Album – Generic Flipper

Album – Generic Flipper is the debut album by the San Francisco band Flipper. In November 2007, Blender magazine ranked it #86 on their list of the 100 greatest "indie rock" albums of all time.^[2] It is also referred to as Album, Album: Generic, Generic Flipper, and just Generic. It is considered a groundbreaking album, the first album to play with the sludge and heaviness of early Black Sabbath but still be considered a punk album.^[3]

Generic Flipper was issued on CD for the first time by American Recordings (formerly Def American) in 1992 and later deleted. In 2008, the rights reverted to Flipper, and the album was reissued December 9, 2008 by Water Records. Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, who joined Flipper in 2006, contributed liner notes to the new reissue.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Ever" (Loose)  – 2:56
2. "Life Is Cheap" (Loose)  – 3:55
3. "Shed No Tears" (Shatter)  – 4:26
4. "(I Saw You) Shine" (Shatter)  – 8:31

Side two

1. "Way of the World" (Shatter)  – 4:23
2. "Life" (Shatter)  – 4:44
3. "Nothing" (Loose)  – 2:18
4. "Living for the Depression" (Ant/Loose)  – 1:23
5. "Sex Bomb" (Shatter)  – 7:48

Personnel

• Will Shatter – bass (1, 2, 5, 7, 8) lead vocals (3, 4, 6, 9), backup vocals (8)
• Bruce Loose – bass (3, 4, 6, 9), lead vocals (1, 2, 5, 7, 8), backup vocals (6), special effects and bass feedback (7)
• Ted Falconi – guitars
• Steve DePace – drums, synare (4, 9), tympani and extra percussion (7)
• Flipper – hand clapping (1), percussion (7)

Additional personnel

• Bobby – saxophone (9)
• Ward – saxophone (9)
• Curtis – percussion (7)
• Die Ant – percussion (7)
• Johnnie – percussion (7)
• "others" – percussion (7)

Production

• Chris: Producer
• Flipper: Producer

Covers

Melvins covered "Way of the World" on their compilation album Singles 1-12.

Unto Ashes covered "Way of the World" on their 2005 album Grave Blessings.^[4]

R.E.M. covered "Sex Bomb" on their 1994 Fan Club Christmas Single.

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