Infrared Riding Hood

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Infrared Riding Hood
Tad Infrared Riding Hood.jpg
Studio album by
Tad
ReleasedApril 11, 1995
Studio Robert Lang Studios
Genre Grunge, alternative metal
Length58:32
Label East West/Elektra
Producer Jack Endino
Tad chronology
Inhaler
(1993)		Infrared Riding Hood
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Infrared Riding Hood is the fourth and final studio album by the American rock band Tad, released in 1995 on EastWest/Elektra Records. [3] [4] It was the follow-up to their major label debut, Inhaler . [5] Infrared Riding Hood was the band's final album. [6] [7]

Contents

Production

The album was produced by Jack Endino. [8] Due to the departure of founding guitarist Gary Thorstensen, frontman Tad Doyle played all of the guitar parts. [9]

The cover of the album is an "electron micrograph under a blue bleed", as stated by bassist Kurt Danielson. "In an odd way, the image seemed appropriate to the album name."[ citation needed ]

Release

Despite enthusiasm and hopes for a long-awaited commercial breakthrough, their A&R representative was fired, and within one week, all of her bands, including Tad, were dropped from the label. [10] It was the second time in three years that Tad had been dropped by a major label. [11]

The album sold poorly, having had very little promotion behind it. [12]

Critical reception

Trouser Press lamented "the sheer redundancy of skulk-fests like 'Bludge' and 'Thistle Suit'." [13] The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that "the band maintains a big, boisterous sound full of metal-flavored guitar riffs and snarling vocals, with enough rocking, melodic hooks to snag a place on the edges of the alternative mainstream." [14]

Track listing

  1. "Ictus" - 3:17
  2. "Bullhorn" - 3:17
  3. "Thistle Suit" - 4:51
  4. "Emotional Cockroach" - 3:46
  5. "Red Eye Angel" - 2:17
  6. "Bludge" - 2:35
  7. "Dementia" - 3:27
  8. "Weakling" - 3:28
  9. "Halcyon Nights" - 3:19
  10. "Particle Accelerator" - 3:25
  11. "Tool Marks" - 2:59
  12. "Mystery Copter" - 27:07 (there is about 10 minutes of blank recording from 7:17 to 17:17 in this track).
  13. "Obsidan Lights" - 2:38 (Japan-only bonus track)

Personnel


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