Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire

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Get off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire
Firewater Get Off the Cross.jpg
Studio album by
Firewater
Released1996
RecordedRPM, NYC
Genre Alternative rock
Length42:03
Label Jetset
Producer Tod Ashley, Doug Henderson
Firewater chronology
Get off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire
(1996)		 The Ponzi Scheme
(1998)

Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire is the debut studio album by Firewater, released in 1996 via Jetset Records. It is a marked difference in sound from Tod Ashley's previous work in Cop Shoot Cop. [1] In 2017, the album was re-issued on vinyl in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of its release by Checkered Past Records. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch concluded that "Tod A's smart lyrics combine seamlessly with Denison's fiery guitar, and the result is thoughtful, catchy and a lot of fun." [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tod Ashley.

No.TitleLength
1."Some Strange Reaction"4:44
2."Bourbon and Division"3:23
3."Refinery"4:23
4."When I Burn This Place Down"3:01
5."The Circus"4:45
6."I Am the Rain"3:46
7."Balalaika"3:05
8."The Drunken Jew"2:06
9."Mr. Cardiac"3:38
10."Snake-eyes and Boxcars"3:04
11."One of Those"3:22
12."Hold On, Slow John"3:40

Personnel

Adapted from the Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire liner notes. [6]

Firewater

Additional musicians

Production

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1996 Jetset CDTWA04
2017 Checkered Past LP CPR 030

References

  1. ↑ Nichols, Amanda (2007). "Firewater". Trouser Press . Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ bsradmin (May 9, 2017). "Firewater's Debut Album Get Off the Cross... to be Reissued on LP!". Checkered Past Records. Archived from the original on August 15, 2020. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Firewater: Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ columnist (December 1996). "Firewater: Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire". Alternative Press : 73.
  5. ↑ Groth, Chuck (February 6, 1997). "Album Reviews". Go. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 8.
  6. ↑ Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire (sleeve). Firewater. New York City: Jetset Records. 1996.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)


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