Instrument Soundtrack

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Instrument Soundtrack
Instrument Soundtrack cover
Soundtrack by Fugazi
Released March 23, 1999
Recorded 1988 - 1998
Genre Art rock
Label Dischord Records
Producer(s) Fugazi
Professional reviews
Fugazi chronology
End Hits
(1998)		 Instrument Soundtrack
(1999)		 The Argument
(2001)


Instrument Soundtrack was released by Fugazi in 1999 as the soundtrack for the documentary (Instrument) about the band produced by the band and filmmaker Jem Cohen. The soundtrack mostly consists of previously unreleased songs and studio outtakes culled from Fugazi's history to that point, as well as several demo versions of songs from their proper albums (mostly 1998's End Hits). Of particular note is the song "I'm So Tired," a piano ballad played and sung by Ian MacKaye, which is a significant departure from Fugazi's usual post-hardcore sound.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Pink Frosty Demo"
  2. "Lusty Scripps"
  3. "Arpeggiator Demo"
  4. "Afterthought"
  5. "Trio's"
  6. "Turkish Disco"
  7. "Me and Thumbelina"
  8. "Floating Boy Demo"
  9. "Link Track"
  10. "Little Debbie"
  11. "H.B."
  12. "I'm So Tired"
  13. "Rend It Demo"
  14. "Closed Captioned Demo"
  15. "Guilford Fall Demo"
  16. "Swingset"
  17. "Shaken All Over"
  18. "Slo Crostic"


Editorial Reviews:

Spin Magazine (8/99, p.155) - 8 (out of 10) - "...they've unexpectedly reconstructed their history to become the rock'n'dub band of their dreams. INSTRUMENT is...the soundtrack to the Fugazi rockumentary....loud and clear as ever."

CMJ (5/24/99, p.26) - "...Collecting 18 surprisingly ambient, previously unreleased Fugazi demos and practice tapes, the record...span[s] the last ten years of the band's existence....INSTRUMENT is Fugazi's most focused attempt at mellowness and subtlety..."

NME (5/1/99, p.41) - "...Fugazi rework old songs, try out piano ballads and even indulge in the odd joke, emerging sounder than ever..."

Melody Maker (4/10/99, p.36) - 4 1/2 stars (out of 5) - "...A wonderful band indeed..."


[edit] Personnel

Fugazi
Ian MacKaye
Guy Picciotto | Joe Lally | Brendan Canty
Discography
Full-lengths: Repeater (1990) | Steady Diet of Nothing (1991) | In on the Kill Taker (1993) | Red Medicine (1995) | End Hits (1998) | The Argument (2001)
EPs: Fugazi (1988) | Margin Walker (1989) | 3 Songs (1990) | Furniture + 2 (2001)
Other albums: 13 Songs (1989) | Instrument Soundtrack (1999) | Fugazi Live Series (2004)
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Minor Threat | Dischord Records | Hardcore punk | Post-hardcore | Washington, D.C.
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