Comfort (Failure album)

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Comfort
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Studio album by
Failure
ReleasedSeptember 11, 1992 (1992-09-11)
RecordedJune 1992
Studio Pachyderm (Cannon Falls, Minnesota)
Genre Alternative metal [1]
Length37:21
Label Slash
Producer Failure, Steve Albini
Failure chronology
Comfort
(1992)		 Magnified
(1994)
Singles from Comfort
  1. "Pro-Catastrophe"
    Released: 1991

Comfort is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Failure. [2] It was released in the United States on September 11, 1992, [3] and internationally in February 1993. [4] A version newly-remixed by Ken Andrews was released in 2020 as part of a box set containing Failure's first three albums. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Orlando Sentinel Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Select U+25A0.svgU+25A0.svgU+25A1.svgU+25A1.svgU+25A1.svg [10]

Billboard wrote that "slow and medium-tempo songs mate drones to screeching guitar work that could make it with grunge-loving modern rockers." [11] Trouser Press gave the album a mixed review, writing that "like most premature debuts, Comfort captures Failure, a young trio, learning how to make cool sounds together without benefit of worthwhile songs or an established personality." [12]

The Chicago Tribune noted that "even when the guitars are turned up to 11, production and arrangements on Comfort have a rather polite surgical precision and clarity." [7] The Orlando Sentinel called Failure "an engrossing three-piece variant on the melody-meets-mayhem theme." [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ken Andrews

No.TitleLength
1."Submission"3:23
2."Macaque"4:59
3."Something"2:53
4."Screen Man"6:15
5."Swallow"2:31
6."Muffled Snaps"3:55
7."Kindred"2:21
8."Pro-Catastrophe"3:09
9."Princess"1:21
10."Salt Wound"6:34
Total length:37:21

Personnel

Failure

Technical

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References

  1. ↑ Harvilla, Rob (November 4, 2013). "Exclusive: Failure Announce L.A. Reunion Show, Threaten More". Spin . Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  2. ↑ Chelin, Pamela (February 14, 2014). "Failure Shake Off 16 Years of Rust With Ease at L.A. Reunion Gig". Spin .
  3. ↑ Anon. (September 9, 1992). "Season Ticket: Recordings" . Detroit Free Press (Season Ticket). p. 8 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Morris, Chris (December 19, 1992). "Artist Developments" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 104, no. 51. p. 16 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  5. 1 2 Kreps, Daniel (December 16, 2019). "Failure Celebrate First Three Albums With Live Residencies, Box Set". Rolling Stone .
  6. ↑ Jeffries, Vincent. "Comfort - Failure". AllMusic.
  7. 1 2 Rothschild, David (19 Nov 1992). "Rave recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
  8. ↑ Mörat (March 20, 1993). "Rekordz". Kerrang! . No. 435. EMAP. p. 21.
  9. 1 2 Gettelman, Parry (4 Dec 1992). "Failure, Comfort". Orlando Sentinel. Calendar. p. 6.
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