Whorn

Whorn
Studio album by Cows
Released March 26, 1996 (1996-03-26)
Recorded January 1996 (1996-01)
Studio Perma Sonic
(Minneapolis, MN)
Genre Noise rock, post-hardcore
Length 50:11
Label Amphetamine Reptile
Producer Tim Mac
Cows chronology
Old Gold 1989–1991
(1996)Old Gold 1989–19911996		 Whorn
(1996)		 Sorry in Pig Minor
(1998)Sorry in Pig Minor1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
RIP[2]
Pitchfork Media(7.5/10)[3]

Whorn is the eighth album by the Minneapolis-based noise rock band The Cows, released on March 26, 1996 by Amphetamine Reptile Records.[4]

Production

Whorn was the band's first time working with Tim Mac since their fourth album Peacetika. During the recording, Tim Mac opted for a "live sound", having the band play together as a whole instead of recording their parts individually.

Track listing

All tracks written by Cows.

No.TitleLength
1."Divorcee' Moore"5:16
2."A Oven"3:41
3."The Warden"4:33
4."Mas-No Mas"2:33
5."Four Things"3:49
6."Tropic of Cancelled"3:38
7."The New Girl"5:29
8."Organized Meat"4:32
9."Massa Peel"3:23
10."A Gift Called Life"2:09
11."Jikan"11:32

Jikan begins with a distorted sample of a Japanese woman speaking, followed by almost ten minutes of silence. After this silence, there is a brief track of the band performing a faster, funkier version of "The New Girl".

Personnel

Adapted from the Whorn liner notes.[5]

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1996 Amphetamine Reptile CD, LP AMREP 050
Germany CD, LP ARRCD 70/013
Poland CS ARR MC 017

References

  1. ↑ Kennedy, Patrick. "Cows: Whorn > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ columnist (July 1996). "Cows: Whorn". RIP: 12.
  3. ↑ Josephes, Jason. "Cows: Whorn". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on June 29, 2001. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  4. ↑ Edgerton, Robin; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Cows". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ Whorn (booklet). Cows. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Amphetamine Reptile Records. 1996.
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