Band Name: Shudder To Think
Music Album: Funeral At The Movies & Ten Spot
Album Release Date: November 1991
Music Genre: Punk Rock Alternative Rock
Record Label: Dischord Records
Album Release Country: United States
Music Record Type: 18 Tracks CD
Shudder To Think are an indie rock band formed in Washington, DC, in 1986 by Craig Wedren (vocals, guitar), Mike Russell (drums), Stuart Hill (bass), and Chris Matthews (guitar). Although usually associated with DC's punk and emo scenes, Shudder To Think blended their punk influences with pop and glam. Also making the band stand out were Werden's theatrical vocals. The group released their first LP on Sammich Records in 1989 and then moved to Dischord Records for 3 LPs. After the release of 1992's "Get Your Goat", Russell and Matthews left the group and were replaced by Adam Wade (ex-Jawbox) and Nathan Larson (ex-Swiz), respectively. This line-up released a single on Dischord before making the jump to a major label, one of only 2 Dischord acts to ever do so. Their major label debut, "Pony Express Record" received critical acclaim and scored a minor hit with the song "X-French Tee Shirt" but the band failed to find big-time success with a mainstream audience and received backlash from hardcore independent rock fans for leaving Dischord. Things were further complicated as Werden spent the next few years battling Hodgkin's Disease. Sh (...)
| Funeral At The Movies | ||
| 1 | Chocolate | 3:08 |
| 2 | Lies About The Sky | 3:58 |
| 3 | Day Ditty | 1:55 |
| 4 | Crosstown Traffic | 2:26 |
| 5 | Red House | 3:32 |
| 6 | Funeral At The Movies | 3:14 |
| 7 | I Blew Away / Ride That Sexy Horse | 7:20 |
| Ten Spot | ||
| 8 | Heaven Here | 2:10 |
| 9 | Jade-Dust Eyes | 2:06 |
| 10 | Rag | 3:11 |
| 11 | About Three Dreams | 4:06 |
| 12 | Speak | 4:12 |
| 13 | Corner Of My Eye | 2:44 |
| 14 | Summertime Train | 3:21 |
| 15 | On The Rain | 3:15 |
| 16 | Vacation Brain | 3:47 |
| 17 | Yes | 1:49 |
| 18 | Tony Told Me | 3:00 |
The CD combines "Funeral At The Movies" (Dischord 54) and "Ten-Spot" (Dischord 46).
Track 1-7 recorded July 21, 1990 at Southern Studios, London.
Tracks 1 and 4-6 mixed at ENS, New York.
Tracks 2, 3 and 7 mixed at Black Pond Studios.
Tracks 8-18 recorded June/dec. 1989 at Black Pond Studios.
Made in France (booklet).
Made in England (rear cover).
©1990, 1991
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