Comfort (Failure album)
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Released | September 11, 1992 | |||
Recorded | June 1992 | |||
Studio | Pachyderm (Cannon Falls, Minnesota) | |||
Genre | Alternative metal[1] | |||
Length | 37:21 | |||
Label | Slash | |||
Producer | Failure, Steve Albini | |||
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Singles from Comfort | ||||
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Comfort is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Failure.[2] It was released in the United States on September 11, 1992,[3] and internationally in February 1993.[4] A version newly-remixed by Ken Andrews was released in 2020 as part of a box set containing Failure's first three albums.[5]
Critical reception
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Billboard wrote that "slow and medium-tempo songs mate drones to screeching guitar work that could make it with grunge-loving modern rockers."[10] Trouser Press gave the album a mixed review, writing that "like most premature debuts, Comfort captures Failure, a young trio, learning how to make cool sounds together without benefit of worthwhile songs or an established personality."[11]
The Chicago Tribune noted that "even when the guitars are turned up to 11, production and arrangements on Comfort have a rather polite surgical precision and clarity."[7] The Orlando Sentinel called Failure "an engrossing three-piece variant on the melody-meets-mayhem theme."[9]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Ken Andrews
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Submission" | 3:23 |
2. | "Macaque" | 4:59 |
3. | "Something" | 2:53 |
4. | "Screen Man" | 6:15 |
5. | "Swallow" | 2:31 |
6. | "Muffled Snaps" | 3:55 |
7. | "Kindred" | 2:21 |
8. | "Pro-Catastrophe" | 3:09 |
9. | "Princess" | 1:21 |
10. | "Salt Wound" | 6:34 |
Total length: | 37:21 |
Personnel
[edit]Failure
- Ken Andrews – vocals, guitar
- Greg Edwards – bass
- Robert Gauss – drums
Technical
- Steve Albini – production[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Harvilla, Rob (November 4, 2013). "Exclusive: Failure Announce L.A. Reunion Show, Threaten More". Spin. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ^ Chelin, Pamela (February 14, 2014). "Failure Shake Off 16 Years of Rust With Ease at L.A. Reunion Gig". Spin.
- ^ Anon. (September 9, 1992). "Season Ticket: Recordings". Detroit Free Press (Season Ticket). p. 8 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Morris, Chris (December 19, 1992). "Artist Developments" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 104, no. 51. p. 16 – via worldradiohistory.com.
- ^ a b Kreps, Daniel (December 16, 2019). "Failure Celebrate First Three Albums With Live Residencies, Box Set". Rolling Stone.
- ^ Jeffries, Vincent. "Comfort - Failure". AllMusic.
- ^ a b Rothschild, David (19 Nov 1992). "Rave recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
- ^ Mörat (March 20, 1993). "Rekordz". Kerrang!. No. 435. EMAP. p. 21.
- ^ a b Gettelman, Parry (4 Dec 1992). "Failure, Comfort". Orlando Sentinel. Calendar. p. 6.
- ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. October 17, 1992. p. 57 – via Google Books.
- ^ Robbins, Ira. "Failure". Trouser Press. Retrieved 1 August 2020.