Stain (album)

Stain
Studio album by Living Colour
Released March 2, 1993 (1993-03-02)
Recorded 1992 at Bearsville Studios and Long View Farm
Genre Funk metal, heavy metal, hard rock
Length 44:56
Label Epic
Producer Ron Saint Germain
Living Colour
Living Colour chronology
Biscuits
(1991)		 Stain
(1993)		 Pride
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone [2]
Robert Christgau A-[3]
Entertainment Weekly C-[4]

Stain is the third album by Living Colour. It was released on March 2, 1993, by Epic Records. It is the first album to feature bassist Doug Wimbish. Stain features a much heavier and aggressive Living Colour, containing elements of thrash metal and industrial music. It reached #26 on the Billboard 200; however, the band would split up on January 1995 following a tour with Bad Brains. One of their last shows, before reuniting years later, would be a performance at CBGB's.

The cover art shows a woman wearing a brank.

As of 2011, the album is out of print and problems with the rights ownership make a reissue unlikely. However, it is available as an MP3 download.

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Go Away"   Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish 4:03
2. "Ignorance Is Bliss"   Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish 3:17
3. "Leave It Alone"   Glover, Reid, Wimbish 3:29
4. "Bi"   Calhoun, Reid 4:46
5. "Mind Your Own Business"   Reid 3:17
6. "Ausländer"   Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish 2:38
7. "Never Satisfied"   Glover, Reid 4:06
8. "Nothingness"   Calhoun 3:30
9. "Postman"   Reid 3:31
10. "WTFF" (stands for What-The-Fuck Factor) Betts, Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish 2:15
11. "This Little Pig"   Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish 3:04
12. "Hemp"   Reid, Fairley 1:36
13. "Wall"   Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish 5:23

Chart performance

Chart Peak
UK Albums Chart 19 [5]
U.S. Billboard 200 26 [6]

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1993 "Nothingness" Modern Rock Tracks 17
"Leave It Alone" Modern Rock Tracks 4
Mainstream Rock Tracks 14

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Stain Review". Almusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r168293. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  2. ^ "Stain Review". Rolling Stone. http://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA934&dq=revised+rolling+stone&hl=en&ei=BdOyTbLCD-H40gHS2cGzCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6wEwAA#v=onepage&q=living%20colour&f=false. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  3. ^ "Living Colour Review". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=817. Retrieved 28 April 2011. 
  4. ^ "Stain Review". EW.com. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,305812,00.html. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  5. ^ "UK charts page for Living Colour". http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=5225. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
  6. ^ "Living Colour album charts [albums]". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/living-colour/chart-history/5076?f=305&g=Albums&sort=date. Retrieved 23 April 2011. 
Living Colour
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