Amazing Disgrace
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Amazing Disgrace is the fourth album by the Seattle alternative rock band the Posies, released in 1996.[1] It was their final release for DGC Records.[2][3]
Production
As was the case on previous albums, the band's label told the Posies to return to the studio to record more "'hit material.'"[4] Cheap Trick's Robin Zander and Rick Nielsen appear on "Hate Song."[4]
Critical reception
Robert Christgau wrote: "Of course it's not the Beatles or Big Star—merely emulated, the formal ideas don't sustain their excitement."[5] The Washington Post wrote that the album's "combination of pretty melody and ugly thoughts is utterly contemporary."[6] Trouser Press called the album "surprisingly sour but still delicious."[7]
Track listing
All songs by Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow.
- "Daily Mutilation" – 4:04
- "Ontario" – 2:38
- "Throwaway" – 3:53
- "Please Return It" – 3:51
- "Hate Song" – 4:06
- "Precious Moments" – 3:47
- "Fight It (If You Want)" – 3:04
- "Everybody Is a Fucking Liar" – 3:15
- "World" – 3:57
- "Grant Hart" – 2:25
- "Broken Record" – 2:40
- "The Certainty" – 2:28
- "Song #1" – 5:39
- "¿Will You Ever Ease Your Mind?" – 3:51
- "Terrorized" - 04:11 (Bonus Track)
Personnel
The Posies
- Jon Auer – guitar, vocals
- Ken Stringfellow – guitar, vocals
- Joe Skyward – bass "found around 110 Hz"
- Brian Young – drums
Additional personnel
- Jessica Lurie – tenor saxophone on "Please Return It"
- Barbara Marino – baritone saxophone on "Please Return It"
- Robin Zander – vocal "screams" on "Hate Song"
- Rick Nielsen – guitar "freakout" on "Hate Song"
- Steve Fisk – keyboards on "Broken Record"
- Gavin Guss – trumpet on "Broken Record"
- Roderick Wolgamott Romero – "mumbling undertaker" vocals on "Broken Record"
Production
- Nick Launay – producer
- Steve Fisk – additional production on "Ontario"
- John Goodmanson, Nick Launay – engineer
- Jon Auer, Keith Cleversley – engineer (additional)
- Aaron Warner, John Burton, Mark Rosnick, Steve Culp – assistant engineer
- Greg Calbi – mastering
Artwork and design
- Tim Gabor – art direction, design
- Otto Bettmann, United Press International – photography (cover)
- Duncan Price, Joe Bass, Lance Mercer, Nordic Joe – photography (photographs)
Charts
Template:Album chartTemplate:Album chart| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] | 81 |
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