Modern Rock (album)

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Modern Rock
Modern Rock Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1994
Recorded6–15 April 1994
StudioHoopers Inlet Hall, Otakou Peninsula, Dunedin
Genre Indie rock, alternative rock
Length46:54
Label Flying Nun, Summershine
Producer The Clean, Stephen Kilroy, and Tex Houston.
The Clean chronology
Vehicle
(1990)
Modern Rock
(1994)
Unknown Country
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]

Modern Rock is the second studio album by New Zealand group The Clean, released in 1994. [2] [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "a more grown-up affair that floats off-kilter melodies and tiny tensile guitar in a slower, softer swirl of cloudy organ lines and spacey electric piano textures, with liberal use of strings and folk instruments." [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Starting Point"2:26
2."Outside the Cage"5:05
3."Linger Longer"2:25
4."Wake Up in the Morning"3:55
5."2 Reasons"3:40
6."Safe in the Rain"2:59
7."Secret Place"3:35
8."Something I Need"3:41
9."Different World"3:45
10."Stomp the Guru"2:18
11."Too Much Violence"3:48
12."Phluke"2:23
13."Do Your Thing"4:13
14."Ginger Ale"2:46

Personnel

The Clean
Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [5] 41

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  5. "Charts.nz – The Clean – Modern Rock". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 August 2021.