Rehab Doll

Infobox Album |
Name = Rehab Doll
Type = Album
Artist = Green River


Released = June 1988
Recorded = August 1987 – January 1988 at Reciprocal Recording and Steve Lawson Studios, Seattle, Washington
Length = 31:38
Label = Sub Pop
Producer = Bruce Calder, Jack Endino
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:lgfe4jo70wae link]

"Rehab Doll" is the only full-length album by the American rock band Green River. It was released in June 1988 through Sub Pop Records.

Overview

Almost immediately following the release of "Dry As a Bone", the group re-entered the studio in August 1987 to begin production on its first full-length album, "Rehab Doll". The band initially started work on the album with producer Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle, Washington, however the band switched to producer Bruce Calder and changed its recording location to Steve Lawson Studios in Seattle. Band in-fighting, though, took center stage over the music. A stylistic division developed between bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard on one side, and frontman Mark Arm on the other. [Azerrad, Michael. "Our Band Could Be Your Life". Little Brown and Company, 2001. ISBN 0-316-78753-1, pg. 422] Ament and Gossard wanted to pursue a major-label deal, while Arm wanted to remain independent, viewing the duo as being too careerist. On October 31, 1987, Ament, Gossard and guitarist Bruce Fairweather stated their desire to quit the band.

Although the band members agreed to complete production of "Rehab Doll" during the next three months, Green River had by late October 1987 ceased as a band. The recording sessions for the album were completed in January 1988. The song "Swallow My Pride" originally appeared on the band's debut EP, "Come on Down", and the song "Together We'll Never" was previously released as a single through Tasque Force Records in 1986. Both songs were re-recorded for this album. "Rehab Doll" also contains a cover of the David Bowie song "Queen Bitch". The album was released in June 1988 on Sub Pop Records. Ned Raggett of Allmusic called it "a record that sounded caught somewhere between grunge mania and metal/corp rock folly." [Ned Raggett. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:lgfe4jo70wae "Rehab Doll"] . Allmusic.] It was reissued in 1990 as part of the "Rehab Doll/Dry As a Bone" compilation.

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Arm, Bruce Fairweather, Stone Gossard, and Alex Vincent, except where noted:
# "Forever Means" – 4:20
# "Rehab Doll" (Arm, Paul Solger) – 3:23
# "Swallow My Pride" (Arm, Steve Turner) – 2:59
# "Together We'll Never" – 4:01
# "Smilin' and Dyin'" – 3:23
# "Porkfist" – 3:13
# "Take a Dive" – 3:28
# "One More Stitch" – 3:53
# "Queen Bitch" (David Bowie) – 2:58
#*"Queen Bitch" appears on the album's cassette format only.

Personnel

*Mark Arm – vocals
*Stone Gossard – guitar
*Bruce Fairweather - guitar
*Jeff Ament – bass
*Alex Vincent – drums
*Jack Endino, Bruce Calder – production

References