Frogstomp

Critic Score
Based on 4 reviews
1995 Ratings: #345 / 638
User Score
Based on 720 ratings
1995 Ratings: #261
March 27, 1995 / Release Date
LP / Format
Murmur / Label
Kevin ShirleyProducer
Full Credits
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Critic Reviews

80
AllMusic

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.

70
Sputnikmusic

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.

67
Entertainment Weekly

The songs on Frogstomp almost all start out like dreary Metallica ballads and build toward gloomy, by-the-numbers grunge.

60
Q Magazine

Alarmingly precocious.

benlol
80

how tf do 15 year olds do this shit

cioBelzebu
92

this is probably my favourite grunge album so far

92

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

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77

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

CBoa
95

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

Recapitulated
86

I have this one on CD! those first 4 tracks tho are AMAZING

awesome that they were 15, talent

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Track List

1Israel's Son
5:18
91
2Tomorrow
4:26
92
3Faultline
4:19
90
4Pure Massacre
4:58
88
5Shade
4:01
84
6Leave Me Out
3:03
80
7Suicidal Dream
3:12
86
8Madman
2:43
79
9Undecided
4:36
81
10Cicada
5:10
82
11Findaway
2:56
83
Total Length: 44 minutes
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