Yerself Is Steam
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| Studio album by Mercury Rev | ||
| Released | May 14, 1991 | |
| Recorded | 1990-1991 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 56:08 | |
| Label | Columbia | |
| Producer(s) | David Baker, Jonathan Donahue, Dave Fridmann, Grasshopper, Suzanne Thorpe, Jimy Chambers | |
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| Mercury Rev chronology | ||
| Yerself Is Steam (1991) |
Boces (1993) |
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Yerself Is Steam is the debut album by Mercury Rev, released in 1991.
[edit] Track listing
- "Chasing A Bee" – 7:11
- "Syringe Mouth" – 4:04
- "Coney Island Cyclone" – 2:37
- "Blue And Black" – 6:00
- "Sweet Oddysee Of A Cancer Cell T' Th' Center Of Yer Heart" – 7:41
- "Frittering" – 8:48
- "Continuous Trucks And Thunder Under A Mother's Smile" – 0:43
- "Very Sleepy Rivers" – 12:15
- "Car Wash Hair (The Bee's Chasing Me)" – 6:44
"Car Wash Hair" appears as track 99 on 1992 Sony/Columbia version of the album. Also, on this same version, "Very Sleepy Rivers" is divided into fragments between tracks 8-98. There were several other versions released throughout the years as well, some of which included various bonus discs, such as the "Lego My Ego" EP and the "Car Wash Hair" single.
[edit] Personnel
- Jimy Chambers – Drumming, Blue-Line
- Jonathan Donahue – Silver Pickup Guitar, Vocals when left to himself
- Grasshopper – Unafon Guitar Reels
- Suzanne Thorpe – Point Red Flute
- Dave Fridmann – Bass Explore, Majestic Bellowphone
- David Baker – Vocals
[edit] Miscellanea
- On releases of the album where "Very Sleepy Rivers" is stretched out to multiple tracks (see above), there are, apparently, somewhere in the 90s, extremely low bass frequencies (below 20 Hz, or below the threshold of most human hearing). These won't do anything on most normal home speakers, and were supposedly included by the band as a prank to damage the high quality speakers used to master the album.
- For a 1991 Peel Session, the band recorded a version of "Chasing a Bee" with new lyrics, called "Chasing a Girl (Inside a Car)."
- On the commercial release of the album, the listed track times all end in 27 seconds. This is corrected on a sticker the radio promo version.
- The radio promo of the album (labeled the "Radio Whipped" edition) comes with a bonus disc, featuring the single version of "Chasing a Bee," a cover of Sly and the Family Stone's "If You Want Me To Stay," and the complete 1991 Peel session (including the songs "Coney Island Cyclone," "Frittering," "Syringe Mouth," and "Chasing a Girl (Inside a Car)"). Each disc is listed with a unique ordering, with tracks on the first disc labeled "A,B,C,D,E,F,U,C,K," while the second disc is listed as "A,B,S,U,R,D."
- "Very Sleepy Rivers" is supposedly about a serial killer, with the river being a metaphor for the killer's relative calm and sudden tendency to snap.
