Vegas Throat

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Vegas Throat
Barkmarket Vegas Throat.jpg
Studio album by
Released1991 (1991)
March 10, 1992 (1992-03-10)(re-issue)
RecordedDecember 1990 (1990-12)-February 1991 (1991-02)
Genre Noise rock
Length52:37
57:34 (Def American release)
Label Triple X
Def American (re-issue)
Producer Dave Sardy
Barkmarket chronology
Vegas Throat
(1991)
Gimmick
(1993)

Vegas Throat is the debut studio album by the American noise rock band Barkmarket. [1] It was released in 1991 by Triple X Records. It was reissued in 1992 on Rick Rubin's Def American label with an alternate track listing and the song " Ten Convictions". The album's title is a colloquial term describing a chronic sore throat attributed by singers and performers to the dry desert air in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Stewart Mason of AllMusic claimed that "the rough edges of this album add to its charm", although noting that later releases perfected the band's sound. [2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Dave Sardy, except where noted; all music is composed by Barkmarket, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Grinder" 4:16
2."Pitbull" 5:59
3."Ditty" 1:46
4."The Nuisance" 3:58
5."The Patsy" 4:33
6."Poverty" 3:37
7."Pencil" 5:35
8."Fatstamp" 4:05
9."Hydrox God" 5:13
10."Salvation" 4:47
11."I Don't Live" (Jimi Hendrix Experience cover) Jimi Hendrix 4:34
12."Back Stabbers" (O'Jays cover) Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead 4:14
Def American CD re-issue
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Grinder" 4:11
2."Ditty" 1:46
3."The Nuisance" 3:58
4."The Patsy" 4:33
5."Poverty" 3:37
6."Pitbull" 5:59
7."Pencil" 5:35
8."Fatstamp" 4:05
9."Hydrox God" 5:13
10."Salvation" 4:47
11."I Don't Live" (Jimi Hendrix Experience cover) Jimi Hendrix 4:34
12."Back Stabbers" (O'Jays cover) Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead 4:14
13."Ten Convictions" 5:02

Personnel

Adapted from the Vegas Throat liner notes. [4]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States 1991 Triple X CD, CS 51092
1992 Def American CD926893

References

  1. Blush, Steve (2016). New York Rock: From the Rise of the Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 277.
  2. 1 2 Mason, Stewart. "Barkmarket: Vegas Thoat > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  3. Kaye, Don (April 18, 1992). "Rekordz". Kerrang! . No. 388. EMAP. p. 21.
  4. Vegas Throat (booklet). Barkmarket. Los Angeles, California: Triple X Records. 1991.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)