Chomp (album)

Chomp is the second studio album by Athens, Georgia band Pylon, released in 1983.[8][9][10] It was re-released in 2009 via DFA Records.[11]

Chomp
Studio album by
Pylon
Released1983
Genre
LabelDB Records
Producer
Pylon chronology
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(1980)		 Chomp
(1983)		 Chain
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauA-[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Pitchfork7.7/10[5]
PopMatters8/10[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "more ambitious in scope" than the debut, writing that it "incorporates a psychedelic drone in spots."[1] The Stranger deemed Chomp an "essential [record] of angsty new wave and piquant post-punk."[11]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "K" – 4:33
  2. "Yo-Yo" – 4:14
  3. "Beep" – 3:24
  4. "Italian Movie Theme" – 2:00
  5. "Crazy" – 3:13
  6. "M-Train" – 3:46

Side B

  1. "Buzz" – 2:59
  2. "No Clocks" – 2:58
  3. "Reptiles" – 3:56
  4. "Spider" – 3:54
  5. "Gyrate" – 4:06
  6. "Altitude" – 3:19

Chomp More (2009 reissue – DFA – DFA2220CD)
  1. "K" – 4:33
  2. "Yo-Yo" – 4:14
  3. "Beep" – 3:24
  4. "Italian Movie Theme" – 2:00
  5. "Crazy" – 3:13
  6. "M-Train" – 3:46
  7. "Buzz" – 2:59
  8. "No Clocks" – 2:58
  9. "Reptiles" – 3:56
  10. "Spider" – 3:54
  11. "Gyrate" – 4:06
  12. "Altitude" – 3:19
  13. "Crazy" (Original) – 3:12
  14. "Yo-Yo" (Pylon Mix) – 5:53
  15. "Gyrate" (Pylon Mix) – 4:57
  16. "Four Minutes" – 6:04

Track 16 is the B-side of "Beep"/"Altitude" single.

Personnel
  • Michael Lachowski – bass
  • Curtis Crowe – drums
  • Randy Bewley – guitar
  • Vanessa Ellison – vocals
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References
  1. "Pylon". Trouser Press. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  2. AllMusic review
  3. "Robert Christgau: CG: Pylon". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 6: MUZE. p. 700.CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. "Pylon: Chomp More". Pitchfork.
  6. "Pylon: Chomp More". PopMatters. February 1, 2010.
  7. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 568.
  8. Brown, Rodger Lyle (July 28, 2016). "Party Out of Bounds: The B-52's, R.E.M., and the Kids who Rocked Athens, Georgia". University of Georgia Press – via Google Books.
  9. "Review: Pylon, 'Live'". Spin. July 20, 2016.
  10. Geurts, Jimmy. "Vanessa Briscoe Hay on Pylon history, R.E.M. and B-52's before playing Sarasota Film Festival". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
  11. "Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Moodily Melodic "Messenger" by New-Wave Luminaries Pylon Reenactment Society". The Stranger.
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