Shovel (album)

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Shovel
Feedtime - Shovel.jpg
Studio album by
Released1986
RecordedSound Barrier Studios, Sydney, Australia
Genre Noise rock, garage rock
Length37:12
Label Aberrant
Feedtime chronology
feedtime
(1985)
Shovel
(1986)
Cooper-S
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Robert Christgau A− [2]
Trouser Press very favorable [3]

Shovel is the second studio album by noise rock band Feedtime, released in 1986 by Aberrant Records. [4]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by feedtime, except "Nobody's Fault But Mine" by Blind Willie Johnson.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Shovel"2:39
2."Rock N Roll"2:28
3."Mother"2:04
4."More Than Love"1:57
5."George"2:51
6."Nobody's Fault But Mine"2:11
7."Fractured"2:42
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Love Me"2:04
2."Baby Baby"1:59
3."Nice"1:57
4."Shoeshine Shuffle"2:40
5."Gun 'Em Down"1:51
6."Dog"2:33
7."Curtains"4:24

Personnel

Adapted from the Shovel liner notes. [5]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1986 Rough Trade CS, LP RoughUS35
NetherlandsMegadiscLPMD 7913
Australia1987Aberrantshovel 1

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References

  1. Dougan, John. "feedtime: Shovel > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. Christgau, Robert. "feedtime". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  3. "Feedtime". Trouserpress.com. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  4. Enthal, Andrea; Robbins, Ira (2007). "feedtime". Trouser Press . Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  5. Shovel (sleeve). feedtime. Sydney, Australia: Aberrant Records. 1987.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)