Found a 1992 album called 'Soul Caddy' by a band named Cherry Poppin' Daddies in a dollar bin, and it's not swing music.

Everyone tags them as just a swing revival act from the '90s, but this record is full of ska and rockabilly tunes that got totally overlooked. I grabbed it on a whim at a shop in Portland last month and was genuinely surprised. Does anyone else know an album where a band's most known sound isn't what's actually on one of their records?

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the_vera1mo ago

Yeah that "swing revival act" tag is so lazy. I had the same thing with Faith No More, everyone just calls them a metal band but their album "Introduce Yourself" is full of weird funk and art rock. It totally changed how I saw them. Seth_green85 is right, people get stuck on one idea. Like how the Mighty Mighty Bosstones are known for ska but their early stuff was straight hardcore punk.

seth_green851mo agoMost Upvoted

Totally get that. It's like how people get stuck with one idea about something and miss the whole picture. Happens with bands, movies, even people you know.

matthewperry1d ago

Best way to break that is just throw on a record you know they'd never expect.