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{{Infobox album
| name = Too Bright, Just Right, Good Night
| type = studio
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| artist = [[Actionslacks]]
| cover = Too Bright Just Right Good Night.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1996
| recorded = November 1994 & August 1995
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| studio =
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| length =
| label = [[Skene! Records|Skene!]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/33-the-scenes-out-of-sight/|title=Actionslacks: The Scene's Out of Sight|website=Pitchfork}}</ref>
| producer = Actionslacks
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[One Word]]
| next_year = 1998
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'''''Too Bright, Just Right, Good Night''''' is the debut album by the American band [[Actionslacks]], released in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |title=Actionslacks Biography by Jason Ankeny |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/actionslacks-mn0000587499/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=9 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Kenn |title=Actionslacks ready to venture from musical model |work=Albuquerque Journal |date=27 Apr 2001 |page=13}}</ref> The album was recorded in three days in a basement studio.<ref name="SF">{{cite news |last1=Ansaldo |first1=Michael |title=Actionslacks Sews Up Album – 13 months later, 'One Word' is ready |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=June 14, 1998 |department=Sunday Datebook |page=49}}</ref>


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==Critical reception==
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{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=AM>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r263113|pure_url=yes}}|title=Too Bright, Just Right, Good Night - Actionslacks|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
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''[[Trouser Press]]'' called the album "a patchy jumble of awkward song structures, muddled production and shaky performances."<ref>{{cite web |title=Actionslacks |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/actionslacks/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=9 May 2023}}</ref> The ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' deemed it "unrefined pop with an explosive delivery that belied [the band's] skeletal lineup."<ref name=SF/> ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'' labeled ''Too Bright, Just Right, Good Night'' "a bunch of good, slightly noisy pop songs with biting lyrics and high bass-driven melodies that pull together to create a sense that the dam is just about to break and your little town will be crushed."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hess |first1=Christopher |title=Sxsw |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1997-03-14/527587/ |website=The Austin Chronicle |access-date=9 May 2023}}</ref>

[[AllMusic]] concluded that "this solid burst of indie rock from the Berkeley, CA-based Actionslacks chronicles mid-'90s slacker angst perfectly."<ref name=AM/>

==Track listing==
(all songs written by Actionslacks, lyrics by Tim Scanlin)
#"Sporting Life"
#"Clockwatcher"
#"No Wonder Boy"
#"I'm Hit!"
#"Spelling Bee"
#"Floater"
#"Heavy"
#"Space-Age Heart"
#"Tugboat Mutiny"
#"A.C.R.O.N.Y.M."
#"Blues in the Way"
#"Saint"
#"Crook"
#"In Hysterics"
#"Louder"
#"Credits"

==Personnel==
*Tim Scanlin - guitar, vocals
*Marty Kelly - drums
*Mark Wijsen - bass

== References ==
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[[Category:1996 albums]]


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