Frosting on the Beater

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Frosting on the Beater
FrostingontheBeater.jpg
Studio album by
The Posies
ReleasedApril 27, 1993
Studio
  • Ironwood Studios, Seattle, Washington
  • Sear Sound, New York City
Genre
Length48:39
Label DGC
Producer Don Fleming
The Posies chronology
Dear 23
(1990)		Frosting on the Beater
(1993)		 Amazing Disgrace
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME 6/10 [5]
PopMatters 9/10 [6]

Frosting on the Beater is the third album by American rock band The Posies, released in 1993. [7] It featured a darker sound than the band's prior works, in part due to production duties being handled by Don Fleming. "Dream All Day", "Solar Sister" and "Definite Door" were released as singles, with the first two getting moderate airplay and the third being the band's only single to break the UK top 75. Frosting on the Beater was the last album original drummer Mike Musburger appeared on.

Contents

"Flavor of the Month" was a swipe at the many overnight-sensation grunge bands in The Posies' hometown of Seattle.[ citation needed ] "Coming Right Along" appeared on the soundtrack to the movie The Basketball Diaries (1995, Island Records). "Dream All Day" was later used as the title of the band's best-of compilation, released in 2000. The Posies later remade "Flavor of the Month" with brand-new lyrics as "Voyage of the Aquanauts" for the series Bill Nye the Science Guy .

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow [ citation needed ]

No.TitleLength
1."Dream All Day"3:03
2."Solar Sister"3:20
3."Flavor of the Month"2:34
4."Love Letter Boxes"3:09
5."Definite Door"4:12
6."Burn & Shine"6:56
7."Earlier than Expected"3:33
8."20 Questions"3:54
9."When Mute Tongues Can Speak"3:28
10."Lights Out"4:14
11."How She Lied by Living"3:58
12."Coming Right Along"6:18
Total length:48:39

Personnel

Credits[ citation needed ]

The Posies
Production
Artwork and Design

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References

  1. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Frosting on the Beater – The Posies". AllMusic . Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ Caro, Mark (May 6, 1993). "The Posies: Frosting on the Beater (DGC)". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  3. ↑ Willman, Chris (May 9, 1993). "Posies, 'Frosting on the Beater,' Geffen". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  4. ↑ Chick, Stevie (September 2018). "The Posies: Frosting on the Beater". Mojo . No. 298. p. 102.
  5. ↑ "The Posies: Frosting on the Beater". NME . June 12, 1993. p. 34.
  6. ↑ King, Ian (August 24, 2018). "The Posies Redefined Themselves on 'Frosting on the Beater'". PopMatters . Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  7. ↑ Earles, Andrew (2014-09-15). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN   978-1-62788-379-5.
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