Even If and Especially When

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Even If and Especially When
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 28, 1987
Recorded1986
StudioVelvetone Studio, Ellensburg, WA
Genre Grunge, neo-psychedelia
Length36:24
Label SST (132) [1]
Producer Steve Fisk, Screaming Trees [2]
Screaming Trees chronology
Clairvoyance
(1986)
Even If and Especially When
(1987)
Beat Happening/
Screaming Trees

(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 6/10 [5]

Even If and Especially When is the second studio album by the Seattle band Screaming Trees, released in 1987. [6] [7] It was their first album released on SST. [8] [9]

Contents

Critical reception

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called Even If and Especially When "the best of three strong albums for SST." [4] Trouser Press wrote: "Dropping the baby fat (well, some of it) without compromising the trademark garagey roar, the band hit on a sound it would gradually refine on each successive release." [10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Transfiguration"3:53
2."Straight Out to Any Place"2:00
3."World Painted"2:59
4."Don't Look Down"2:53
5."Girl Behind the Mask"2:33
6."Flying"3:14
7."Cold Rain"3:34
8."Other Days and Different Planets"3:12
9."The Pathway"3:25
10."You Know Where It's At"2:29
11."Back Together"2:08
12."In the Forest"4:04

Personnel

Screaming Trees
Additional personnel

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References

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