Scars From Falling Down is a studio album by Steel Pole Bath Tub, released in 1995 through Slash Records.[4]
| Scars From Falling Down | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 2, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | Various
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| Genre | Noise rock | |||
| Length | 46:10 | |||
| Label | London/Slash | |||
| Producer | Steel Pole Bath Tub | |||
| Steel Pole Bath Tub chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| NME |   [3] |
"Twist" was released as the album's single, accompanied by a video.[5] Slash dropped the band after the release of the album, rejecting the idea of a follow-up album composed of experimental Cars covers.[6]
Critical reception
editTrouser Press wrote: "The intriguingly straightforward Scars From Falling Down relegates the band’s battery of samples to subordinate status, a state of affairs that enhances [Mike] Morasky's fractured-but-judicious riffing while doing little to protect the air of mystery that's one of Steel Pole's chief assets."[7] The Spokesman-Review called the album "one of the year's best major label releases," writing that "SPBT thrashes, it forges impenetrable walls of sound and noise, it floods its music with grating dissonance and, at times, it dismembers rock ‘n’ roll into an unrecognizable mess."[8] CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that "this use of chaos as order finds precedent in tightly-wound groups like Big Black and Gang of Four."[9] Spin called it "noise rock to the nth degree."[10]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Steel Pole Bath Tub
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The 500 Club" | 4:59 |
| 2. | "Population 2" | 3:23 |
| 3. | "Home Is a Rope" | 3:44 |
| 4. | "The Conversation" | 5:30 |
| 5. | "Twist" | 5:50 |
| 6. | "Every Thing" | 3:42 |
| 7. | "3 of Cups" | 3:49 |
| 8. | "Four Barrels" | 1:23 |
| 9. | "Decline" | 3:49 |
| 10. | "Kansas City" | 5:03 |
| 11. | "Friday" | 6:57 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "I Want It Now" | 2:44 |
| 13. | "Surrender" | 4:39 |
Personnel
editAdapted from the Scars From Falling Down liner notes.[11]
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Release history
edit| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 1995 | London/Slash | CD, CS, LP | 422–828 618 |
References
edit- ^ Bush, John. "Steel Pole Bath Tub: Scars From Falling Down > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 727.
- ^ columnist (January 27, 1996). "Steel Pole Bath Tub: Scars From Falling Down". NME: 43.
- ^ "Steel Pole Bath Tub | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981–1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9780760346488 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Majors Get Weird". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. May 22, 2010 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Steel Pole Bath Tub". Trouser Press. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Bath Tub's Greatness Spills Over | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com.
- ^ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. June 22, 1995 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Heavy Rotation". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. August 22, 1995 – via Google Books.
- ^ Scars From Falling Down (booklet). Steel Pole Bath Tub. Los Angeles, California: Slash Records. 1995.
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External links
edit- Scars From Falling Down at Discogs (list of releases)