Wet from Birth

Wet from Birth is the fourth studio album by the American band The Faint, released on September 14, 2004.

Wet from Birth
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2004
RecordedPresto! Recording Studios, The Orifice
Length34:24
LabelSaddle Creek
ProducerMike Mogis, The Faint
The Faint chronology
Danse Macabre Remixes
(2003)
Wet from Birth
(2004)
Fasciinatiion
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork Media5.5/10[3]
Playlouder[4]
PopMatters(favorable)[5]
Stylus MagazineB-[6]

The U.S. release uses HDCD encoding, but the package is not labeled as HDCD. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Desperate Guys"3:06
2."How Could I Forget?"3:17
3."I Disappear"4:07
4."Southern Belles in London Sing"3:31
5."Erection"2:45
6."Paranoiattack"4:16
7."Dropkick the Punks"2:28
8."Phone Call"4:03
9."Symptom Finger"3:27
10."Birth"3:17
  • The instrumental bridge from "How Could I Forget?" is used during a chase scene in the pilot episode of the short-lived NBC drama, The Black Donnellys.
  • The song "I Disappear" is featured in the video games SSX On Tour and Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.
  • The song "Birth" is featured in the part of Steve Berra, in the skateboarding video Skate More, by DVS.
  • The violin solo at the beginning of "Desperate Guys" is the introduction to Niccolò Paganini's Caprice No. 5.
  • Desperate Guys was also featured in the 2012 Rock & Republic commercial.
  • The song "Dropkick the Punks" appears in EA's 2007 racing game Need for Speed: ProStreet.
  • The song "Symptom Finger" appears in Billabong's 'Still Filthy' film.
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