title=Moose - Jack [EP] | publisher=Allmusic | accessdate=28 December 2015 | author=Ankeny, Jason}}</ref> }} Allmusic critic Jason Ankeny described the record as "a galvanizing and commanding debut", stating that the EP "immediately establishes Moose as noisemakers par excellence, creating feedback-rich pop with an urgency and ferocity not heard since the Jesus and Mary Chain's landmark ''Psychocandy''." Ankeny also wrote: "Over just a handful of songs, Moose manage to convey the full scope of the shoegazer aesthetic."<ref name="allmusic1"/>
==Track listing== All songs written by Kevin McKillop and Russell Yates. # "Jack" — 3:43 # "Ballad of Adam and Eve" — 4:13 # "Boy" — 3:44 # "I'll Take Tomorrow" — 3:04
==Personnel== ;Moose * Russell Yates — guitar, vocals * Kevin J. McKillop — guitar * Damien Warburton — drums * Jeremy Tishler — bass
;Other personnel * Guy Fixsen — production * C. Whitehead — photography
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|20569|type=EP|''Jack'' (EP)}}
Category:1991 debut EPs Category:Moose (band) albums Category:Shoegaze EPs Category:Hut Records EPs