{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = That's So Gay | type = studio | artist = Pansy Division | cover = Thats So Gay.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2009|3|31}} | recorded = April 2007–September 2008 | venue = | studio = Nu Tone, Pittsburg, California | genre = Queercore, power pop, alternative rock | length = {{Duration|m=37|s=56}} | label = Alternative Tentacles<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://alternativetentacles.com/artists/pansy-division/|title=Pansy Division|date=June 13, 2018}}</ref> | producer = | prev_title = The Essential Pansy Division | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = Quite Contrary | next_year = 2016 }} '''''That's So Gay''''' is an album by the American queercore band Pansy Division.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/pansy-division-mn0000005794/biography|title=Pansy Division | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/15/pansy-division-queercore-gay-rock-band|title=Pansy Division: a quarter-century of queercore|date=September 15, 2016|website=the Guardian}}</ref> It was released on March 31, 2009, by Alternative Tentacles.<ref name="tartanella">{{cite web|last=Tartanella|first=Emily|title=Pansy Division: That's So Gay|url=https://www.popmatters.com/73325-pansy-division-thats-so-gay-2496023596.html|work=PopMatters|date=April 26, 2009|accessdate=March 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastbayexpress.com/eastbay/life-in-a-gay-rock-band/Content?oid=1177068|title=Life in a Gay Rock Band|first=Catherine|last=Plato|website=East Bay Express|date=25 March 2009 }}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1494585|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref> | rev2 = ''PopMatters'' | rev2score = 6/10<ref name="tartanella"/> }} ''Exclaim!'' called the album "the band's most natural commingling of music and message yet ... Equal amounts of attention are paid to crafting sultry, unforgettable tunes as cramming double entendres into every line."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/pansy_division-thats_so_gay|title=Pansy Division That's So Gay|website=exclaim.ca}}</ref> ''Magnet'' wrote that it "retains the group’s signature melodic songs and humorous, homo-tawdry lyrics."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://magnetmagazine.com/2009/04/08/memoir-pansy-divisions-jon-ginoli/|title=Memoir: Pansy Division's Jon Ginoli|date=April 8, 2009}}</ref> ''Tucson Weekly'' wrote that "the joke is obvious but doesn't ever get old, because underneath the cartoonish simplicity, the music is actually, well, fun as hell."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/pansy-division-thats-so-gay-alternative-tentacles/Content?oid=1180307|title=Pansy Division: That's So Gay (Alternative Tentacles)|first=Sean|last=Bottai|website=Tucson Weekly}}</ref> ''The Advocate'' wrote: "With a sense of humor as sharp-witted as ever, the seminal S.F. queercore combo is still on top of their game, taking on heteronormative hypocrisy in their triumphant return after a six-year hiatus."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/news/2009/04/10/hot-sheet-week-april-13|title=Hot Sheet: Week of April 13|date=April 10, 2009|website=www.advocate.com}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{track listing | collapsed = | headline = | total_length = 37:56 | title1 = Twinkie Twinkie Little Star | length1 = 2:15 | writer1 = Jon Ginoli | title2 = Average Men | length2 = 3:24 | writer2 = Ginoli | title3 = Ride Baby | length3 = 3:24 | writer3 = Chris Freeman | title4 = Some of My Best Friends | length4 = 3:40 | writer4 = Joel Reader | title5 = That's So Gay | length5 = 2:28 | writer5 = Freeman | title6 = Obsessed with Me | length6 = 1:57 | writer6 = Ginoli | title7 = 20 Years of Cock | length7 = 1:39 | writer7 = Ginoli | title8 = What's in It for Me? | length8 = 3:25 | writer8 = <small>lyrics:</small> Freeman/Ginoli, <small>music:</small> Freeman | title9 = You'll See Them Again | length9 = 2:30 | writer9 = Ginoli | title10 = Dirty Young Man | length10 = 2:42 | writer10 = Ginoli | title11 = It's Just a Job | length11 = 3:12 | writer11 = <small>lyrics:</small> Freeman/Ginoli/Reader, <small>music:</small> Freeman | title12 = Pat Me on the Ass | length12 = 1:45 | writer12 = Ginoli | title13 = Never You Mind | length13 = 2:32 | writer13 = Freeman | title14 = Life Lovers | length14 = 3:03 | writer14 = Ginoli }}
==Personnel== *Luis Illades – drums, percussion, keyboards on track 13 *Jon Ginoli – guitars, vocals *Joel Reader – lead guitars, vocals *Chris Freeman – bass guitars, vocals, keyboards on tracks 8 and 10 *Jello Biafra - guest vocals on track 2<ref name="tartanella"/>
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Category:2009 albums Category:Pansy Division albums Category:Alternative Tentacles albums