Bedlam Ballroom is a studio album by the swing revival band Squirrel Nut Zippers, released in 2000. It followed several major personnel changes. The album reflects a stylistic shift, with the band incorporating a broader ranges of styles, instrumentation, and production approaches. The band broke up after the release of the album, eventually reuniting in 2007. The album peaked at No. 195 on the Billboard 200.

Critical reception

Exclaim! wrote that the band have "abandoned their adherence to '30s recording techniques, and though a bit of the charm is lost, thankfully these Zippers ain't slick." CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that the album finds SNZ "nearly as eclectic as ever, but more generic too." Variety thought that the album "can easily be considered their best for, if nothing else, they reclaim a time when music was unsure of itself, an era when Louis Armstrong had given up on the music of his youth to build a wider audience through pop numbers and show tunes."

Track listing

All songs written by Jimbo Mathus except where noted.

Details

Personnel

Additional musicians