Released 1993 Done
(1992)
(EP) Blow
(1993) Release date 1993 Label Arista Records | Length 43:32 (NZ release) Artist Straitjacket Fits Producer Paul Fox | |
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Recorded American Recording Studios, Woodland Hills
Mixed at Can-Am Studios, Tarzana, California, December 1992 – February 1993 Blow
(1993) Straitjacket Fits
(1998) Genres Alternative rock, Dunedin Sound Alternative rock albums Crashings, Rival Factions, Live on I‑5, Pinups, The Planets are Blasted | ||
Straightjacket fits blow full album
Blow is the third album released in 1993 by New Zealand band, Straitjacket Fits. The album has a harder, less melodic sound than the band's previous albums. This reflects the change of line-up, with Andrew Brough having left the band prior to this album's recording, to be replaced by Mark Petersen. It also reflect's the band's change of recording method (for this album the tracks were recorded live) and a change of producer. The album was described by one contemporary reviewer as "...twisted rhythms, see-sawing guitars, and brash intensity... Straitjacket Fits at their least user-friendly and most challenging."
Contents
All the songs on this album are credited to Shayne Carter/John Collie/Straitjacket Fits.
Two of the tracks from the album ("Done" and "Spacing") had previously been released in New Zealand on the Done EP in 1992, though both were re-recorded for the album. The American release includes one extra track, "Sycamore", which was released in New Zealand as a B-side of the first single from the album, "Cat Inna Can". The album's other single was "If I Were You".
Track listing
All tracks written by Shayne Carter/John Collie/Straitjacket Fits.
Songs
1Done3:20
2Falling3:35
3Joyride3:28