C'mon, Accept Your Joy! is the debut album of Athens, Georgia-based power pop band Chris McKay & the Critical Darlings. According to Flagpole Magazine, "There’s a vague but strong taste of Cheap Trick’s “Surrender” in its muscular smiling power-pop, and that’s always a selling point." The University of Georgia paper Red and Black declared the disc as sounding like "the Clash or some other music from that time."
Track listing "Towel Cape Song" – 3:31 "I Know Too Much (For My Own Good)" – 4:22 "Into My View" – 3:57 "Sometimes I'm Sam" – 4:10 "Phony" – 5:32 "Down" – 5:22 "Colors in Black & White" – 3:28 "Until The Road Ends" – 2:25 "Taking Its Toll" – 5:49 "I'll Be Fine" – 4:50
Personnel Chris McKay - lead vocals, guitars, bass, Rhodes, synths Frank DeFreese - bass, rhythm guitar Tom Bavis - drums, percussion, vocals, white noise, synths
Album notes Produced, arranged and sequenced by Chris McKay and Tom Bavis Mastered at City Mastering by Jeff Capurso Recorded at D.A.R.C in Athens, Georgia All songs Copyright 2005 Blather Skite Music, ASCAP Cover painting by Scott Bullock Penumbra Studios Live photo by Amanda Stahl Back cover band portrait by Asa Leffer Graphic design and layout defaulted to Chris McKay
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External links Official Critical Darlings Site, Accessed on April 3, 2008. Official Myspace Site, Accessed on April 3, 2008.