Instrument Soundtrack
Instrument Soundtrack is a 1999 album by American post-hardcore band Fugazi.
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| Soundtrack album by Fugazi | ||||
| Released | March 23, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 - 1997 | |||
| Genre | Post-hardcore, experimental rock, lo-fi, instrumental rock | |||
| Length | 45:37 | |||
| Label | Dischord | |||
| Producer | Fugazi | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Rolling Stone |  |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.0/10)[3] |
Background
It is a mainly instrumental soundtrack for the documentary (Instrument) about the band produced by the band and filmmaker Jem Cohen.
The soundtrack mostly consists of previously unreleased songs and studio outtakes culled from Fugazi's history to that point, as well as seven demo versions of songs from their proper albums (six from 1998's End Hits and one from 1993's In on the Kill Taker).
Of particular note is the song "I'm So Tired", a piano ballad played and sung by Ian MacKaye, which is a significant departure from Fugazi's usual post-hardcore sound.
"Shaken All Over" features the bassline of Johnny Kidd & the Pirates' "Shakin' All Over", as well as MacKaye briefly singing the chorus line with heavy dub echo.
The riff from "Lusty Scripps" was played in Fugazi's final live show, in the break between the main set and the encore.[4]
Covers
"I'm So Tired" has been covered by Gengahr,[5] Fog Lake,[6] Jennylee,[7] Ultimate Painting,[8] Laura Stevenson,[9] and Eddie Vedder.[10]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Notes | Length |
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| 1. | "Pink Frosty" | (demo) | 3:47 |
| 2. | "Lusty Scripps" | 3:42 | |
| 3. | "Arpeggiator" | (demo) | 2:54 |
| 4. | "Afterthought" | 1:28 | |
| 5. | "Trio's" | 2:15 | |
| 6. | "Turkish Disco" | (Features as part of "Number 5") | 2:34 |
| 7. | "Me and Thumbelina" | 0:45 | |
| 8. | "Floating Boy" | (demo) | 3:35 |
| 9. | "Link Track" | 1:26 | |
| 10. | "Little Debbie" | 1:49 | |
| 11. | "H.B." | 1:19 | |
| 12. | "I'm So Tired" | 1:59 | |
| 13. | "Rend It" | (demo) | 3:32 |
| 14. | "Closed Captioned" | (demo) | 5:50 |
| 15. | "Guilford Fall" | (demo) | 3:29 |
| 16. | "Swingset" | 1:37 | |
| 17. | "Shaken All Over" | 0:58 | |
| 18. | "Slo Crostic" | (Slow version of "Caustic Acrostic") | 2:41 |
Personnel
Fugazi
- Guy Picciotto - vocals, guitar, clarinet, drum machine, bass drum, bass, dehumidifier percussion, thumb piano
- Ian MacKaye - guitar, keyboards, bass, piano, vocals
- Joe Lally - bass
- Brendan Canty - drums, guitar, bass, melodica, vocals
References
- Modell, Josh. "allmusic ((( Instrument Soundtrack _ Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
- Brackett, Nathan. "Fugazi". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 315, cited March 17, 2010
- DiCrescenzo, Brent. "Instrument Soundtrack". pitchfork.com. April 1999, Retrieved on March 17, 2010.
- http://www.dischord.com/fugazi_live_series/london-england-110402
- Rhian Daly (March 6, 2020). "Warpaint's jennylee shares bewitching cover of Fugazi classic 'I'm So Tired'". NME. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
I love, admire and respect Fugazi with my whole heart… always have. The sentiment of ‘I’m so tired’ is deeply moving and extremely relatable. It was such a pleasure and a pleasant surprise I was able to pull this off. I hope I did it justice, it sure was FUN (and that’s the point of it all). Big love and kudos to Fugazi forever.