Spanaway (album)
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| Released | 1995 | |||
| Label | Hollywood | |||
| Producer | Adam Kasper, Seaweed | |||
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Spanaway is an album by the American band Seaweed.[1][2] It was released in 1995 on Hollywood Records.[3] The album is named for the Washington community.[4]
The first single was "Start With", which peaked at No. 38 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.[5][6] Seaweed supported the album with a North American tour, which included playing the 1995 Warped Tour.[7][8] Spanaway was a commercial disappointment.[9]
Production[edit]
The album was produced primarily by Adam Kasper; it was mixed by Andy Wallace.[10] Barrett Martin and Matt Cameron played drums on some tracks.[11] Seaweed wrote the songs over a period of two years.[12] "Magic Mountainman" is about singer Aaron Stauffer's farm near Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake; "Not Saying Anything" is about domestic discontent.[13][14]
Critical reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [15] |
Trouser Press noted that "increases in budget and studio time enable Seaweed to deliver its best work, an inspired major-label detour."[16] The Austin Chronicle deemed it "a raw, in your-face, post-punk record."[17] The Philadelphia Inquirer called Spanaway "sugar-charged anthem rock."[7]
CMJ New Music Monthly noted that the band "is at its best when slathering anthemic vocals, sharp hooks and meatgrinder guitars on top of a blistering 4/4."[4] The Record determined that "the overall effect ... is still one of numbing, hyperclenched assault, with the group's chief virtue being mere moshability."[18] The Sun-Sentinel concluded that Spanaway "follows the loud-fast rule of the new melodic punk genre with stinging guitars and maximum volume."[19]
Track listing[edit]
- "Free Drug Zone" - 3:37
- "Crush Us All" - 3:58
- "Start With" - 4:02
- "Common Mistake" - 2:47
- "Magic Mountainman" - 3:46
- "Saturday Nitrous" - 3:11
- "Undeniable Hate" - 3:34
- "Defender" - 2:40
- "Assistant (to the manager)" - 3:35
- "Punchy (the clown)" - 0:54
- "Not Saying Anything" - 4:05
- "Last Humans" - 3:22
- "Peppy's Bingo" - 1:07
References[edit]
- ^ "Seaweed Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ "1995 marked the end of the major-label explosion of weird". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Crain, Zac. "Shacking up". Dallas Observer.
- ^ a b Jarman, David (Oct 1995). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly (26): 42.
- ^ Boland, Steve. "AND THE SEAWEED WILL TELL". Westword.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (June 11, 2008). Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-0-89820-174-1 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Sherr, Sara (20 Oct 1995). "Tonight at the Trocadero...". FEATURES WEEKEND. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 17.
- ^ Cohen, Howard (August 11, 1995). "SEAWEED". Miami Herald. p. 16G.
- ^ Cook, John (January 1, 2009). Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label that Got Big and Stayed Small. Algonquin Books. ISBN 978-1-56512-624-4 – via Google Books.
- ^ Jaeger, Barbara (July 7, 1995). "Album Notes". LIFESTYLE/PREVIEWS. The Record. Hackensack. p. 8.
- ^ Stout, Gene (June 30, 1995). "Seaweed for sale". What's Happening. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. p. 10.
- ^ Booth, Philip (October 20, 1995). "Seaweed surface with major-label debut". FRIDAY EXTRA!. The Tampa Tribune. p. 22.
- ^ Reader, Stephanie (August 22, 1995). "TIDE IS HIGH FOR SEAWEED". The News Tribune. p. SL3.
- ^ Hawkins, Robert J. (August 31, 1995). "SPANAWAY SEAWEED". Entertainment. The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. 10.
- ^ "Seaweed Spanaway Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Seaweed". Trouser Press. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "The Year That Slipped Away". www.austinchronicle.com.
- ^ Weiler, Derek (5 Oct 1995). "Seaweed Spanaway". The Record. Kitchener. p. D6.
- ^ Schulman, Sandra (19 Nov 1995). "Punk living in Tacoma". Sun-Sentinel. p. 3F.