Pretty...Slow

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Pretty...Slow
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Studio album by
Released1996
Genre Indie rock [1]
Label Rhesus
Fuck chronology
Fuck
(1994)
Pretty...Slow
(1996)
Baby Loves a Funny Bunny
(1996)

Pretty...Slow is an album by the American indie rock band Fuck, and their first to see wide release. [2] [3] It was released by their own label, Rhesus Records, in 1996, and contains new material as well as songs originally released on their first album, the cassette Fuck . [4]

Contents

Pretty...Slow was reissued by Smells Like Records in 2016. [5]

Production

The album was recorded at Black Eyed Pig Recording Studio, in San Francisco. [6] It was originally released in a limited edition cardboard packaging, with a coloring book and games. [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic wrote that "most of the tracks are off-kilter ballads played on dimly recorded acoustic guitars or clicking electrics with bass and light percussion." [8]

Track listing

  1. Wrongy Wrong
  2. I Am Your King
  3. Hide Face
  4. In the Corner
  5. From Heaven
  6. One Eye out the Door
  7. Monkey Does His Thing
  8. Pretty Pretty
  9. Shotgun (H)ours

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