The Egg (album)

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The Egg
Shiner The Egg cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 23, 2001
RecordedMarch 2001
Genre Post-hardcore, math rock
Length49:09
Label DeSoto
Producer J. Robbins [1]
Jason Livermore
Shiner chronology
Starless
(2000)
The Egg
(2001)
Schadenfreude
(2020)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Pitchfork 7.4/10 [3]

The Egg is the fourth studio album by post-hardcore band Shiner. [4] It was released in 2001 on DeSoto Records. [5]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Allen Epley and Shiner, except where noted

No.TitleMusicLength
1."The Truth About Cows" 3:21
2."Surgery" 3:23
3."Play Dead" 3:30
4."The Top of the World" 4:11
5."The Egg" 5:42
6."Andalusia"Epley, Newton, Shiner3:56
7."Bells and Whistles" 4:12
8."The Simple Truth" 7:57
9."Spook the Herd" 2:29
10."Pills" 4:53
11."Stoned" 5:27
Total length:49:01

Personnel

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References

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  2. Allmusic review
  3. "Shiner: The Egg". Pitchfork.
  4. "Review – The Egg". Orlando Weekly.
  5. "Shiner, Sweet Cobra, Electric Hawk". Chicago Reader.