Human Cannonball (album)

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Human Cannonball
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Studio album by
School of Fish
ReleasedFebruary 23, 1993 [1]
Genre Alternative rock, jangle pop
Length52:31
Label Capitol
Producer Matt Wallace
School of Fish chronology
School of Fish
(1991)		Human Cannonball
(1993)
Singles from Human Cannonball
  1. "Take Me Anywhere"
    Released: 1993
Professional ratings
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Human Cannonball is the second and final album by the alternative rock group School of Fish, released in 1993 by Capitol Records. [4] [5]

Contents

Production

The album was produced by Matt Wallace. [6] [7] Frontmen and songwriters Josh Clayton-Felt and Michael Ward were joined by a new bassist, John Pierce, and drummer, Josh Freese, for the recording of the album. [8] [9]

Promotion

"Take Me Anywhere" was released as a lead single and peaked at #5 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. [10] The single featured a non-album track "Unrecognizable". The band supported the album with a North American tour. [11]

Critical reception

The Kitchener-Waterloo Record called the album "melodic, harmonic rock with an extremely hard edge." [12] The Toronto Star concluded that "Human Cannonball offers a leaner, fresher sound than the band's debut, with a concentration on feel instead of perfection." [13]

The Dallas Morning News wrote that the guitars "reign, at times engulfing singer-guitarist Josh Clayton-Felt's occasionally whiny vocals with little effort." [14] The Los Angeles Daily News opined: "Caked with musical grunge, School of Fish's sophomore effort ... bridges the gap between melodiousness and guitar-driven chaos as well as any album since Nirvana's Nevermind." [3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Felt & Ward.

  1. "Complicator" – 3:07
  2. "Take Me Anywhere" – 4:44
  3. "1/2 a Believer" – 3:17
  4. "Fountain" – 6:14
  5. "Fuzzed and Fading" – 5:05
  6. "Blackout" – 3:29
  7. "Everyword" – 3:37
  8. "Jump Off the World" – 4:15
  9. "Drop of Water" – 3:50
  10. "Drag" – 5:20
  11. "Stand in the Doorway" – 3:16
  12. "Kerosene" – 6:17
  13. "Lament" – 2:37

Personnel

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  2. ↑ Human Cannonball at AllMusic
  3. 1 2 Britt, Bruce (March 26, 1993). "ROCK". Los Angeles Daily News. p. L26.
  4. ↑ "School's Out". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 13, 1993 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "School of Fish Biography by John Floyd". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "MUSIC". PART II. Newsday. 22 Feb 1993. p. 34.
  7. ↑ Zak, Albin (November 20, 2001). "The Poetics of Rock: Cutting Tracks, Making Records". University of California Press – via Google Books.
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  9. ↑ Renzhofer, Martin (July 14, 1993). "SCHOOL OF FISH SWIMS INTO SLC TONIGHT". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. C4.
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  13. ↑ Punter, Jennie (13 Mar 1993). "School of Fish swimming in the sophomore stream". Toronto Star. p. K12.
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