Jawbox (album)

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Jawbox
Jawbox cover
Studio album by Jawbox
Released July 2, 1996; December 12, 2006 (iTunes)
Recorded December 1995-March 1996 at Water Studios, Hoboken, New Jersey
Genre Indie Rock
Label Atlantic Records/TAG Recordings (1996); Desoto Records (LP/iTunes re-release)
Producer John Agnello and Jawbox
Professional reviews
Jawbox chronology
For Your Own Special Sweetheart
(1994)
Jawbox
(1996)
Back cover
Back cover

Jawbox was the fourth and final album by Jawbox, a Washington, D.C. indie rock band. The album was released by TAG, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. In the months following the album's release, the band was dropped from TAG and thus from Atlantic. Shortly following this, the group disbanded, strangely, on the same day that Soundgarden broke up.

The album is much more commercial than its predecessor, For Your Own Special Sweetheart. The songs "Empire of One", "Mule/Stall", "Nickel Nickel Millionaire", and "Capillary Life" transition into each other.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Mirrorful - 3:02
  2. Livid - 3:55
  3. Iodine - 3:35
  4. His Only Trade - 1:58
  5. Chinese Fork Tie - 2:29
  6. Won't Come Off - 2:46
  7. Excandescent - 4:25
  8. Spoiler - 2:28
  9. Desert Sea - 3:05
  10. Empire of One - 2:48
  11. Mule/Stall - 1:56
  12. Nickel Nickel Millionaire - 2:35
  13. Capillary Life - 3:22
  14. Absenter/Cornflake Girl (hidden track) - 9:22
  • The hidden track starts at 5:02 into the recording. "Absenter" stops at 3:10 into the recording.

Videos were filmed for the songs Mirrorful and Cornflake Girl.