# Sebastopol Rd.

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***Sebastopol Rd.*** is an album by the English band [Mega City Four](/source/Mega_City_Four), released in 1992.[3][4] It was the band's only album to be released in the United States; they supported it with a North American tour.[2][5] The album was reissued in 2013 with a [Peel session](/source/Peel_session), among other bonus tracks.[6]

The album peaked at No. 41 on the [UK Albums Chart](/source/UK_Albums_Chart).[7]

## Production

Produced by Jessica Corcoran, *Sebastopol Rd.* was recorded at Greenhouse Studios, in England.[8][6] It was named after the band's rehearsal space.[9]

## Critical reception

*[Trouser Press](/source/Trouser_Press)* wrote that "acoustic strums ... abound, over which the singer vents optimism, experience and, most of all, poignant disillusionment ... A rough-edged pop classic."[2] *[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)* called the album "likable, unpretentious stuff, less stylized than is typical of most young British bands," writing that it "offers 12 bristling but tuneful songs, economical mid-tempo rockers that balance Danny Brown's and Wiz's tart guitars with the quartet's semi-sweet backing vocals."[10] *[The Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)* opined that "punk energy begets melodic hooks as Mega City Four grows up a bit."[11]

## Legacy

[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) noted: "Heard from ten years' distance, *Sebastopol Rd.* is at once comfortably obvious and weirdly prescient. While Wiz's high, impassioned vocals weren't emo per se—and he was always careful to sing rather than scream—there's a weird way in how the 12 songs almost predict the future without trying to."[12] *[MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide](/source/MusicHound)* labeled the album "a tense, taut, pop mini-masterpiece."[8] In 2013, *[Record Collector](/source/Record_Collector)* deemed it "an indie-pop gem with punk overtones."[6] *[The Rough Guide to Rock](/source/Rough_Guides)* considered it "one of the 90s catchiest (pre-Britpop) discs."[13]

## References

1. Strong, Martin C. (2003). *The Great Indie Discography*. 2nd ed. Canongate. p. 413.

1. ["Mega City Four"](https://trouserpress.com/reviews/mega-city-four/). *Trouser Press*. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

1. ["Mega City Four Biography, Songs, & Albums"](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mega-city-four-mn0000341101/biography). *AllMusic*

1. Simmonds, Jeremy (September 3, 2008). [*The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches*](https://books.google.com/books?id=bMBf3TYZigQC&pg=PA591). Chicago Review Press.

1. Rosenbluth, Jean (5 June 1992). "Power Pop from Mega City Four". *Los Angeles Times*. p. F21.

1. ["Sebastopol Rd"](https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/sebastopol-rd). *Record Collector*

1. ["Mega City Four Full Official Chart History"](https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27229/mega-city-four/). *Official Charts Company*

1. *MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide*. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 742.

1. Larkin, Colin (2006). *The Encyclopedia of Popular Music*. Vol. 5. MUZE. pp. 687–688.

1. Jenkins, Mark (8 Apr 1992). "British Punkers for the '90s". *The Washington Post*. p. D7.

1. Lepage, Mark (23 May 1992). "Mega City Four Sebastopol Rd.". *The Gazette*. p. E9.

1. ["Mega City Four Sebastopol Rd."](https://www.allmusic.com/album/sebastopol-rd-mw0000072144). *AllMusic*

1. *The Rough Guide to Rock*. 2nd ed. Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 631.

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