Taint Pluribus Taint Unum

Taint Pluribus Taint Unum is the debut studio album by the Minneapolis-based noise rock band Cows, released in 1987 through Treehouse Records.[2]

Taint Pluribus Taint Unum
Studio album by
Cows
Released1987 (1987)
RecordedJune – July 1987 (1987-07) in Minneapolis
GenreNoise rock, post-hardcore, punk blues
Length35:00
LabelTreehouse
ProducerBrian Paulson
Cows chronology
Taint Pluribus Taint Unum
(1987)		 Daddy Has a Tail!
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Music

The first track on the album, "Koyaanisqatsi," is a cover of the intro piece from the 1982 film of the same name.

Release and reception

The record was released for a limited time on vinyl and has since gone out of print. Unlike its successors, no songs from Taint Pluribus Taint Unum appeared on the Old Gold 1989–1991 compilation.

AllMusic staff writer John Dougan gave the album four and a half out of five stars, calling it "the Cows at their most impenetrable and noisy" and that "fans of Japanese noise acts like The Boredoms and some of John Zorn's more extreme jazzcore outfits might think this is pretty cool."[1]

Alternative Rock wrote: "Tragically badly recorded though it is, the screaming, grinding, honking mess which occasionally pulls itself into something like music sounds great at 3 in the morning."[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Cows, except "Koyaanisqatsi" by Philip Glass.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Koyaanisqatsi"2:53
2."Cow Jazz/Car Chase"3:40
3."Sieve"2:15
4."On Plasma Pond"2:17
5."Yellowbelly"3:45
6."Redhouse"2:35
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Carnival Ride"2:36
2."The Pictorial"2:24
3."Tourist"3:06
4."Summertime Bone"2:16
5."Mother (I Love That Bitch)"1:43
6."Weird Kitchen"6:00

Personnel

Adapted from the Taint Pluribus Taint Unum liner notes.[4]

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1987 Treehouse LP TR 007

References

  1. Dougan, John. "Cows: Taint Pluribus Taint Unum > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  2. Edgerton, Robin; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Cows". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  3. Thompson, Dave (June 19, 2000). "Alternative Rock". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
  4. Taint Pluribus Taint Unum (sleeve). Cows. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Treehouse Records. 1987.CS1 maint: others (link)
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