Ruthensmear

Last updated

RuthenSmear
Ruthensmear.jpg
Studio album by
Pat Smear
Released1988
Studio Radio Tokyo
Label SST (154)
Producer Pat Smear, Paul Roessler
Pat Smear chronology
RuthenSmear
(1988)
So You Fell in Love with a Musician...
(1992)

RuthenSmear is the first solo album by the American musician Pat Smear. [1] [2] The song "Golden Boys" was written by Darby Crash, but never recorded by him. Vagina Dentata, a short-lived punk band that Smear was in following the death of Crash, recorded and released a version of the song on the 1985 compilation Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Vol 2. Smear supported the album with a North American tour. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Great Indie Discography 4/10 [4]

Trouser Press said, "Showcasing instrumental skill and scenery-chewing vocal stylings, Smear flips the idiosyncratic tracks towards Redd Kross giddiness, acoustic restraint, dance thwack, experimental nonsense and whatever else comes into his studio-bound head." [5]

Track listings

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sahara Hotel"Smear, Roessler5:18
2."Golden Boys" Crash, Bell, Smear3:22
3."Odenara"Smear, Patino1:59
4."Blue Funk Punk"Smear, Roessler3:35
5."Princess"Bell4:33
6."Magicandle Tragicanary"Smear, Roessler3:31
7."The Area of the Circle"Harri, Farrelly3:30
8."Xmas Song"Cardwell3:47
9."Eyes & Hearts"Cardwell4:36
10."A Gentle Axe"Smear, Roessler4:18

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.

Musicians
Additional personnel

References

  1. "Germ Return". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. April 24, 1988. p. 88.
  2. Lloyd, Robert (June 9, 1988). "The Critical List". LA Weekly. p. 57.
  3. "Concerts". The Arizona Daily Star. April 15, 1988. p. 4D.
  4. Strong, Martin C. (2003). The Great Indie Discography (2nd ed.). Canongate. p. 74.
  5. Robbins, Ira. "Pat RuthenSmear". Trouser Press. Retrieved October 26, 2025.