Auscultate
Studio album by
Salt
Released1995
GenreAlternative rock
LabelMVG
Island Records
Salt chronology
Bluster EP
(1995)		 Auscultate
(1995)		 Delay Me Down and Make Me Wah-Wah
(1997)

Auscultate is the debut album by the Swedish alternative rock band Salt.[1][2] Island Records released the album in the United States in 1996.[3]

The first single from the album was "Bluster", which was a modern rock radio hit.[4][5] The band supported the album by touring with Local H.[6]

Production

Singer Nina Ramsby wrote and sang in English, as she felt it was a more tuneful and more cryptic language.[1] All of the songs are about personal relationships.[7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
The Evening Post[9]
The Guardian[10]
Knoxville News Sentinel[11]
Los Angeles Times[12]
Pitchfork8.2/10[4]

Trouser Press wrote that Ramsby "is a controlled, forceful singer with no perceptible accent, a complicated persona (the sketchy lyrics say a lot) and emotion to burn."[13] Spin thought that "on 'Bluster', metal riffing pile-drives into flowing-pop choruses, while on 'So', doleful acoustic guitars buffet broken rhythms."[14] The Los Angeles Times deemed the album "jagged, volatile songs with just enough of an arty edge to add intrigue."[12] The Chicago Tribune opined that Salt "cobbles together skewed tunes with prickly, saw-toothed riffs, tuneful pop melodies and agitated power chords."[15]

The Knoxville News Sentinel determined that Salt "embodies the vitriol typical of progressive music's more contentious woman-led bands ... But Ramsby, backed by bassist Daniel Ewerman and drummer Jim Tegman, also reveals a subtlety not often heard from the likes of Hole."[11] The Evening Post called the band a "trio of brutal power and uncommon melodic ability," writing: "Driven hard by a muscle-packed rhythm section, the band tempers tough cred with some deft off-centre flourishes, most of them courtesy of Ramsby's slacker-goddess vocals and her gender-bending stiff-arm guitar playing."[9] The Guardian opined that "ringing choruses help a bit—the mantric repetition of 'You punish me as a boy' on 'Honour Me' is a beaut—but there's nothing here to distinguish them from the competition."[10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Impro" 
2."Honour Me" 
3."Beauty" 
4."God Damn Carneval" 
5."Obsession" 
6."Bluster" 
7."Lids" 
8."So" 
9."Witty" 
10."So I Ached" 
11."Flutter" 
12."Sense" 
13."Undressed" 

References

  1. 1 2 "Salt Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Considine, J.D. (29 Feb 1996). "There's nothing sugary abut Swedish Salt". The Baltimore Sun. Features. p. 8.
  3. ↑ Reighley, Kurt B. (Dec 1997). "Stockholm Monsters: The Swedish Pop Explosion". CMJ New Music Monthly (52): 20.
  4. 1 2 "Salt: Auscultate: Pitchfork Review". January 26, 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-01-26.
  5. ↑ Capozzi, Joe (22 Mar 1996). "Auscultate/Salt (Island)". The Palm Beach Post. TGIF. p. 15.
  6. ↑ Niesel, Jeff (February 15, 1996). "Swedish pedigree provides Salt with a deadly weapon". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Entertainment. p. 8.
  7. ↑ Bambarger, Bradley (Feb 24, 1996). "The modern age". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 8. p. 93.
  8. ↑ "Auscultate - Salt | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  9. 1 2 Chilton, Chris (30 May 1996). "Nordic salt of the earth stuff". The Evening Post. Features. p. 24.
  10. 1 2 "Music: This week's pop cd releases". The Guardian. 22 Mar 1996. p. T12.
  11. 1 2 Campbell, Chuck (1 Mar 1996). "SALT'S 'AUSCULTATE': SPICY, SODIUM FREE". Knoxville News Sentinel. p. T10.
  12. 1 2 Masuo, Sandy (7 Apr 1996). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times. Calendar. p. 67.
  13. ↑ "Salt". Trouser Press. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  14. ↑ Micallef, Ken (May 1996). "Odd Spice". Spin. 12 (2): 24.
  15. ↑ Reger, Rick (23 Feb 1996). "Salt". Chicago Tribune. Friday. p. T.
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