Moonhead
| Moonhead | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 1987 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock Neo-psychedelia | |||
| Length | 53:45 | |||
| Label | Frontier[1] | |||
| Producer | TWR & Paul McKenna | |||
| Thin White Rope chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [3] |
| The Great Alternative & Indie Discography | 8/10[4] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [5] |
| OndaRock | 7/10[6] |
| Select |  [7] |
Moonhead is the second full-length album by Thin White Rope, released in 1987.[8]
Critical reception
[edit]Trouser Press wrote that the album "alters the modus operandi a bit, stretching song lengths and forging a provocative, embryonic bond between wiry, Television-styled guitar interplay and groove-conscious kraut-rock rhythms (held in place by Jozef Becker’s incredibly focused drumming)."[9] The Los Angeles Times called the album "excellent," writing that the band's "fuzzy, often dissonant twin-guitar solos recall such diverse groups as Television and Spirit, as its material takes traditional forms and bends them into something unexpected, going from Western gallops to psychedelic dirges."[10]
The Guardian deemed "Crawl Piss Freeze" "not so much a song as an apocalyptic death march," while AllMusic described it as a postcard "from the edge."[11][8] Spin wrote that the track creates "an unforgiving atmosphere of sparked vocals supplanted by an eardrum-piercing fretboard roar."[12]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Guy Kyser (except where noted)
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Not Your Fault" (Becker/Kyser) | 3:45 |
| 2. | "Wire Animals" | 4:00 |
| 3. | "Take It Home" | 4:36 |
| 4. | "Thing" | 2:54 |
| 5. | "Moonhead" (Kyser/Becker/Kunkel/Tesluk) | 4:45 |
| 6. | "Wet Heart" | 4:34 |
| 7. | "Mother" (Kunkel/Kyser) | 4:27 |
| 8. | "Come Around" | 2:19 |
| 9. | "If Those Tears" | 3:16 |
| 10. | "Crawl Piss Freeze" (Kyser/Kunkel/Tesluk) | 5:34 |
| 11. | "Waking Up" | 2:43 |
| 12. | "Valley Of The Bones" | 2:54 |
| 13. | "Atomic Imagery" (Kyser/Tesluk) | 3:36 |
| 14. | "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby" (Jimmy Reed) | 3:54 |
| 15. | "Take It Home (Long Version)" | 6:17 |
Credits
[edit]- Guy Kyser – guitar, vocals
- Roger Kunkel – guitar, vocals
- Stephen Tesluk – bass, vocals
- John Von Feldt – bass
- Jozef Becker – drums
- with
- Paul McKenna – engineer, producer
- John Golden – Mastering
- Ross Garfield – Drum Technician
- and
- Greg Gavin – Cover Painting, Paintings
- Merril Greene – Photography
- Robin K. – Photography
- Wendy Sherman – design
References
[edit]- ^ "Moonhead - 2018 Remastered Edition, by Thin White Rope". Thin White Rope.
- ^ Mason, Stewart. Moonhead at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. pp. 123–124.
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1999). The great alternative & indie discography. ISBN 9780862419134.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1140.
- ^ "Thin White Rope - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto".
- ^ Select magazine, August 1990 issue, page 121
- ^ a b "Thin White Rope | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Thin White Rope". Trouser Press. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "A PROMISING ROPE". Los Angeles Times. March 23, 1987.
- ^ "Cult heroes: Thin White Rope were scorched, alien, hostile". the Guardian. March 24, 2015.
- ^ "Underground". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. July 6, 1987 – via Google Books.
