Seeds (Brother Cane album)

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Seeds
Seeds (Brother Cane).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 4, 1995
RecordedAirwave Studios, Birmingham, Alabama
Convent Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California
Triclops Sound Studio, Atlanta, Georgia
Genre Grunge [1]
Length46:14
Label Virgin
Producer
Brother Cane chronology
Brother Cane
(1993)
Seeds
(1995)
Wishpool
(1998)

Seeds is the second studio album by American rock band Brother Cane, released July 4, 1995 on Virgin Records. It features one of the group's most popular singles, "And Fools Shine On", which charted at #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and ranked #5 on the year-end Top Hot Album Rock Tracks list. That same year, "Fools Shine On" was featured on the Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers soundtrack. In addition, "Hung On a Rope", "20/20 Faith", and "Horses & Needles" were also featured in the film.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Brother Cane's sophomore effort was not reviewed by many significant publications. However, Allmusic gave Seeds a high rating, calling it "a slick, heavy recording that dares to oppose '90s punk rock with their own combination of classic '70s rock and '90s grunge."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Damon Johnson and Marti Frederiksen, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Horses & Needles" 3:08
2."Hung On a Rope" 2:49
3."And Fools Shine On" 4:41
4."Kerosene" 3:28
5."Breadmaker" 4:05
6."Rise On Water" 3:20
7."20/20 Faith"Johnson, Roman Glick, Scott Collier4:29
8."Bad Seeds"Johnson, Frederiksen, Dave Anderson3:51
9."Stain"Johnson, Glick3:47
10."Intempted" 4:02
11."Voice of Eujena" 4:05
12."High Speed Freezin'"Johnson, Collier4:13

Personnel

Brother Cane
Additional

Singles

YearSongUS
Mainstream Rock
1995"And Fools Shine On"1
1995"Breadmaker"25
1996"Voice of Eujena"30

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References

  1. 1 2 Weber, Barry. "Seeds - Review". AllMusic. Retrieved January 24, 2022.