Silverchair's debut album, Frogstomp, faithfully follows the alternative rock tradition of Nirvana and Pearl Jam, which means that the group of Australian teenagers winds up sounding not like their idols, but like Stone Temple Pilots and Bush.
Frogstomp is a great debut for Silverchair. It single-handedly sealed their place in Australian culture, the American music scene, and stands out as one of the greatest post-grunge albums of all time.
The songs on Frogstomp almost all start out like dreary Metallica ballads and build toward gloomy, by-the-numbers grunge.
Israel's son - An incredible listen and one of their most iconic tracks of all times, Arguably one of the greatest post grunge tracks ever which isnt super hard to do when you are going up against bands such as Nickelback and puddle of mudd. The riffs on this track are amazing, The drums are incredible, Daniels vocals are amazing and the lyrics are pretty solid. The mixing could maybe be better, But that could be said about every single sliverchair track to exist. It is still an amazing ... read more
Going into this album, I had known “Tomorrow” from the radio growing up in the early 2000’s, as this song and album came out in the mid-90’s and still had airplay for that song, and does to this day in my area. I always loved that track, and the lyrics always caught my ear as unique and straightforward in a genre where a lot of the things that are written about, aren’t as straightforward and clear-cut. After hearing this album, I feel that this song is a clear head ... read more
Isso aqui é uma gema, um disco que envelheceu bem. Como jovens de 15 anos fizeram isso? É profundo e sincero. Sinceramente, um dos meus discos favoritos do grunge, gosto MUITO de tudo que ta aqui
I have this one on CD! those first 4 tracks tho are AMAZING
awesome that they were 15, talent
| 1 | Israel's Son 5:18 | 91 |
| 2 | Tomorrow 4:26 | 92 |
| 3 | Faultline 4:19 | 90 |
| 4 | Pure Massacre 4:58 | 88 |
| 5 | Shade 4:01 | 84 |
| 6 | Leave Me Out 3:03 | 80 |
| 7 | Suicidal Dream 3:12 | 86 |
| 8 | Madman 2:43 | 79 |
| 9 | Undecided 4:36 | 81 |
| 10 | Cicada 5:10 | 82 |
| 11 | Findaway 2:56 | 83 |