Cold Hands

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Cold Hands
Boss Hog Cold Hands.jpg
Studio album by
Boss Hog
ReleasedDecember 12, 1990
Recorded1990
StudioSoundscape, New York City
Genre Punk blues
Length28:51
Label Amphetamine Reptile
Producer Steve Albini
Boss Hog chronology
Drinkin', Lechin' & Lyin'
(1989)		Cold Hands
(1990)		 Action Box
(1991)

Cold Hands is a studio album by the American punk blues band Boss Hog. [1] [2] It was released on December 12, 1990, through Amphetamine Reptile Records. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [6]
The Great Rock Discography 3/10 [7]
Metal Hammer 4/5 [8]
MusicHound Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Raw Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Sounds Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Q described the album as "nine painfully slow nuggets of sonic indigestion." [10] Trouser Press noted that "its reliance on in-jokes ... and calculatedly rakish rhythmic stratagems make it the aural equivalent of a vanity press book." [13]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Gerard"2:32
2."Eddy"3:13
3."Bug Purr"2:26
4."Red Bull"3:20
5."Go Wrong"2:54
6."Pete Shore"3:08
7."Domestic"3:12
8."Duchess"5:01
9."Pop Catastrophe"3:00

Personnel

Boss Hog

Production

References

  1. ↑ Watson, Ian (February 2, 1991). "Cold Hands by Boss Hog". Melody Maker. Vol. 67, no. 5. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Harvilla, Rob (March 24, 2017). "The Art of Aging Disgracefully". The Ringer.
  3. ↑ "Boss Hog – Cold Hands" (Press Release). Germany: Amphetamine Reptile Records. 1990. Retrieved February 1, 2026– via Pop-Catastrophe.co.uk.
  4. ↑ Walters, Martin. "AllMusic ((( Cold Hands > Review )))". AllMusic . Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  5. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2002). "Boss Hog". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Virgin Books. p. 146. ISBN   9781852279233 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ↑ Wyman, Bill (February 1, 1991). "Cold Hands". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on October 11, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
  7. ↑ Strong, Martin C. (2003). "Pussy Galore". The Great Indie Discography. Canongate. p. 468 469. ISBN   978-1-84195-335-9 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ↑ The Technicolor Twins (March 18, 1991). "LP Reviews". Metal Hammer . Vol. 6, no. 6. UK: Rock Team Publishing. p. 32. ISSN   0955-1190.
  9. ↑ Patel, Joseph (1999). "Boss Hog". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. pp. 146–147. ISBN   9781578590612 – via Internet Archive.
  10. 1 2 Clarke, Jeremy (March 5, 1991). "Boss Hogg Cold Hands". Q. Vol. 55. p. 65.
  11. ↑ Alexander, Phil (March 6, 1991). "Albums". Raw . No. 66. EMAP. p. 63.
  12. ↑ Finlay, Leo (January 26, 1991). "Albums" (PDF). Sounds . Spotlight Publications. p. 41 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  13. ↑ Sprague, Deborah. "Boss Hog". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
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