- Beaster
Infobox Album |
Name = Beaster
Type = EP
Artist = Sugar
Released =April 6 ,1993
Recorded = ?
Genre = Rock
Length = 30:51
Label =Rykodisc
Producer =Bob Mould ,Lou Giordano
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pxex975jkr0t link]
Last album = "Copper Blue "
(1992)
This album = "Beaster"
(1993)
Next album = ""
(1994)
Misc ="Beaster" was Sugar's 1993 EP. The songs were recorded at the same time as the band's acclaimed first album,
Copper Blue , however, it has a much denser, heavier sound than that record. The EP is a loosely conceptual work built around dark religious imagery."JC Auto" is short for "Jesus Christ Autobiography." The Judas Cradle, also known as the
Judas Chair , was a torture device allegedly used by theSpanish Inquisition .Track listing
# "Come Around" – 4:52
# "Tilted" – 4:08
# "Judas Cradle" – 6:15
# "JC Auto" – 6:13
# "Feeling Better" – 6:22
# "Walking Away" – 3:00Credits
All songs written by Bob Mould and published by Granary Music (BMI)
Administered by Bug Music
Copyright (C) 1993 Granary Music
Bob Mould: Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion
David Barbe: Bass
Malcolm Travis: Drums, Percussion
Produced & engineered by Bob Mould and Lou Giordano
Recorded at The Outpost, Stoughton, MA
Mixed at Carriage House, Stamford, CT
Mix assistant: Tom Bender
Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk, New York
Art direction: Bob Mould/Kevin O'Neill
Photography: Sandra-Lee Phipps & Russell Kaye
Management: Bob Mould/Kevin O'Neill - Granary Music
Legal: Joseph L. Grier - Prior, Cashman, Sherman & Flynn
Booking: Frank Riley - Peninsula Artists (North America), Paul Roswell - The Agency (ROW)
Quotes
"I'm sure some people are going to perceive this as some sort of step backwards from the previous album. Some people will say it's self-indulgent. Almost anything short of community service usually is. People who have seen the band live will know this is not the case. This is the other side of Sugar that some people haven't seen yet, a style that we really enjoy. The presentation of the material is very demanding, very open to extrapolation, very fresh to us. You can make whatever you want out of it, that's what music is supposed to be about. Sometimes the experience of making music, or listening to music, shouldn't be overanalyzed and dissected. To me, that's what this piece of work is about." - Bob Mould
External links
* [http://www.granarymusic.com/archive/last-dog-and-pony-show/discography/sugar/beaster.html Granary Music] Bob Mould's thoughts on the making of "Beaster"
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