Prairie School Freakout

Infobox Album |
Name = Prairie School Freakout
Type = Album
Artist = Eleventh Dream Day


Released = 1988, 2003
Recorded = July 1987
Genre = Rock
Length = 47:00 / 58:16 / 68:14
Label = Amoeba, Thrill Jockey
Producer = Eleventh Dream Day, Wink O'Bannon
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gm8zeflkhgf8 link]
Last album = 1987
"Eleventh Dream Day
This album = 1988
"Prairie School Freakout"
Next album = 1989
"Beet"

"Prairie School Freakout" is the second (and first full-length) album by Chicago-based band Eleventh Dream Day, originally released on Amoeba Records in 1988. According to the original liner notes, the album "was recorded on a hot pollution alert day during July [1987] in Louisville, Kentucky, and was made at a place called Artist Recording Service. We recorded 15 songs between 11:00 pm and 5:00 am, half of the time spent trying to fix the wild buzz coming out of Rick's amp. We finally gave up and decided to make amp buzz the theme of the record." The album was re-released and expanded in 2003 by Thrill Jockey.

Track listing

# "Watching the Candles Burn" (Figi) – 4:01
# "Sweet Smell" (Bean) – 4:37
# "Coercion" (Bean) – 3:47
# "Driving Song" (Figi) – 4:09
# "Tarantula" (Rizzo) – 5:36
# "Among the Pines" (Rizzo) – 6:24
# "Through My Mouth" (McCombs) – 4:57
# "Beach Miner" (Bean/Rizzo) – 3:42
# "Death of Albert C. Sampson" (Bean) – 4:44
# "Life on A String" (Rizzo) – 5:04
#:
#;Bonus tracks, from "Wayne" EP (1989)
# "Tenth Leaving Train" (Rizzo) – 11:19On original CD release and re-release only]
# "Southern Pacific" (Neil Young) – 5:04On re-release only]
# "Go" (Rizzo/Bean) – 4:50

References

* [http://www.thrilljockey.com/catalog/?id=100165 Thrill Jockey listing]