In on the Kill Taker

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In on the Kill Taker
In on the Kill Taker cover
Studio album by Fugazi
Released May 1993
Recorded December 1992
Genre Alternative rock
Length 42:13
Label Dischord Records
Producer(s) Fugazi
Professional reviews
Fugazi chronology
Steady Diet of Nothing
(1992)		 In on the Kill Taker
(1993)		 Red Medicine
(1995)


In on the Kill Taker is the third full-length album by Fugazi, released in 1993.

Contents

[edit] General info

  • The demos the band made at Electrical Audio with Steve Albini have never been officially released but are available on several file sharing programs such as Soulseek. Albini has since commented that his recording is "a much weaker version of the album In on the Kill Taker, which is all anybody really needs to hear. At the time, I was disappointed that the band didn't use any of the Chicago material, but I should have been disappointed that it wasn't up to their standards. The for-real album is better in almost every way, and nobody's heart should get broken over it." Fugazi themselves have also previously commented that they were unhappy with their own performance during the sessions, specifically the vocals.
  • The title of the album comes from a long, rambling letter Picciotto found in the street. It can be seen in the artwork on the cover, which is manipulated to say In on the Kill Taker. Picciotto - "As for the ...Kill Taker title, it may well have come from that book for all we know - the title was cribbed from the weird handwritten text we used on the back cover. it was found in the street and we have no idea who wrote it or what they were inspired by."
  • The song "Last Chance for a Slow Dance" is one of the few songs included in its entirety in the 1999 documentary Instrument, directed by Jem Cohen. Also, a demo version of the song "Rend It" can be found on the sound-track.
  • When introducing "Rend It" live for the first time it was called "Rend My Body Politic".
  • "Sweet and Low" is an instrumental track written by Joe Lally. He has since commented that the song is about the end of a personal relationship but he couldn't find the right words to go with the music. Lally - "I wrote the bass line that prompted 'Sweet and Low'. It may be that my significant other had left me at the time. I almost wrote words for that."
  • The Christopher Walken speech that inspired "Walken's Syndrome" is also sampled in its entirety by a west-coast punk band called Jawbreaker on their 1995 album Dear You. The song is called "Jet Black".

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Facet Squared" – 2:42
  2. "Public Witness Program" – 2:04
  3. "Returning the Screw" – 3:13
  4. "Smallpox Champion" – 4:01
  5. "Rend It" – 3:48
  6. "23 Beats Off" – 6:41
  7. "Sweet and Low" – 3:36
  8. "Cassavetes" – 2:30
  9. "Great Cop" – 1:52
  10. "Walken's Syndrome" – 3:18
  11. "Instrument" – 3:43
  12. "Last Chance for a Slow Dance" – 4:38

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1993 The Billboard 200 153
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