Death to Traitors

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Death to Traitors
Paw-DeathToTraitors.jpg
Studio album by
Paw
ReleasedAugust 8, 1995
Studio Pachyderm (Cannon Falls, Minnesota)
Genre Grunge
Length58:25
Label A&M
Producer Clif Norrell, Paw
Paw chronology
Dragline
(1993)
Death to Traitors
(1995)
Home Is a Strange Place
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly B [4]
MusicHound Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Death to Traitors is the second studio album by the American grunge band Paw. It was released in 1995 through A&M Records. [6] [7] While the album received favorable reviews from the press, sales quickly fizzled due to a lack of promotional support from the band's label. Paw was dropped by A&M in 1996, before their contract was fulfilled.

Contents

Singles from the album include "Hope I Die Tonight," "Seasoned Glove," "Max the Silent," and the five-track promotional EP "Traitors and Covers."

Track listing

  1. "No Such Luck" – 4:25
  2. "Seasoned Glove" – 3:58
  3. "Hope I Die Tonight" – 4:48
  4. "Swollen" – 3:00
  5. "Last One" (G. Fitch, P. Fitch) – 3:49
  6. "Death to Traitors" – 4:45
  7. "Built Low" – 5:52
  8. "Glue Mouth Kid" – 3:39
  9. "Texas" – 3:29
  10. "Max the Silent" – 3:52
  11. "Sweet Sally Brown" (G. Fitch, P. Fitch, Mark Hennessy, John Licardello) – 5:50
  12. "Badger" – 4:28
  13. "Peach" (G. Fitch, P. Fitch) – 2:28
  14. "Sunflower" – 4:02

UK version

15."Cowpoke" – 4:22

Vinyl Version

15. "I Know Where You Sleep" – 4:35

All songs were written by Mark Hennessy, Grant Fitch, and Peter Fitch, except where noted.

Personnel

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