Methodrone

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Methodrone

Studio album by The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Released	1995
Genre	Rock
Length	71:58
Label	Bomp! Records
Producer(s)	Naut Human, David Deresinksi
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre chronology
Spacegirl & Other Favorites (1993)	Methodrone (1995)	Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request (1996)

Methodrone is an album by The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released in 1995. The name of the album is clearly a pun on the drug Methadone, used in treatment of heroin addiction, as well as the word 'drone', referencing the overall shoegazer sound of this, the band's first studio album. This dreamy rock sound, comparable to that of Spacemen 3 and My Bloody Valentine sets this record apart from the rest of the band's discography, as they would later dive into a defined yet open-ended psychedelia sound.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Critical response
4 Miscellanea

[edit] Track listing

"Evergreen" – 3:24
"Wisdom" – 5:20
"Crushed" – 6:08
"That Girl Suicide" – 3:41
"Wasted" – 4:21
"Everyone Says" – 4:15
"Short Wave" – 2:47
"She Made Me" – 4:42
"Hyperventilation" – 9:53
"Records" – 1:50
"I Love You" – 4:11
"End of the Day" – 5:09
"Outback" – 4:07
"She's Gone" – 7:18
"Untitled" – 4:52

[edit] Personnel

Anton Newcombe - Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals
Jeffrey Davies - Guitar
Rick Maymi - Bass
Matt Hollywood - Bass
Brian Glaze - Drums
Graham Bonnar - Drums
Elise Dye - Vocals
Paola Simmonds - Vocals

[edit] Critical response

The debut album by a band that had been steadily releasing singles throughout the two years previous, Methodrone was largely ignored upon its release. However, it garnered a favorable review in British tastemaker mag Mojo, where Brian Bannin wrote, "Everything moves with the slowness and presence of a disgraced monarch in exile...At its best, Methodrone has the tormented grace of accepting doom."