Success (The Posies album)

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Success
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Studio album by
Released18 February 1998
StudioEgg Studios, Seattle, Washington
Genre Alternative rock
Label PopLlama [1]
Producer The Posies, Johnny Sangster, Conrad Uno
The Posies chronology
Amazing Disgrace
(1996)
Success
(1998)
Dream All Day: The Best of the Posies
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork 8.0/10 [4]

Success is an album by the Seattle alternative rock band the Posies, released in 1998. [5] [6] The band broke up after the album's release; they regrouped in 2005. [7] [3]

Contents

Critical reception

AllMusic called Success "the most laid-back album the Posies have recorded to date; freed of the glossy production of their Geffen years and of the major label pressure to record a 'hit,' they turned out an album that was more immediate, more relaxed, and more theirs." [2]

Track listing

All songs by Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow. [8]

  1. "Somehow Everything"
  2. "You’re the Beautiful One"
  3. "Looking Lost"
  4. "Fall Apart With Me"
  5. "Placebo"
  6. "Who to Blame"
  7. "Start a Life"
  8. "Friendship of the Future"
  9. "Grow"
  10. "Farewell Typewriter"
  11. "Every Bitter Drop"
  12. "Fall Song"

Personnel

Credits adapted from Discogs [8]

The Posies
Production
Artwork and Design

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Success - The Posies | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic .
  3. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 via Google Books.
  4. "The Posies: Success: Pitchfork Review". June 4, 2003. Archived from the original on 2003-06-04.
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  6. "Hitless In Seattle". MTV News. Archived from the original on November 24, 2020.
  7. Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN   9780760346488 via Google Books.
  8. 1 2 "The Posies - Success". Discogs.com. Retrieved 28 March 2022.