Funny Farm

Funny Farm is an album by the American alternative rock band King Kong, released in 1993. Production Funny Farm was produced by Brad Wood. It is a loose concept album about country living. It was frontman Ethan Buckler's intention to combat what he saw as the seriousness of indie rock by creating a fun and unpretentious sound. Critical reception The Washington Post wrote that "the Louisville quartet employs a bluesy groove on songs like 'Dirty City Rainy Day' and plunges into the Delta with the honking 'Bad Cat Blues', but its sauntering rhythms, zany lyrics and boy-girl vocals more often recall the B-52's than Muddy Waters." Trouser Press thought that "with its herky-jerky rhythms and kitschy organ flourishes ... Funny Farm bears more than a passing resemblance to the B-52’s’ early days—an analogy furthered by the decidedly Cindy Wilsonized vocal harmonies Amy George drizzles over 'Island Paradise' and the frankly touching 'Dirty City, Rainy Day'." The Wisconsin State Journal labeled the album "oddly Jonathan Richman-esque pop."