Strap It On (album)

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Strap It On
Studio album by Helmet
Released 1990
(re-released November 1991)
Recorded 1990
Genre Post-hardcore, noise rock, alternative metal, Hardcore punk
Length 30:49
Label Amphetamine Reptile, Interscope
Producer Helmet
Helmet chronology
— Strap It On
(1990)		 Meantime
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[2]
Q 4/5 stars[3]
Piero Scaruffi 7/10 stars[4]

Strap It On is the first album by Helmet. Originally released in 1990 through Amphetamine Reptile Records, it was subsequently rereleased by Interscope in November 1991.

Critics considered the album innovative for its explosive, propulsive, and often staccato riff style which greatly exploited drop D tuning. It has since become a cult classic in the post-hardcore genre and even influential on the metal scene. The moody, atmospheric "Sinatra" differed from most of the fast-paced, metal-influenced songs on the album; its lyrics featured a paraphrasing of Dean Martin's famous line about the crooner, "It's Sinatra's world/ We just live in it."

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Repetition" – 3:00
  2. "Rude" – 4:13
  3. "Bad Mood" – 2:15
  4. "Sinatra" – 4:31
  5. "FBLA" – 2:40
  6. "Blacktop" – 3:20
  7. "Distracted" – 3:12
  8. "Make Room" – 3:28
  9. "Murder" – 4:03
(All tracks by Hamilton)

Early pressings of the album incorrectly listed the title of the third song as "Bad Moon". The Japanese release has one extra track, "Impressionable", which also appears on the Amphetamine Reptile compilation 7" EP Dope, Guns 'n' Fucking in the Streets Vol. 5. The song title FBLA stands for Future Business Leaders of America.

[edit] Accolades

Year Publication Country Accolade Rank
1995 Alternative Press United States "Top 99 Of '85 to '95" 25 [5]
1998 Alternative Press United States "The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s" 12 [6]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

[edit] Personnel

Band


Engineering

[edit] References

  1. ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "allmusic ((( Strap It On > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r9189. Retrieved March 18, 2010. 
  2. ^ Brackett, Nathan. "Helmet". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 373, cited March 18, 2010
  3. ^ Columnist. "Strap It On". Q. May 1995. pg. 125, cited March 18, 2010
  4. ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "Helmet". pieroscaruffi.com (Italian). Retrieved on March 18, 2010.
  5. ^ "Alternative Press - Top 99 Of '85 to '95". Alternative Press. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/apress.html#Alternative%20Press%20%2810th%20Anniversary%20Issue%29%20July%2095. Retrieved 2009-12-03. 
  6. ^ "Alternative Press - The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s". Alternative Press. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/apress.html#The%2090%20Greatest%20Albums%20of%20the%2090s. Retrieved 2009-12-03. 
Helmet
Page Hamilton • Dan Beeman • Kyle Stevenson • Dave Case
Peter Mengede • Rob Echeverria • Chris Traynor • Henry Bogdan • John Stanier • Frank Bello • John Tempesta • Mike Jost • Jeremy Chatelain • Jimmy Thompson • Jon Fuller
Studio albums
Strap It On • Meantime • Betty • Aftertaste • Size Matters • Monochrome • Seeing Eye Dog
Other releases
Singles
"Born Annoying" • "Bad Mood" • "Blacktop" • "Unsung" • "Give It" • "In the Meantime" • "Primitive/Born Annoying 1993" • "Just Another Victim" • "Milquetoast" • "Biscuits for Smut" • "Wilma's Rainbow" • "Exactly What You Wanted" • "Like I Care" • "See You Dead" • "Unwound" • "Smart" • "Gone" • "Monochrome" • "Money Shot" • "Revenge Destroys Everything" • "So Long"
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