Jawbox (album)
Jawbox is the fourth album by Jawbox. The album was released by TAG Recordings, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. In the months following the album's release, the band was dropped from TAG and thus from Atlantic.
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| Released | July 2, 1996 December 12, 2006 (iTunes) | |||
| Recorded | December 1995–March 1996 | |||
| Studio | Water Studios (Hoboken, New Jersey) | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, post-punk, post-hardcore | |||
| Length | 47:46 | |||
| Label | Atlantic/TAG (1996); Desoto (LP/iTunes re-release) | |||
| Producer | John Agnello and Jawbox | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.6/10)[2] |
The album is much more commercial than its predecessor, For Your Own Special Sweetheart. Music videos were produced for the tracks "Mirrorful" and Tori Amos cover "Cornflake Girl", with the latter being a hidden track. The cover became a surprise (albeit minor) hit in the alternative and college radio scene, thus the video was filmed. The cover was omitted from the album's 2015 LP reissue. Along with those two tracks, promotional singles were also created for "Absenter" and "His Only Trade".
This would be Jawbox's final studio album before disbanding in 1997.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jawbox, except for "Cornflake Girl", written by Tori Amos.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Mirrorful" | 3:02 |
| 2. | "Livid" | 3:55 |
| 3. | "Iodine" | 3:35 |
| 4. | "His Only Trade" | 1:58 |
| 5. | "Chinese Fork Tie" | 2:29 |
| 6. | "Won't Come Off" | 2:46 |
| 7. | "Excandescent" | 4:25 |
| 8. | "Spoiler" | 2:28 |
| 9. | "Desert Sea" | 3:05 |
| 10. | "Empire of One" | 2:48 |
| 11. | "Mule/Stall" | 1:56 |
| 12. | "Nickle Nickle Millionaire" | 2:35 |
| 13. | "Capillary Life" | 3:22 |
| 14. | "Absenter" ("Absenter" ends at 3:10; the hidden track "Cornflake Girl" begins at 5:02) | 9:22 |
Personnel
All personnel as per allmusic and discogs.[3][4]
Jawbox
- J. Robbins - vocals, guitar, Hammond organ
- Bill Barbot - guitar, Hammond organ, saxophone, vocals
- Kim Coletta - bass, vocals
- Zach Barocas - drums
Production
- John Agnello - producer, engineer, mixing
- Wayne Dorrell, Juan Garcia, Jeff Gatens - assistant engineers
- Jason Farrell - cover art
References
- "Jawbox - Jawbox". Allmusic.
- "Jawbox: Jawbox". Pitchfork Media.
- "Jawbox - Jawbox | Credits". AllMusic.
- "Jawbox - Jawbox". Discogs.