Retarder (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Retarder
Type = Album
Artist = The Unband
Released = July 2000
Recorded = November 1997 and March 2000
Genre = Hard rock, Rock
Length =
Label = TVT Records
Producer = The Unband
Reviews =
*"Rolling Stone" [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theunbandlink]
*TVT Records archive [http://www.tvtrecords.com/theunbandlink]

Last album = "Chung Wayne Lo Mein" (1994)
This album = "Retarder" (2000)
Next album = TBA" (2006) |

"Retarder" is The Unband's first major label release.

In Brief

"Every number is a testament to the might and stamina of the power chord."-"Las Vegas Weekly"

"They have the amusing habit -- check out "Ski Hat," "Dope (Part 2)," and especially "$#@?!!" -- of riffing straight through what would usually be a song's first couple of verses, throwing in a few lines of debauched lyrics, then cutting the whole thing off around the two-minute mark. It's these controlled doses of alcoholic incoherency, along with more traditional barn burners like "Too Much Is Never Enough," that make Retarder a keeper."-"The Boston Phoenix"

Track listing

# Geez Louise 3:24
# Too Much Is Never Enough 2:35
# Rock Hard 3:41
# Jilt 3:00
# Ski Hat 2:09
# $#@?!! 2:14
# Pink Slip 3:00
# Crack Soundtrack 3:44
# Everybody Wants You 4:09
# Get With You 2:54
# (Sure Do Feel Like A) Piece of Shit 3:06
# Dope, Pt. 2 2:42
# Cocaine Whore 2:43
# Drink and Rock 3:28

Credits

*Mark Alan Miller - Engineer
*Jon Marshall Smith - Engineer
*Kevin Shirley - Mixing
*Rich Alvy - Engineer, Mixing Engineer
*Leon Zervos - Mastering
*Benjamin Wheelock - Art Direction, Design
*Jessica Willis - Liner Notes
*Eugene Ferrari - Drums
*Matt Pierce - Guitar, Vocals
*Mike Ruffino - Bass, Piano, Organ, Guitar, Vocals (Background)
*The Unband - Main Performer, Producer

Trivia

Geez Louise was featured on The Wildhearts covers album Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before Vol 1.