Conviction (UT album)

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Conviction

Studio album by Ut

Released

1986

Recorded

Cold Storage in Brixton, London & Berwick Street Studios in Soho, London

Genre

No Wave

Length

42:24

Label

Out

Producer

Ut chronology

Confidential
(1985)

Conviction
(1986)

In Gut's House
(1987)

Conviction is the debut album of No Wave band Ut, released in 1986 through Out Records.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Piero Scaruffi	^[2]

John Dougan of Allmusic gave the album three out of five stars, calling it "pretty intimidating stuff" and that it was "definitely not for the faint of heart"^[1] Historian Piero Scaruffi awarded Conviction seven and a half out of ten, saying that Ut "offered a convincing update of the "no-wave" aesthetics" and naming it the seventh-best rock album released in 1986.^[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Ut

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Confidential"	6:27
2.	"Sick"	4:14
3.	"Phoenix"	3:27
4.	"Absent Farmer"	5:58

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Stain"	5:30
2.	"Prehistory"	4:35
3.	"Bedouin"	6:39
4.	"Kcahsmahs (Spare Coconut)"	1:15
5.	"Mouse Sleep"	4:14

Personnel

UT

Nina Canal – drums, vocals, guitar, piano on "Prehistory"
Jacqui Ham – bass guitar, vocals, guitar, drums
Sally Young – guitar, vocals, bass guitar, drums, piano on "Prehistory"

Additional musicians and production

Denis Blackham – mastering
Charles Bullen – recording assistant
Bill Gilonis – recording assistant
Chris Gray – recording assistant
Tim Hodgkinson – recording, saxophone on "Stain", drums on "Mouse Sleep"
Allison Phillips – drums on "Sick"

Ut – production

External links

Conviction at Discogs (list of releases)

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Dougan, John. "Conviction". Allmusic. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
↑ Scaruffi, Piero. "UT". pieroscaruffi.com (Italian). Retrieved on August 3, 2012.
↑ Piero Scaruffi's "The Best Rock Albums of 1986" Piero Scaruffi list, cited August 3, 2012

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