On their long-awaited third album, Welcome Interstate Managers, Fountains Of Wayne tackle such time-honored pop subjects as love, work, frustrated commuters, drunken salesmen, retired airline pilots, pressured quarterbacks, bad waitresses, vegan entrepreneurs, clip-on ties, exploding cell phones, lawn mowing, vacations without the kids, New England snowstorms, lousy directions, and, of course, Face The Nation. MOJO Magazine included Fountains Of Wayne in their recent book, The Greatest Albums Of All Time, calling the band 'almost better than anything, ever.' The band was also named in Entertainment Weekly's 2002 'It List: The 100 Most Creative People In Entertainment.' Led by songwriters Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood, the New York-based quartet is known for crafting witty, wistful, and instantly memorable character portraits, often using the Northeastern U.S. 14 - Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Live) (3:53)Ģ4 - I Want An Alien For Christmas (2:19)įountains Of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managersįountains Of Wayne's first two albums, Fountains Of Wayne and Utopia Parkway, earned the group a reputation as masters of the three-and-a-half minute pop song.
