Razorblade Suitcase

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Razorblade Suitcase
Studio album by Bush
Released	November 19, 1996
Recorded	Sarm Hook End, Berks, England and Abbey Road Studios, London, England
Genre	Post-grunge
Length	61:43
Label	Trauma/Interscope
Producer(s)	Steve Albini
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Bush chronology
Sixteen Stone (1994)	Razorblade Suitcase (1996)	Deconstructed (1997)

Razorblade Suitcase is a 1996 album released by the British post-grunge band Bush. It is the follow-up to their 1994 debut, Sixteen Stone. Although it did not sell as well as Sixteen Stone, it became a US #1 on the album charts. Despite having many singles like its predecessor, only one song was a big hit, "Swallowed". It is also slightly darker than the previous album, which led to comparisons between it and Nirvana's album In Utero, because Bush sounded similar to Nirvana and Steve Albini produced both albums.

The album's working title was Ghost Medicine but was changed for reasons unknown. The title is part of the lyrics of the song "Synapse".

[edit] Track listing

1. "Personal Holloway" – 3:24
2. "Greedy Fly" – 4:29
3. "Swallowed" – 4:50
4. "Insect Kin" – 4:26
5. "Cold Contagious" – 5:59
6. "A Tendency to Start Fires" – 4:04
7. "Mouth" – 5:44
8. "Straight No Chaser" – 4:00
9. "History" – 4:36
10. "Synapse" – 4:50
11. "Communicator" – 4:22
12. "Bonedriven" – 4:32
13. "Distant Voices" – 6:20