Embrace (American album)

Embrace
Studio album by Embrace
Released	1987
Genre	Post-hardcore,[1] emo[1]
Label	Dischord Records

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Embrace is the only release and studio album from post-hardcore band Embrace. It was released in 1987. Dischord Records number 24 was compiled from the only two studio sessions the band recorded. The first eleven tracks were laid down in November 1985, and the other three were done in February 1986. All of the songs were recorded at Inner Ear Studios and featured the same lineup.

Originally released on cassette tape and vinyl, it was released on CD in 1992 as Dischord number 24CD. In May 2002, the CD was re-mastered with two extra tracks, previously unreleased alternate versions of "Money" and "Dance of Days" taken from the second recording session.

The music in the album has been described by reviewer Ned Raggett as having production values that switched around from the "usual domination via guitar" with an emphasis on the drums,^[2] while the work of guitarist Michael Hampton has been compared with John McGeoch's work with post-punk bands Magazine and Siouxsie and the Banshees.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Give Me Back" – 2:32
2. "Dance of Days" – 2:16
3. "Building" – 1:58
4. "Past" – 1:53
5. "Spoke'" – 2:00
6. "Do Not Consider Yourself Free" – 2:23
7. "No More Pain" – 3:11
8. "I Wish I" – 2:11
9. "Said Gun" – 2:11
10. "Can't Forgive" – 2:31
11. "Money" – 2:37
12. "If I Never Thought About It" – 2:32
13. "End of a Year" – 2:36
14. "Last Song" – 2:27

Personnel

• Ian MacKaye – Vocals, Producer
• Mark Hampton – Guitar
• Chris Bald – Bass, Drawings
• Ivor Hanson – drums
• J. Robbins – Design
• Leslie Clague – Photography
• Jane Bogart – Photography
• Tina Atkinson – Photography
• Cynthia Connolly – Screen printing
• Kathy Cashel – Typesetting
• Edward Janney – Producer
• Don Zientara – Engineer

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