Release (Cop Shoot Cop album)

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Release
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Studio album by
Released1994
RecordedNovember 1993 (1993-11) – March 1994 (1994-03)
Studio
Genre Rock [1]
Length50:09
Label Interscope
Producer Cop Shoot Cop, Dave Sardy
Cop Shoot Cop chronology
Ask Questions Later
(1993)
Release
(1994)
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Release is the fourth and final album by American noise rock group Cop Shoot Cop, released in 1994 by Interscope Records. [2]

Contents

The group expanded to a quintet with new member Steven McMillen on guitar and trumpet, and keyboardist Jim Coleman shifted from his sample-based approach to more use of convention piano than the group's earlier albums. [1]

Cop Shoot Cop dissolved amid creative disagreement and personal problems while recording their fifth album which was never officially released but demos have been bootlegged. Frontman Tod Ashley quickly formed Firewater, and the other members of Cop Shoot Cop moved on to various musical efforts. Coleman worked solo under the name Phylr, while drummer Phil Puleo became a longtime member of fellow New Yorkers Swans and Jack Natz worked with Lubricated Goat.

Release went out of print from Interscope in the U.S., but was re-issued by Cleopatra Records in 2014.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tod Ashley, Jim Coleman, Steven McMillen, Jack Natz and Phil Puleo.

No.TitleLength
1."Interference"4:14
2."It Only Hurts When I Breathe"3:39
3."Last Legs"3:47
4."Two at a Time"4:01
5."Slackjaw"3:38
6."Lullaby"3:49
7."Any Day Now"3:34
8."Swimming in Circles"4:17
9."Turning Inside Out"3:52
10."Ambulance Song"4:22
11."Suckerpunch"3:38
12."The Divorce"4:13
13."Money-Drunk"3:05

Personnel

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United Kingdom 1994 Big Cat CD, LP ABB 69
United States Interscope CD, CS, LP92424
Germany Rough Trade CDRTD 131.1850.2
United States 2014 Cleopatra LP1900

References

  1. 1 2 3 Raggett, Ned. "Release". AllMusic. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  2. Black, Art; Sprague, David (2007). "Cop Shoot Cop". Trouser Press . Retrieved July 2, 2015.