Ragin', Full-On

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Ragin', Full-On
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Studio album by
fIREHOSE
Released1986
Genre Alternative rock, art punk, funk rock
Length33:04
Label SST (079) [1]
Producer Ethan James
FIREHOSE chronology
Ragin', Full-On
(1986)		 If'n
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Robert Christgau C+ [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Ragin', Full-On is the first album by American alternative rock band fIREHOSE. [7] [8] It was released after the breakup of the influential punk rock band Minutemen due to the death of the guitarist D. Boon. [9] Like all fIREHOSE albums, Ragin', Full-On is dedicated to Boon. [10]

Contents

Production

The band members wrote the songs in various songwriting combinations, some of which included Kira Roessler. [9]

Critical reception

Robert Christgau wrote that "this sound pretty good insofar as it postpunks like the old band and pretty bad insofar as it makes room for Crawford, a moderately hot guitarist whose vocal instincts are as sappy as his lyrics." [3] Trouser Press noted that "first note to last, there’s a prickly, intangible integrity to the band that the restless Boon would have admired." [11] The Rolling Stone Album Guide thought that the album "overcomes its generally spotty writing with impassioned playing." [6]

Track listing

Adapted from LP labels. [12]

Side Ed
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Brave Captain" Ed Crawford, Mike Watt 3:11
2."Under the Influence of Meat Puppets" Kira Roessler, Watt1:56
3."It Matters"Roessler, Watt1:36
4."Chemical Wire"Watt2:40
5."Another Theory Shot to Shit"Watt2:30
6."On Your Knees"Crawford, George Hurley 2:16
7."Locked In"Roessler, Watt2:56
Side More Ed
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Candle and the Flame"Crawford, Watt3:11
2."Choose Any Memory"Crawford2:02
3."Perfect Pairs"Crawford, Roessler, Watt2:21
4."This..."Crawford1:40
5."Caroms"Crawford, Hurley2:02
6."Relatin' Dudes to Jazz"Roessler, Watt1:35
7."Things Could Turn Around"Roessler, Watt3:08
Total length:33:04

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "fIREHOSE - Ragin' Full On - CD". SST Superstore.
  2. ↑ Ragin', Full-On at AllMusic
  3. 1 2 "Robert Christgau: CG: Firehose". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 463.
  5. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 425.
  6. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 244.
  7. ↑ Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN   9780760346488 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Mike Watt on What's Watt". exclaim.ca.
  9. 1 2 Hillburn, Robert (February 7, 1987). "A Votive 'Ballot' For D. Boon". The Los Angeles Times . Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  10. ↑ Buckley, Peter (February 14, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN   9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ "fIREHOSE". Trouser Press. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "Discogs". fIREHOSE - Ragin', Full-On (1986, Vinyl). Discogs. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
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