Invisible Lantern is the third studio album by alternative rock band Screaming Trees, released in 1988 on SST Records.[6][7]
| Invisible Lantern | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 12, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | Winter 1988 | |||
| Studio | Velvetone, Ellensburg, Washington | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 40:43 | |||
| Label | SST (188)[2] | |||
| Producer | Steve Fisk, Screaming Trees[3] | |||
| Screaming Trees chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [3] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 7/10[5] |
Critical reception
editTrouser Press wrote that "the Trees’ pop streak matures with 'Smokerings' and especially the marvelous 'Night Comes Creeping'."[8] The Spin Alternative Record Guide called the album the band's SST peak.[5]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Screaming Trees
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ivy" | 3:16 |
| 2. | "Walk Through to This Side" | 2:32 |
| 3. | "Lines & Circles" | 3:45 |
| 4. | "She Knows" | 2:15 |
| 5. | "Shadow Song" | 4:15 |
| 6. | "Grey Diamond Desert" | 4:22 |
| 7. | "Smokerings" | 3:43 |
| 8. | "The Second I Awake" | 2:59 |
| 9. | "Invisible Lantern" | 3:02 |
| 10. | "Even If" | 3:48 |
| 11. | "Direction of the Sun" | 2:53 |
| 12. | "Night Comes Creeping" | 3:53 |
| Total length: | 40:43 | |
Personnel
edit- Screaming Trees
- Mark Lanegan – lead vocals
- Gary Lee Conner – guitar, backing vocals, organ
- Van Conner – bass, backing vocals
- Mark Pickerel – drums, percussion
- Additional personnel
- Steve Fisk – producer, piano on "Grey Diamond Desert"
- Rod Doak – engineering
- Daniel Herron – front cover artwork
- Jenna Scott – photographs and lettering
In other media
editWhile recording Invisible Lantern, Mark Lanegan, Mark Pickerel, and Van Conner appeared in the independent film 'Fertilichrone Cheerleader Massacre' along with producer Steve Fisk, which was shot in Ellensburg by Shawn O'Neill.[9][10] The film was most recently released in 2012.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Invisible Lantern - Screaming Trees". AllMusic.
- ^ "Screaming Trees - Invisible Lantern - CD". SST Superstore.
- ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 989.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 317.
- ^ a b Azzerad, Michael (1995). "Screaming Trees". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 343–344. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- ^ "Screaming Trees | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. December 31, 2003. ISBN 9781858284576 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Screaming Trees". Trouser Press. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ Yarm, Mark (March 2012). Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge. ISBN 9780307464446.
- ^ "Fertilichrome 76-6-6". IMDb.
- ^ "The Fertilichrome Cheerleader Massacre (1989)".
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