Frogstomp

Release

Frogstomp was released on 25 March 1995 by record label Murmur.

It reached number 1 on Australian ARIA Albums Chart. In June 1995, Frogstomp was released by Epic in the United States. It has since been certified double platinum by the RIAA.

The LP version of the album is sold in a green vinyl with "Blind" as a bonus track limited to 3,000 copies worldwide. There is also a limited cassette edition of the album.

In March 2015, a remastered edition of the album was released as a two-CD/DVD set to mark the twentieth anniversary of its release.

Reception

Robert Christgau of The Village Voice wrote: "every once in a while in this business you catch yourself thinking that teenagers don't know dick. These Aussie adolescents admire Nirvana and Pearl Jam, which is cute, and sound like Pearl Jam, which is natural – almost exactly like Pearl Jam except no good, which is useless." Chuck Eddy of Entertainment Weekly wrote: "the songs on Frogstomp almost all start out like dreary Metallica ballads and build toward gloomy, by-the-numbers grunge." David Fricke of Rolling Stone, on the other hand, wrote: "Truly shameless wanna-be's [sic] like Bush should be so lucky to have the hard smarts that Silverchair – particularly the band's main writers, singer-guitarist Daniel Johns and drummer Ben Gillies – show on such Frogstomp-ers as 'Pure Massacre' and 'Israel's Son'. When these guys turn 18, they'll really be dangerous."

Track listing

All tracks written by Daniel Johns and Ben Gillies, except as noted.

Personnel

"Findaway"

"Findaway" is a track by the Australian band Silverchair, which was released as a single to promote their debut album, Frogstomp, in 1995. "Findaway" was only available for a fan club group (LAS).

Track listing

Promo CD. AUS.

1. "Findaway"
2. "Findaway (Live at The Wireless Triple J)"