Aftertaste (album)

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Aftertaste
Aftertaste cover
Studio album by Helmet
Released March 18, 1997
Recorded JulyNovember 1996
Genre Post-hardcore, Alternative Metal
Length 40:42
Label Interscope
Producer(s) Dave Sardy and Helmet
Professional reviews
Helmet chronology
Betty
(1994)
Aftertaste
(1997)
Unsung: The Best of Helmet (1991-1997)
(2004)


Aftertaste is the fourth album by Helmet, released in 1997 through Interscope. This proved to be Helmet's final album with original members John Stanier (drums) and Henry Bogdan (bass). Guitarist Rob Echeverria, who appeared on Helmet's previous outing, Betty, left the group to join Biohazard. Subsequently, the album was recorded as a three-piece, with Page Hamilton covering all the guitar parts. Guitarist Chris Traynor (formerly of Orange 9mm) came on board for the supporting tour.

Aftertaste harkens back to Helmet's earlier, rawer sound, and several of the songs are among the band's most powerful. However, the album met with lukewarm reactions overall and sales fizzled.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Pure" – 3:32
  2. "Renovation"† – 2:55
  3. "Exactly What You Wanted" – 2:36
  4. "Like I Care" – 3:19
  5. "Driving Nowhere" – 4:19
  6. "Birth Defect" – 2:31
  7. "Broadcast Emotion" – 2:44
  8. "It's Easy to Get Bored" – 3:26
  9. "Diet Aftertaste" – 3:16
  10. "Harmless" – 2:58
  11. "(High) Visibility" – 2:41
  12. "Insatiable"† – 2:31
  13. "Crisis King" – 3:54
(All tracks by Hamilton, exceptby Bogdan/Hamilton/Stanier)

The Japanese release has one extra track, "Complete", which also appeared on the soundtrack to the 1995 movie "Johnny Mnemonic".

[edit] Charting singles

1997 Aftertaste                  The Billboard 200              No. 47
1997 Exactly What You Wanted     Mainstream Rock Tracks         No. 19

[edit] Personnel

  • Ralph Cacciurri - Recording Assistant
  • Terry Date - Mixing
  • Suz Dyer - Recording Assistant
  • Greg Gordan - Recording
  • Helmet - Producer
  • Ted Jensen - Mastering
  • Steve Revitte - Recording Assistant
  • D. Sardy - Producer
  • Jane Scarpantoni - Cello on "Like I Care"
  • Bill Smith - Recording Assistant
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