Saliva (album)
Saliva is the debut studio album by American nu-metal band Saliva. The album was recorded in the summer of 1997 at Rockingchair Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee with producers Bill Pappas and Mark Yoshida, along with Saliva co-producing. The CD was released through executive producer Mark Yoshida's own independent record label, Rockingchair Records on August 26, 1997. The original album release's artwork features a big "S" with the word "Saliva" in a white font over a black background. This was designed by graphic artist Brandon Seavers at multi-media studio Audio MasterWorks. The original version of this album is said to have sold in excess of 10,000 copies in two years, making it the best-selling release from Rockingchair Records.
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| Released | August 26, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Studio | Rockingchair Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee | |||
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| Length | 54:46 | |||
| Label | Original: Rockingchair Records Re-Release: Rockingchair Records, Diamond Productions | |||
| Producer | Bill Pappas, Mark Yoshida, Saliva | |||
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Re-Issue (2003)
Following the major record label success of the band, after the release of Every Six Seconds (2001) and Back Into Your System (2002), Rockingchair Records made a manufacturing and distribution deal with Diamond Productions and RED Distribution imprint RUMM (RED Urban Music Marketing). The re-issue came out in 2003 with identical audio content but featured updated artwork. The front cover was completely redesigned and features a woman's face with her eyes closed, playing off the artwork of Every Six Seconds. The CD face was also altered from an all-black background on the original to a crackled texture on the re-issue. The booklet and back cover remained mostly identical with few exceptions; a different font was used for the text, the alignment was improved, the contact information was changed and there is a slight color shade difference: while the original issue had a more blue-ish gray tone, the re-issue has a more green-ish gray tone. The re-issue version's artwork was also designed and updated by Brandon Seavers, who had by this time bought out the multi-media company Audio MasterWorks with Mark Yoshida and renamed it AudioGraphic MasterWorks.
Appearances
Three of the songs originally recorded for Saliva's debut full-length were later re-tracked with producer [Bob Marlette] and mixed by John Goodmanson and Steve Thompson as part of the band's major record label Island Records debut Every Six Seconds in 2000. The three songs were Beg, Greater Than Less Than and 800. Beg and Greater Than Less Than appeared on Every Six Seconds, however 800 was cut from the album and kept as a b-side. It was only in 2002 that the song was finally released on the soundtrack of the film Resident Evil.
The song Pin Cushion was taken from this album and appeared on the soundtrack of the 2000 Canadian werewolf horror film Ginger Snaps.
At the time of its release (2010), it was the only Saliva album not to have a song included on the greatest hits compilation Moving Forward in Reverse: Greatest Hits.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Beg" | 3:35 |
| 2. | "Sink" | 4:00 |
| 3. | "Call It Something" | 4:12 |
| 4. | "Spitshine" | 3:01 |
| 5. | "Greater Than Less Than" | 3:46 |
| 6. | "Cellophane" | 3:52 |
| 7. | "Tongue" | 4:20 |
| 8. | "Pin Cushion" | 4:49 |
| 9. | "Sand Castle" | 5:08 |
| 10. | "Groovy" | 4:05 |
| 11. | "I Want It" | 3:19 |
| 12. | "Suffocate" | 4:50 |
| 13. | "800" | 5:49 |
| Total length: | 54:46 | |
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
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