We Became Snakes

We Became Snakes
Studio album by Saccharine Trust
Released	1986
Genre	Post-hardcore, jazz fusion
Length	37:46
Label	SST (048)
Producer	Mike Watt
Saccharine Trust chronology
Worldbroken (1985) We Became Snakes (1986) The Sacramental Element (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

We Became Snakes is Saccharine Trust's second album, released in 1986 through SST. It would be their last studio effort until the release of The Great One Is Dead fifteen years later.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We Became Snakes"	Baiza, Brewer, Cicero and Fitzer	5:26
2.	"Drugstore Logic"	Baiza, Brewer, Cicero and Fitzer	2:28
3.	"Frankie on a Pony"	Baiza and Brewer	8:51
4.	"The Need"	Baiza and Brewer	2:12

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"For Her While"	Baiza, Brewer, Cicero and Fitzer	4:36
2.	"Effort to Waste"	Baiza and Brewer	3:30
3.	"The Redeemer"	Baiza, Brewer, Cicero and Fitzer	3:57
4.	"Longing For Ether"	Baiza, Brewer, Cicero, Fitzer and Jacobelly	4:37
5.	"Belonging to October"	Bialik and Cicero	2:36

Personnel

Saccharine Trust

• Joe Baiza – guitar, vocals on "Longing for Ether"
• Jack Brewer – vocals, acoustic guitar on "Belonging to October"
• Tony Cicero – drums
• Bob Fitzer – bass guitar
• Steve Moss – tenor saxophone, harmonica on "Belonging to October"

Additional musicians and production

• Louise Bialik – accordion on "Belonging to October"
• Gary Jacobelly – vocals on "Longing for Ether"
• Ethan James – engineering
• Lame Dude – twelve-string acoustic guitar on "Belonging to October"
• Mike Watt – production
• Paul Roessler – piano on "The Need"

References

External links

• We Became Snakes at Discogs (list of releases)