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Dry As a Bone 
EP by Green River Released July 1987 Recorded June 1986 at Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, Washington Genre Grunge Length 19:24 Language English Label Sub Pop Producer Jeff Ament, Jack Endino Green River chronology Come on Down
(1985)Dry As a Bone
(1987)Rehab Doll
(1988)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Dry As a Bone is the second EP by the American rock band Green River. It was released in July 1987 through Sub Pop Records.
Contents
Overview
The EP features the band's first material with guitarist Bruce Fairweather, formerly of bassist Jeff Ament's previous band, Deranged Diction. In June 1986, the band began production on its second EP with local producer Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle, Washington. Green River chose to record Dry As a Bone for Bruce Pavitt's new label, Sub Pop Records. However, Pavitt couldn't afford to release it until the following year, and, as had happened with Come on Down, the record was delayed. Dry As a Bone was finally released through Sub Pop Records in July 1987, a full year after it was recorded. It was the new label's first non-compilation release. Dry As a Bone was promoted by Sub Pop as "ultra-loose GRUNGE that destroyed the morals of a generation."[2] The album's cover art was photographed by Charles Peterson. The song "Ozzie" was done originally by Tales of Terror. Steve Huey of Allmusic has called it Green River's "strongest individual release...perfecting their sleazy, raucous fusion of '70s hard rock and post-hardcore punk."[1] It was reissued in 1990 along with the album Rehab Doll (plus bonus tracks) as the Dry As a Bone/Rehab Doll compilation album. One of the bonus tracks from the reissue, "Searchin'" was recorded during the Dry As a Bone sessions.[3]
Track listing
All lyrics written by Mark Arm, except where noted, all music composed by Jeff Ament, Bruce Fairweather, Stone Gossard, and Alex Vincent.
No. Title Lyrics Length 1. "This Town" 3:23 2. "P.C.C." 3:44 3. "Ozzie" Jeff Magner, Pat Stratford, Mike Thorpe, Lyon Wong 3:11 4. "Unwind" 4:42 5. "Baby Takes" 4:24 Personnel
- Green River
- Jeff Ament – bass guitar, production, engineering
- Mark Arm – vocals
- Bruce Fairweather – guitar
- Stone Gossard – guitar
- Alex Vincent – drums
- Production
- Jack Endino – production, engineering
- Linda Owens – layout
- Charles Peterson – photography
References
- ^ a b Huey, Steve. "allmusic ((( Dry As a Bone > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r316621. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
- ^ Azerrad, Michael. Our Band Could Be Your Life. Little, Brown and Company, 2001. ISBN 0-316-78753-1
- ^ (1994) Album notes for Dry As a Bone/Rehab Doll by Green River [CD]. Sub Pop Records (SPCD 72/239).
Categories:- 1987 EPs
- English-language EPs
- Green River albums
- Grunge EPs
- Sub Pop EPs
- Albums produced by Jeff Ament
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