Mush (album)
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| Released | 1991 | |||
| Recorded | May 1991, the Greenhouse (London N1) | |||
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| Length | 45:53 | |||
| Label | Roughneck (original release), Seed (U.S. re-release) | |||
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide |  [1] |
Mush is the third full-length album by the English punk band Leatherface. It was originally released only in Britain on Roughneck, a subsidiary of Fire Records, in 1991. It was re-released on Seed Records, an offshoot of Atlantic Records, in 1992, in an unsuccessful attempt to capitalize on the popularity of Nirvana in the United States.[2]
The Guardian called it an album "which has influenced every hardcore, post-hardcore, call it what you want, punk group that exists anywhere across the globe."[3] Kerrang rated it as one of the 50 best albums of 1991.[4]
In 2012, Sarah Anderson of NME named it one of "20 lost albums ripe for rediscovery",[5] and the same magazine named it the 49th best album of 1991 in 2016.[6]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Frankie Stubbs, except where noted.
- "I Want the Moon" (Stubbs, Dickie Hammond) - 2:49
- "How Lonely" - 2:39
- "I Don't Want to Be the One to Say It" (Stubbs, Hammond) - 2:34
- "Pandora's Box" (Stubbs, Hammond) - 3:01
- "Not a Day Goes By" - 2:38
- "Not Superstitious" - 4:19
- "Springtime" (Stubbs, Hammond) - 3:19
- "Winning" - 1:59
- "In the Real World" (Stubbs, Hammond) - 2:23
- "Baked Potato" (Stubbs, Hammond) - 3:17
- "Bowl of Flies" - 2:58
- "Dead Industrial Atmosphere" - 4:03
Bonus tracks on the CD re-release:
- "Trenchfoot" - 3:00
- "Scheme of Things" - 3:20
- "Message in a Bottle" (Sting) - 3:34 (cover version of original by The Police)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Christgau, Robert (15 October 2000). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 173. ISBN 9780312245603.
- ^ a b c Ogg, Alex. "Mush - Leatherface". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Melancholia and raw pain: The sad end of Leatherface". TheGuardian.com. 6 November 2015.
- ^ "The 50 best albums from 1991".
- ^ Anderson, Sarah (7 February 2012). "20 Lost Albums Ripe For Rediscovery". NME. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "1991". NME. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
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