Vegas Throat

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Vegas Throat
Studio album by Barkmarket
Released 1991, March 10, 1992
Recorded Dec 1990 - Feb 1991
Genre Noise rock
Length 57:38
Label Triple X Records
Def American
Producer Dave Sardy
Barkmarket chronology

Easy Listening
(1989)		 Vegas Throat
(1991)		 Gimmick
(1993)

Vegas Throat is the third studio album by the American noise rock band Barkmarket, released in 1991 through Triple X Records. It was reissued in 1992 on Rick Rubin's Def American label. The album's title is a colloquial term describing a chronic sore throat attributed by singers and performers to the dry desert air in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Reception

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

Stewart Mason of allmusic gave it 3 out of 5 stars, claiming "the rough edges of this album add to its charm", although noting that later releases perfected the band's sound.[1] Historian Piero Scaruffi gave it a 8 out of 10, praising its chaotic, incendiary atmospheres. It would be placed at #11 on his "Best Rock Albums of 1991" list. [3]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Grinder"   4:11
2. "Ditty"   1:46
3. "The Nuisance"   3:58
4. "The Patsy"   4:33
5. "Poverty"   3:37
6. "Pitbull"   5:59
7. "Pencil"   5:35
8. "Fatstamp"   4:05
9. "Hydrox God"   5:13
10. "Salvation"   4:47
11. "I Don't Live Today"   4:34
12. "Back Stabbers"   4:14
13. "Ten Convictions" (Re-issue only) 5:02

Personnel

Barkmarket
Additional musicians and production

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mason, Stewart. "allmusic ((( Vegas Thoat > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved May 6, 2010. 
  2. ↑ Scaruffi, Piero. "Barkmarket". pieroscaruffi.com (Italian). Retrieved on May 6, 2010.
  3. ↑ Piero Scaruffi's "The Best Rock Albums of 1991" Piero Scaruffi list, cited May 7, 2010

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