Jawbox (album)

Jawbox
Studio album by Jawbox
Released July 2, 1996; December 12, 2006 (iTunes)
Recorded December 1995-March 1996 at Water Studios, Hoboken, New Jersey
Genre Alternative rock, post-punk, post-hardcore
Label Atlantic/TAG (1996); Desoto (LP/iTunes re-release)
Producer John Agnello and Jawbox
Jawbox chronology

For Your Own Special Sweetheart
(1994)
Jawbox
(1996)
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Jawbox was the fourth and final album by Jawbox. The album was released by TAG, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. In the months following the album's release, the band was dropped from TAG and thus from Atlantic. Shortly following this the group disbanded, coincidently on the same day that Soundgarden broke up.

The album is much more commercial than its predecessor, For Your Own Special Sweetheart. The songs "Empire of One", "Mule/Stall", "Nickel Nickel Millionaire", and "Capillary Life" transition into each other.

Track listing

  1. Mirrorful - 3:02
  2. Livid - 3:55
  3. Iodine - 3:35
  4. His Only Trade - 1:58
  5. Chinese Fork Tie - 2:29
  6. Won't Come Off - 2:46
  7. Excandescent - 4:25
  8. Spoiler - 2:28
  9. Desert Sea - 3:05
  10. Empire of One - 2:48
  11. Mule/Stall - 1:56
  12. Nickel Nickel Millionaire - 2:35
  13. Capillary Life - 3:22
  14. Absenter/Cornflake Girl (hidden track) - 9:22

Videos were filmed for the songs Mirrorful and Cornflake Girl.

References

  1. "Jawbox - Jawbox". Allmusic.