Peter Buck (album)
Peter Buck is the debut solo album from Peter Buck.
Peter Buck | ||||
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Studio album by Peter Buck | ||||
Released | October 5, 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2012 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Mississippi | |||
Producer | Peter Buck | |||
Peter Buck chronology | ||||
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Recording and promotion
The album was initially announced by long-time collaborator Scott McCaughey in an interview with KIRO-FM on March 14, 2012, with an off-hand remark that Buck had been recording with no firm plans for a release.[1] The collaborators spent four days in the studio, recording and mixing.[2] On May 26, 2012, Buck performed with Joseph Arthur, playing the song "10 Million B.C." live and contributing vocals, which he had rarely done in his three decades with R.E.M.[3] An unfinished studio recording of the song was broadcast on WMFU's Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine by guest DJ Steve Wynn on June 14, 2012.[4] McCaughey e-mailed Seattle Weekly on August 14, 2012, to confirm that the album was being released on vinyl only through local label Mississippi Records with no firm release date.[5] Buck formed the group Richard M. Nixon to preview the material live alongside McCaughey's band Young Fresh Fellows.[6]
Track listing
All songs composed by Peter Buck
- Side one
- "10 Million BC" – 3:02
- "It's Alright"
- "Some Kind of Velvet Sunday Morning"
- "Travel Without Arriving"
- "Migraine"
- "Give Me Back My Wig"
- "Nothing Matters"
- Side two
- "So Long Johnny"
- "L.V.M.F."
- "Nothing Means Nothing"
- "Hard Old World"
- "Nowhere No Way"
- "Vaso Loco"
- "I'm Alive"
Personnel
- Peter Buck – guitar, piano, vocals
- Jenny Conlee – percussion
- Lenny Kaye – guitar
- Scott McCaughey – vocals, guitar
- Mike Mills – vocals, bass guitar
- Bill Rieflin – drums
- Corin Tucker – vocals
Release data
The track "L.V.M.F.", featuring the sampled voice of Sonny Boy Williamson, appears only on the first pressing of 2,000 copies due to licensing restrictions, and was omitted from the repress of the LP in 2013 – which has the track name blacked out on the back cover.
Critical reception
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References
- Michaels, Sean (2012-03-15). "REM's Peter Buck working on solo album". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
- Jackson, Josh (2012-09-18). "Peter Buck Announces Lineup for Todos Santos Music Festival, Solo Album Details". Paste. Wolfgang's Vault. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- King, Katie (2012-06-04). "Joseph Arthur Backs Peter Buck's Singing Debut". Paste. Wolfgang's Vault. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
- "Peter Buck's First Solo Track Surfaces Online". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media, LLC. 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
- Kornelis, Chris (2012-08-14). "Peter Buck's First Post-R.E.M. Solo Record as Richard M. Nixon Features Vocals From Mike Mills, Corin Tucker, and ... Peter Buck". Seattle Weekly. Village Voice Media. Archived from the original on 2012-08-16. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
- Grow, Kory (2012-08-23). "R.E.M.'s Peter Buck Plots Return With Richard M. Nixon, Solo LP". Spin. Buzzmedia. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- https://www.allmusic.com/album/peter-buck-mw0002431850