Last Splash
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| Studio album by The Breeders | ||||||||||
| Released | August 31, 1993 | |||||||||
| Recorded | Coast Recorders & Brilliant Studios, San Francisco, California; Refraze, Dayton, Ohio | |||||||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||||||||
| Length | 39:38 | |||||||||
| Label | 4AD/Elektra Records | |||||||||
| Producer | Kim Deal/Mark Freegard | |||||||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | (A-)[2] |
| Rolling Stone |  [3] |
Last Splash is the second album by indie rock band The Breeders, released August 1993. Originally formed as a side project for Pixies bassist Kim Deal, The Breeders quickly became her primary recording outlet.
Last Splash peaked at #33 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart. By June, 1994, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA for shipment in excess of one million units.
The title of the album is taken from a lyric from its lead single, "Cannonball". The video for "Cannonball" was directed by Spike Jonze and Kim Gordon, while the video for "Divine Hammer" was directed by the same two and Richard Kern.
The song "Cannonball" has been used in many movie trailers, including South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut and Dude, Where's My Car?.
A looped guitar sample of "S.O.S." was used by the English electronic music band The Prodigy in their 1996 hit single "Firestarter". A sample from "I Just Wanna Get Along" was used in another one track by The Prodigy called "World's on Fire" (Invaders Must Die album).
In 2003, Pitchfork Media listed the album at #64 on their list of The Top 100 Albums of the 1990s.[4]
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[edit] Track listing
All tracks were written by Kim Deal, except where noted.
- "New Year" – 1:56
- "Cannonball" – 3:33
- "Invisible Man" – 2:48
- "No Aloha" – 2:07
- "Roi" – 4:11
- "Do You Love Me Now?" – 3:01
- "Flipside" (Kim Deal, Kelley Deal) – 1:59
- "I Just Wanna Get Along" – 1:44
- "Mad Lucas" – 4:36
- "Divine Hammer" – 2:41
- "S.O.S." – 1:31
- "Hag" – 2:55
- "Saints" – 2:32
- "Drivin' on 9" (Dom Leone, Steve Hickoff) – 3:22
- "Roi (Reprise)" – 0:42
"Drivin' on 9" is a cover of alternative folk band Ed's Redeeming Qualities.
[edit] Personnel
- The Breeders
- Kim Deal – production, guitar, lead vocals, moog, casiotone
- Kelley Deal – guitar, Kenmore 12-stitch, vocals, lead vocals on "I Just Wanna Get Along"
- Jim MacPherson – drums
- Josephine Wiggs – bass guitar, double bass, vocals, cello, drums on "Roi"
- Additional personnel
- Carrie Bradley – violin, vocals
- Mark Freegard – production, engineering
- Sean Leonard – assistant engineering
- Jason Love – photography
- Paul MoMenamin - design assistant
- Vaughan Oliver – art direction, design
- Daniel Presley – engineering on "Divine Hammer"
- Andy Taub – assistant engineering
- Kevin Westenberg – portraits
[edit] Album charts
| Year | Album | Chart | Position |
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| 1993 | Last Splash | Billboard Top 200 | No. 33 |
[edit] Charting singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak |
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| 1993 | "Cannonball" | Modern Rock Tracks | No. 2 |
| 1993 | "Cannonball" | UK Singles Chart | No. 40 |
| 1993 | "Divine Hammer" | Modern Rock Tracks | No. 28 |
| 1993 | "Divine Hammer" | UK Singles Chart | No. 59 |
| 1994 | "Cannonball" | The Billboard Hot 100 | No. 44 |
| 1994 | "Cannonball" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | No. 32 |
| 1994 | "Divine Hammer" | Modern Rock Tracks | No. 29 |
| 1994 | "Saints" | Modern Rock Tracks | No. 12 |
| 1994 | "Cannonball" | Top 40 Mainstream | No. 39 |
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