Prick (Melvins album)
| Prick | ||||
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| Studio album by Melvins | ||||
| Released | August 5, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | April 1994 | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock, musique concrète | |||
| Length | 43:31 | |||
| Label | Amphetamine Reptile | |||
| Producer | Melvins | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
Prick is the sixth studio album by the Melvins, which was released in 1994 through Amphetamine Reptile Records. It has been said that because the Melvins already had a contract with Atlantic Records, Prick was released with the band name in mirror writing, although they really did it just because they wanted to.
The album displays a distinctly experimental quality, with an eclectic selection including field recordings, electronic effects and loops, band jam sessions, a stereotypical drum solo that segues into an archetypal heavy metal guitar solo, and a track that's introduced as "pure digital silence" -- followed by silence for a minute. Singer/guitarist Buzz Osborne has stated that Prick is "a total noise crap record we did strictly for the weirdness factor. Complete and utter nonsense, a total joke."[2]
The band wanted to call the album Kurt Kobain but changed it after Cobain's death to eliminate the possibility of people mistaking it for a tribute record. They implied that Cobain was actually the titular "prick", because he died and therefore forced them to change the album's name.[3]
Track listing
All songs written by The Melvins.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "How About" | 4:15 |
| 2. | "Rickets" | 1:20 |
| 3. | "Pick It n' Flick It" | 1:39 |
| 4. | "Montreal" | 4:09 |
| 5. | "Chief Ten Beers" | 6:28 |
| 6. | "Underground" | 2:19 |
| 7. | "Chalk People" | 1:16 |
| 8. | "Punch the Lion" | 3:14 |
| 9. | "Pure Digital Silence" | 1:32 |
| 10. | "Larry" | 2:59 |
| 11. | "Roll Another One" | 14:20 |
Personnel
Additional personnel
- Konstantin Johannes - engineer
- Mackie Osborne - art
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Guitar World (1995). "The Father the Son and the Holy Grunge". Interview. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
- ↑ Brian Walsby (1994). "MASSIVE MELVINS INTERVIEW FROM THE PRE-"STONER WITCH" ERA.". Interview. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
