Firewater (Silkworm album)

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Firewater
Silkworm Firewater.jpg
Studio album by
Silkworm
ReleasedFebruary 20, 1996 (1996-02-20)
Genre Indie rock
Length59:05
Label Matador
Producer Steve Albini
Silkworm chronology
Libertine
(1994)		Firewater
(1996)		 Developer
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Alternative Rock 7/10 [2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Great Alternative & Indie Discography 6/10 [4]
MusicHound Rock 3/5 [5]
Spin 8/10 [6]

Firewater is the fourth full-length studio album released by indie rock band Silkworm. [7] [8] It was engineered by Steve Albini, who worked on most of the band's albums and singles. The album was recorded and released two years after guitarist/vocalist Joel RL Phelps left the band, leaving the remaining members to record the album as a trio. [9] It was the band's first album released on Matador Records. [10]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Nerves" - 2:59
  2. "Drunk" - 3:05
  3. "Wet Firecracker" - 2:03
  4. "Slow Hands" - 5:27
  5. "Cannibal Cannibal" - 2:41
  6. "Tarnished Angel" - 5:08
  7. "Quicksand" - 3:11
  8. "Ticket Tulane" - 3:31
  9. "Swings" - 3:04
  10. "Severance Pay" - 3:11
  11. "The Lure of Beauty" - 4:05
  12. "Miracle Mile" - 4:14
  13. "Drag The River" - 3:08
  14. "Killing My Ass" - 4:48
  15. "Caricature of a Joke" - 3:20
  16. "Don't Make Plans This Friday" - 5:20

Personnel

Silkwater

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r251520
  2. ↑ Thompson, Dave (May 18, 2000). "Alternative rock". San Francisco : Miller Freeman Books; Berkeley, CA : Distributed to the book trade in the U.S. and Canada by Publishers Group West; Milwaukee, WI : Distributed to the music trade in the U.S. and Canada by Hal Leonard Publishing – via Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (May 18, 1998). "The encyclopedia of popular music". London; New York : Muze; New York : Exclusive distribution in the USA by Grove's Dictionaries – via Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ Strong, M. C. (Martin Charles) (May 18, 2003). "The great indie discography". Edinburgh : Canongate – via Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ "MusicHound rock : the essential album guide". Detroit : Visible Ink Press. May 18, 1999 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ↑ LLC, SPIN Media (March 18, 1996). "SPIN". SPIN Media LLC – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Lost Classics: Silkworm "Firewater"". March 17, 2009.
  8. ↑ "TrouserPress.com :: Silkworm". www.trouserpress.com.
  9. ↑ "Silkworm: A look back". pastemagazine.com. August 22, 2005.
  10. ↑ "Silkworm – Firewater – This Day In Matador History".


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