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At Action Park made it clear that Steve Albini was slowly but surely maturing, while stubbornly refusing to compromise in the process.
13y
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! how u gonna have an album that deconstructs the noisy post-hardcore sound of early 90s math rock this uniquely and effectively but make the guitar mixed like SHIT :(((((
everything else is at the front. the drums, the bass, both gutsy n punchy with tons of power behind em, and the guitar IS quite harsh and abrasive, reminiscent of Steve's last band Big Black, but its just sooo faaar back in the mix. its behind everything, trying to reach its hand out to me. but it's too far ... read more
Nearly ten years on from that legendary pair of records Steve Albini recorded as frontman of Big Black, one of the greatest bands in more extreme rock (and maybe my favourite), the first Shellac album was released as a perfect display of Albini hanging onto that noise and visceral sound, but in a more post-hardcore adjacent way. The result is an album that is not as exciting as, say, Atomizer, but holds its own among the canon of 90s noise rock records. Great stuff.
Una mezcla... casi excelente. Realmente el disco captura la dinámica de una presentación en vivo siendo una grabación de estudio, pero los medios están demasiado saturados. El disco sería un 9/10 de no ser por el nada ligero defecto de que sólo puede convivir una frecuencia a la vez: o sólo aparecen los graves, o sólo los medios, y los agudos apenas se portan. Es lamentable que un disco tan dinámico se vuelva monótono por ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | My Black Ass 3:00 | 93 |
| 2 | Pull the Cup 4:12 | 84 |
| 3 | The Admiral 2:21 | 82 |
| 4 | Crow 4:47 | 88 |
| 5 | Song of the Minerals 4:24 | 86 |
| 6 | A Minute 3:40 | 85 |
| 7 | The Idea of North 3:42 | 84 |
| 8 | Dog and Pony Show 3:59 | 87 |
| 9 | Boche's Dick 1:38 | 80 |
| 10 | Il Porno Star 5:14 | 85 |
Total Length: 36 minutes
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7mo
I clicked play, read the song title, and already new Albini had something to do with it.
