Prick (Melvins album)
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| Studio album by Melvins | ||||
| Released | August 5, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | April 1994 | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock, musique concrète | |||
| Length | 43:31 | |||
| Label | Amphetamine Reptile | |||
| Producer | Melvins | |||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
Prick is the sixth studio album by the Melvins, which was released in 1994 through Amphetamine Reptile Records. Because at the time the Melvins already had a contract with Atlantic, Prick was released with the band name in mirror writing. The album displays a distinctly experimental quality, going as far as King Buzzo stating in an interview that Prick is "a total noise crap record we did strictly for the weirdness factor. Complete and utter nonsense, a total joke."[2] The band wanted to call the album Kurt Kobain but changed it after Cobain's death to eliminate the possibility of people mistaking it for a tribute record. Melvins also jokingly remarked that Kurt Cobain actually is the titular "prick", because he died and therefore forced them to change the album's name.[3]
Track listing
All songs written by The Melvins.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "How About" | 4:15 |
| 2. | "Rickets" | 1:20 |
| 3. | "Pick It n' Flick It" | 1:39 |
| 4. | "Montreal" | 4:09 |
| 5. | "Chief Ten Beers" | 6:28 |
| 6. | "Underground" | 2:19 |
| 7. | "Chalk People" | 1:16 |
| 8. | "Punch the Lion" | 3:14 |
| 9. | "Pure Digital Silence" | 1:32 |
| 10. | "Larry" | 2:59 |
| 11. | "Roll Another One" | 14:20 |
Personnel
The Melvins
Additional personnel
- Konstantin Johannes - engineer
- Mackie Osborne - art
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Guitar World (1995). "The Father the Son and the Holy Grunge". Interview. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
- ↑ Brian Walsby (1994). "MASSIVE MELVINS INTERVIEW FROM THE PRE-"STONER WITCH" ERA.". Interview. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
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