Ja, Zoo

Infobox Album
Name = Ja, Zoo
Type = Album
Artist = Hide with Spread Beaver


Released = November 21, 1998
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock
Length =
Label = Sony
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Psyence"
(1996)
This album = "Ja, Zoo
(1998)
Next album =

"Ja, Zoo" is a Hide album released on November 21, 1998. It was the first full-length record to be released under the Hide with Spread Beaver handle, after Hide had retitled his solo project to formally include his previous live band. It was completed without him, due to his death in May 1998.

His ultimate level of involvement in the finished product is not clear, Zilch bassist Paul Raven stating in an interview shortly after the tragedy: "He was under a lot of pressure to finish his solo record. He had three songs completed the day before he died, and now mysteriously a full album is coming out nine days before ours."cite web
last = Strauss
first = Neil
title = "The Pop Life: End of a Life, End of an Era"
work = nytimes.com
date = 1998-06-18
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00EFD7103DF93BA25755C0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
accessdate = 2008-03-29] The release of "Ja, Zoo" would eventually be postponed until November 1998; the Zilch debut album, "3.2.1.", was released on July 23, 1998.

Track listing

# "Spread Beaver"
# "Rocket Dive"
# "Leather Face"
# "Pink Spider"
# "Doubt '97 (Mixed Lemoned Jelly Mix)"
# "Fish Scratch Fever"
# "Ever Free"
# "Breeding"
# "Hurry Go Round"
# "Pink Cloud Assembly"

References