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| Icing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | Smart Studios, Madison, WI | |||
| Genre | Noise rock [1] | |||
| Length | 35:42 | |||
| Label | Trance Syndicate | |||
| Producer | Mr. Colson | |||
| Cherubs chronology | ||||
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Icing is the debut album by noise rock trio Cherubs, released in 1992 through Trance Syndicate. [2] [3] It was recorded at Smart Studios. [4] The track "Pink Party Dessert" was released as a single on 7" vinyl and was played by John Peel on BBC Radio 1.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [6] |
The Chicago Tribune wrote: "Almost consistently a mid-tempo project, Icing never accelerates to the cathartic pace typical of a thrash band." [6] The San Antonio Express-News deemed the band "something of an underground supergroup ... whose ultra-heavy sound has been compared to everyone from Black Sabbath to Flipper to the Melvins". [7]
All tracks are written by Cherubs
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sugary" | 3:06 |
| 2. | "All Chickened Out" | 3:18 |
| 3. | "Half a Rat" | 3:46 |
| 4. | "Come" | 3:02 |
| 5. | "Ginger Upper" | 4:02 |
| 6. | "Fed" | 4:00 |
| 7. | "Shoofly" | 3:03 |
| 8. | "Pink Party Dessert" | 3:37 |
| 9. | "Vicki's Retreat" | 3:38 |
| 10. | "Kick Me" | 4:10 |
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1992 | Trance Syndicate | CD, LP | TR-13 |
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