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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Methodrone<br />
| type = studio<br />
| artist = [[The Brian Jonestown Massacre]]<br />
| cover = Methodrone.jpg<br />
| released = August 25, 1995<br />
| recorded =<br />
| studio =<br />
| genre = [[Shoegaze]], [[psychedelic rock]]<br />
| length = 71:58<br />
| label = [[BOMP! Records|Bomp!]]<br />
| producer = Naut Human, David Deresinski<br />
| prev_title =<br />
| prev_year =<br />
| next_title = [[Spacegirl and Other Favorites]]<br />
| next_year = 1995<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Methodrone''''' is the debut studio album by American [[psychedelic rock]] band [[the Brian Jonestown Massacre]], released in 1995 by record label [[BOMP! Records|Bomp!]].<br />
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==Content==<br />
The title of the album is a portmanteau of the drug [[methadone]], used in treatment of [[heroin]] addiction, and the word "drone". The album's dreamy [[shoegaze]] rock sound is comparable to that of [[Spacemen 3]] and [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]].<ref name="AllMusic"/><br />
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''Methodrone'' is the only album to feature vocalists Elise Dye and Paola Simmonds. Drummers [[Brian Glaze]] and Graham Bonnar were also brought into the line-up to replace [[Ricky Maymi]] who had begun playing bass in the band. It was also Graham Bonnar's only appearance in the band.<br />
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===Cover artwork===<br />
The faces featured on the cover artwork are, clockwise from top left, Brian Glaze, [[Matt Hollywood]], [[Anton Newcombe]] and Dean Taylor. The water ripple effect resembles the artwork of [[Pink Floyd]]'s 1971 record ''[[Meddle]]''.<br />
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==Release==<br />
"She Made Me" and "Evergreen" were previously released as a double A-side single in 1992.<br />
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''Methodrone'' was released in 1995 by record label [[BOMP! Records|Bomp!]]. The album was released following the departure of guitarist and founding member Travis Threlkel.<br />
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The album was re-released in 2007 on Anton Newcombe's A Records.<br />
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"Wisdom" was later re-recorded on the band's first and only album with [[TVT Records]], ''[[Strung Out in Heaven]]''. "Wisdom", "She's Gone", "That Girl Suicide" and "Evergreen" were included on the band's greatest hits compilation ''[[Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective]]''.<br />
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==Critical reception==<br />
{{Music ratings<br />
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]<br />
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Raggett |first=Ned |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/methodrone-mw0000181271 |title=Methodrone – The Brian Jonestown Massacre |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=March 1, 2012}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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''Methodrone'' was largely ignored upon its release, but managed to garner a favorable review in ''[[CMJ|CMJ New Music Monthly]]'', with Brian Bannin writing: "Everything moves with the slowness and presence of a disgraced monarch in exile... At its best, ''Methodrone'' has the tormented grace of accepting doom".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Bannin |first=Brian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ywEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT27 |title=Brian Jonestown Massacre: Methodrone |journal=[[CMJ|CMJ New Music Monthly]] |date=February 1996 |accessdate=July 29, 2019 |page=31}}</ref><br />
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In 2018, ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' ranked ''Methodrone'' at number 33 on its list of "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9966-the-50-best-shoegaze-albums-of-all-time/?page=2 |title=The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=October 24, 2016 |accessdate=March 5, 2019 |page=2}}</ref><br />
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==Track listing==<br />
{{Track listing<br />
| all_writing = [[The Brian Jonestown Massacre]] except where stated<br />
| title1 = Evergreen<br />
| note1 = lyrics Newcombe<br />
| length1 = 3:24<br />
| title2 = Wisdom<br />
| note2 = lyrics Newcombe<br />
| length2 = 5:20<br />
| title3 = Crushed<br />
| note3 = lyrics Newcombe<br />
| length3 = 6:08<br />
| title4 = That Girl Suicide<br />
| note4 = lyrics Newcombe<br />
| length4 = 3:41 <br />
| title5 = Wasted<br />
| note5 = lyrics Newcombe<br />
| length5 = 4:21<br />
| title6 = Everyone Says<br />
| note6 = lyrics Newcombe<br />
| length6 = 4:15<br />
| title7 = Short Wave<br />
| note7 = lyrics Newcombe<br />
| length7 = 2:47<br />
| title8 = She Made Me<br />
| note8 = lyrics Newcombe<br />
| length8 = 4:42<br />
| title9 = Hyperventilation<br />
| note9 = lyrics Newcombe<br />
| length9 = 9:53<br />
| title10 = Records<br />
| length10 = 1:50<br />
| title11 = I Love You<br />
| note11 = lyrics Newcombe/Travis Threlkel<br />
| length11 = 4:11<br />
| title12 = End of the Day<br />
| note12 = lyrics Newcombe<br />
| length12 = 5:09<br />
| title13 = Outback<br />
| length13 = 4:07 <br />
| title14 = She's Gone<br />
| note14 = lyrics Newcombe<br />
| length14 = 7:18<br />
| title15 = Methodrone<br />
| note15 = lyrics Newcombe<br />
| length15 = 4:52 <br />
| total_length = 71:58<br />
}}<br />
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==Personnel==<br />
Personnel as per liner notes.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brian Jonestown Massacre |title=Methodrone |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5136256-The-Brian-Jonestown-Massacre-Methodrone |website=Discogs |publisher=BOMP! Records BCD 4050 |access-date=13 March 2024}}</ref><br />
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;The Brian Jonestown Massacre<br />
* [[Anton Newcombe]] – guitar, bass, drums, vocals<br />
* [[Jeffrey Davies (guitarist)|Jeffrey Davies]] – guitar ("That Girl Suicide", "Hyperventilation")<br />
* [[Ricky Maymi|Rick Maymi]] – bass ("Evergreen", "Wisdom", "Short Wave", "She Made Me")<br />
* [[Matt Hollywood]] – bass, vocals ("That Girl Suicide", "Wasted", "Hyperventilation")<br />
* Brian Glaze – drums ("That Girl Suicide", "Wasted", "Hyperventilation")<br />
* Graham Bonnar – drums ("Wisdom", "Crushed", "Everyone Says", "Short Wave", "She Made Me", "She's Gone")<br />
* Elise Dye – vocals ("Evergreen")<br />
* Paola Simmonds – vocals ("Everyone Says")<br />
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;Engineering and mixing<br />
* Anton Newcombe ("Evergreen", "Crushed", "Everyone Says", "Records", "Outback", "She's Gone")<br />
* David Deresinski ("Records", "End of the Day", "Outback", "She's Gone")<br />
* Eric Holland ("Evergreen", "Wisdom", "Short Wave", "She Made Me", "I Love You")<br />
* John Karr ("End of the Day")<br />
* Jessica Wing ("Evergreen")<br />
* Adriene Gulyassy ("Evergreen", "Crushed", "That Girl Suicide", "Wasted", "Everyone Says", "Hyperventilation")<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Discogs master|142849}}<br />
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