Lula Divinia

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Lula Divinia
Shiner Lula Divinia cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 11, 1997
Genre Post-hardcore, math rock
Length54:30
Label Hit It! Recordings
Producer Shiner
Shiner chronology
Splay
(1996)
Lula Divinia
(1997)
Starless
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Lula Divinia is the second studio album by American post-hardcore band Shiner. [2] [3] It was released in March 1997 on Hit It! Recordings, in partnership with DeSoto Records. The album was recorded at the Chicago Recording Company in the summer of 1996 and mixed in Kansas City by the band and Ken Waagner.

Contents

Critical reception

The Houston Press called the album a "teeth-jarring, brain-teasing mathematically precise [demonstration] of abrasive virtuosity." [4] Orlando Weekly called it a "math-rock masterpiece." [5] The Chicago Tribune wrote that the album "tastefully mixes catchy hooks, gnarled noise and old-fashioned sonic whomp into a King Creamson-ish blast." [6]

Track listing

  1. "The Situationist" – 4:44
  2. "Christ Sized Shoes" – 2:52
  3. "My Life as a Housewife" – 3:51
  4. "Lula" – 4:04
  5. "Third Gear Scratch" – 3:17
  6. "Sideways" – 4:20
  7. "Pinned" – 3:05
  8. "Shelflife" – 2:38
  9. "Jim's Lament" – 3:53
  10. "Four Feet of Fence" – 5:10
  11. "Cake" – 5:49
  12. "Sleep It Off" – 4:23
  13. "Two Black Eyes" – 6:23

Personnel

[7]

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  5. "Review - The Egg". Orlando Weekly.
  6. Reger, Rick. "RONNIE DAWSON'S STILL HOT STUFF". chicagotribune.com.
  7. https://www.discogs.com/release/2186707-Shiner-Lula-Divinia