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| RuthenSmear | ||||
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| Studio album by Pat Smear | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Studio | Radio Tokyo | |||
| Label | SST (154) | |||
| Producer | Pat Smear, Paul Roessler | |||
| Pat Smear chronology | ||||
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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]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| 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]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Sahara Hotel" | Smear, Roessler | 5:18 |
| 2. | "Golden Boys" | Crash, Bell, Smear | 3:22 |
| 3. | "Odenara" | Smear, Patino | 1:59 |
| 4. | "Blue Funk Punk" | Smear, Roessler | 3:35 |
| 5. | "Princess" | Bell | 4:33 |
| 6. | "Magicandle Tragicanary" | Smear, Roessler | 3:31 |
| 7. | "The Area of the Circle" | Harri, Farrelly | 3:30 |
| 8. | "Xmas Song" | Cardwell | 3:47 |
| 9. | "Eyes & Hearts" | Cardwell | 4:36 |
| 10. | "A Gentle Axe" | Smear, Roessler | 4:18 |
Personnel per booklet.