Released May 1991 Length 44:01 Producer J. Robbins | Recorded January-November 1990 Release date May 1991 | |
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Post-hardcore albums For Your Own Special S, The View from This Tower, End on End, Steady Diet of Nothing, In on the Kill Taker | ||
Jawbox grippe dischord records 052 1991 full album
Grippe is the debut album by post-hardcore band, Jawbox. It was released in May 1991 on Dischord Records.
Contents
Recorded throughout the year of 1990, Jawbox's first effort was generally brushed off by critics as a sloppy but promising debut. According to Allmusic, it was "essentially recorded after getting enough songs together to fill out a 12" chunk of vinyl" calling it "an enjoyable, albeit introspectively brutal record." Reviewer Andy Kellman also described the music included in the album as the marriage of the "earlier crunchy side of Joy Division with Throb Throb-era Naked Raygun" while highlighting their cover of the Joy Division track "Something Must Break".
The track "Consolation Prize" appeared in a demo cassette-tape that was floating around the hardcore scene at the time (the demo version was called simply "Consolation") but was a harder, faster more upbeat version than what appeared in the album with a blazing guitar solo. The last four tracks on the album had been released as an EP in 1990.
Track listing
- "Freezerburn" - 3:39
- "Impossible Figure" - 2:54
- "Tools and Chrome" - 2:31
- "Paint Out the Light" - 2:28
- "Consolation Prize" - 3:29
- "Grip" - 3:34
- "Ballast" - 1:47
- "Something Must Break" (Joy Division) - 2:33
- "Green-Line Delayed" - 3:33
- "Bullet Park" - 2:40
- "Manatee Bound" - 3:41
The following tracks were added to the album, culled from other releases:
- "Footbinder" (from a Simple Machines 7") - 1:54
From Jawbox's self-titled debut 7":
- "Tools and Chrome" - 2:26
- "Secret History" - 2:21
- "Ballast" - 1:55
- "Twister" - 2:32
Note - All songs written by Jawbox, with the exception of #8 Something Must Break.
Songs
Freezerburn3:40
Impossible Figure2:54
Tools and Chrome2:31