Gone Glimmering

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Gone Glimmering
Gone Glimmering.jpg
Studio album by
Chavez
ReleasedMay 23, 1995
RecordedDecember 1994–January 1995
Genre Indie rock, noise rock
Length30:00
Label Matador
Producer
Chavez chronology
Gone Glimmering
(1995)		 Ride the Fader
(1996)

Gone Glimmering is the debut studio album of American indie rock band Chavez. [1] [2] It was released via Matador Records on May 23, 1995. [3] The album was recorded over weekends in December 1994 and January 1995 at various locations with various producers/engineers (Bob Weston, Bryce Goggin and John Agnello). [4]

Contents

A music video was released for the track "Break Up Your Band".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [7]
The Great Indie Discography 7/10 [8]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
MusicHound Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Pitchfork 8.6/10 [11]
Tiny Mix Tapes TMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT half.svg [12]

Billboard wrote that "no debut of late combines guts and gray matter quite as fluently as this New York quartet's killer blast of postnoise rock." [13] The Albuquerque Tribune called it "a big load of rock, pounded with a New York Noise mallet." [14]

Track listing

  1. "Nailed to the Blank Spot" - 2:07
  2. "Break Up Your Band" - 2:56
  3. "Laugh Track" - 3:58
  4. "The Ghost by the Sea" - 4:01
  5. "Pentagram Ring" - 2:26
  6. "Peeled Out Too Late" - 3:36
  7. "The Flaming Gong" - 1:53
  8. "Wakeman's Air" - 4:23
  9. "Relaxed Fit" - 4:39

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Chavez". Trouser Press.
  2. ↑ "Nightlife". New York. New York Media, LLC. September 25, 1995.
  3. ↑ Helms, Colin (August 1995). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly . No. 24. CMJ Network, Inc. p. 26.
  4. ↑ "Chavez Gone Glimmering". matadorrec.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 1998. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Gone Glimmering Chavez". AllMusic.
  6. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Chavez". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2 (4th ed.). MUZE. p. 310. ISBN   9780195313734.
  7. ↑ Flaherty, Mike (June 23, 1995). "Gone Glimmering". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on November 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ Strong, Martin C. (2003). "Chavez". The Great Indie Discography. Canongate. p. 670. ISBN   978-1-84195-335-9 – via Internet Archive.
  9. ↑ Meany (September 16, 1995). "Noize Pollution". Kerrang! . No. 563. EMAP. p. 41.
  10. ↑ Moore, Lisa M. (1999). "Chavez". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p.  224. ISBN   1-57859-061-2.
  11. ↑ Kandell, Steve (November 13, 2020). "Chavez: Gone Glimmering". Pitchfork . Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  12. ↑ Bier, Jared (October 23, 2008). "Chavez - Gone Glimmering". Tiny Mix Tapes . Archived from the original on October 27, 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Reviews & Previews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 25, 1995.
  14. ↑ "Chavez, 'Gone Glimmering'". The Albuquerque Tribune. June 29, 1995. p. D7.


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