Umber (album)

Umber is the first full-length album by the American post-hardcore band Bitch Magnet. The band had added second guitarist David Gait since their previous year's release, the eight-song EP Star Booty. In 2004 Umber was listed in Mojo's "Lost Albums You Must Own".[1]

Umber
Studio album by Bitch Magnet
Released	September 15, 1989
Recorded	June 14 – 15, 1989
Studio	Waterfront Studios (Hoboken, New Jersey)
Genre	Post-hardcore, noise rock
Length	35:47
Label	Glitterhouse Records
Producer	Bitch Magnet, Mike McMackin
Bitch Magnet chronology
Star Booty (1988) Umber (1989) Ben Hur (1990)

Release and reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Uncut	[3]

Umber was first released in 1989 on LP by Glitterhouse Records with an all yellowish-umber colored cover with the band's name and album title set in a small bold font at its center. The record's 10 tracks were paired with the band's previous eight-song EP, Star Booty, and issued by Communion on cassette and CD that same year.

In 2011, Umber was remastered by Alan Douches and released in a box-set containing with the rest of the band's catalog.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Bitch Magnet

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Motor"	3:48
2.	"Navajo Ace"	2:33
3.	"Clay"	3:38
4.	"Joan of Arc"	2:35
5.	"Douglas Leader"	4:48
6.	"Goat-Legged Country God"	3:05
7.	"Big Pining"	3:17
8.	"Joyless Street"	2:17
9.	"Punch and Judy"	2:54
10.	"Americruiser"	6:52

The 2011 box-set also contains alternate versions "Motor", "Joan of Arc", "Big Pining", "Joyless Street" and "Punch and Judy".

Personnel

Bitch Magnet Orestes Delatorre – drums Jon Fine – guitar David Galt – guitar Sooyoung Park – bass guitar, vocals

Additional musicians and production Bitch Magnet – production Karan Filian – backing vocals on "Big Pining" Lou Gehrig – backing vocals on "Big Pining" Mike McMackin – production, recording

References

1. "Lost Albums You Must Own". Mojo. March 2004. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
2. Ankeny, Jason. "Umber". Allmusic. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
3. columnist (March 2012). "Bitch Magnet: Umber". Uncut. p. 81.
4. "Albums: Bitch Magnet". Temporary Residence Limited. Archived from the original on June 28, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2012.

External links

• Umber at Discogs (list of releases)