Subliminal Plastic Motives

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Subliminal Plastic Motives
Studio album by Self
Released	October 1995
Recorded	1993-1995
Genre	Rock
Length	43:01
Label	Zoo/Spongebath
Producer(s)	Matt Mahaffey
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork (8.0/10) 6/1/96
Self chronology
	Subliminal Plastic Motives (1995)	The Half-Baked Serenade (1996)

Subliminal Plastic Motives is the debut album from Self. It found some success with MTV and had videos for "So Low" and "Cannon," and is easily Self's most widely known and popular release. The album was released by Spongebath Records and was immediately picked up by Zoo Entertainment (now Volcano Records). It received very good scores from music critics, as well, primarily for it's eclectic take on rock music, garnering comparisons to artists such as Beck. Fans hold the album in high regard and most of the songs are considered classics. Although, it's Self's most "basic" album, and has a less varied sound than future Self albums, it's still a very creative effort, and it also showed the roots of Self's experimentation with genres, which would come to prominence on Self's next three albums.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Borateen" – 3:09
2. "Sophomore Jinx" – 5:14
3. "Stewardess" – 3:40
4. "So Low" – 3:53
5. "Marathon Shirt" – 4:19
6. "Lucid Anne" – 3:06
7. "Cannon" – 4:05
8. "Missed The Friction" – 3:04
9. "Superstar" – 2:35
10. "Mother Nature's Fault" – 3:39
11. "Big Important Nothing" – 2:47
12. "Lost My Senses" – 3:30

[edit] External links

• http://www.selfies.com/ - Self lyrics and other information