In Reverse

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In Reverse
In Reverse cover
Studio album by Matthew Sweet
Released October 12, 1999
Recorded May - June 1999
Genre Alternative Rock
Length 55:26
Label Volcano Records
Producer Matthew Sweet, Greg Leisz, Fred Maher, Jim Scott
Professional reviews
Matthew Sweet chronology
Blue Sky on Mars
(1997)		 In Reverse
(1999)		 Time Capsule: Best of 90/00
(2000)

In Reverse is the seventh album by alternative rock musician Matthew Sweet. It was released on Volcano Records in 1999. While not known as one of his most impressive albums via sales, it does attempt some unconventional tracking. Sweet combines three bass guitar lines on the song "Thunderstorm", and other selections, such as "If Time Permits", hint of sound/song reversal as implied in the album's title[1]. Effectively, Sweet attempts to reverse subtle would-be conventional pop riffs and solos to make them sound like they are being played backwards. Some may find this ironic because Sweet's conventional sound, which was established on his first six albums, still endures and remains distinctive.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by Matthew Sweet

  1. "Millennium Blues"
  2. "If Time Permits"
  3. "Beware My Love"
  4. "Faith in You"
  5. "Hide"
  6. "Future Shock"
  7. "Split Personality"
  8. "I Should Never Have Let You Know"
  9. "Trade Places"
  10. "What Matters"
  11. "Write Your Own Song"
  12. "Worse to Live"
  13. "Untitled"
  14. "Thunderstorm"

[edit] Personnel

  • Matthew Sweet - vocals, guitar, bass, organ, synthesizer, percussion
  • Bruce Fowler - trombone
  • Walt Fowler - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Rick Cunha - acoustic guitar
  • Jim Keltner - drums
  • Victor Bisetti - percussion
  • Don Heffington - percussion
  • Carol Kaye - bass
  • Greg Kurstin - piano, organ, harpsichord
  • Greg Leisz - guitar, pedal steel
  • Fred Maher - drums, percussion
  • Tony Marsico - acoustic bass
  • Ric Menck - drums, percussion
  • Jamie Muhoberac - organ, piano
  • Paul Chastain - acoustic guitar
  • John Ginty - organ, piano, harpsichord
  • Brian Kehew - organ, piano, harpsichord
  • Pamelia Kurstin - theremin