Cop and Speeder | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 20 September 1994 | |||
Recorded | MusicCraft; City Lights; Whitehorse Studios | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, indie rock | |||
Length | 43:38 | |||
Label | Frontier[1] | |||
Producer | Heatmiser Thee Slayer Hippy[2] | |||
Heatmiser chronology | ||||
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Cop and Speeder is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Heatmiser, released in 1994 by record label Frontier.[3][4]
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [6] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [7] |
Like its predecessor, Cop and Speeder received generally mixed reviews from critics.
Trouser Press wrote, "Heatmiser attains a powerful sense of mood on Cop and Speeder [...] Thanks to improved songwriting, the album finds the band beginning to emerge from its flat monochrome tones."[8]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Disappearing Ink" | Neil Gust | 2:25 |
2. | "Bastard John" | Elliott Smith | 2:56 |
3. | "Flame!" | Smith | 2:47 |
4. | "Temper" | Smith | 3:32 |
5. | "Why Did I Decide to Stay?" | Gust | 3:01 |
6. | "Collect to NYC" | Smith | 2:54 |
7. | "Hitting on the Waiter" | Gust | 1:54 |
8. | "Busted Lip" | Smith | 3:50 |
9. | "Antonio Carlos Jobim" | Smith | 3:10 |
10. | "It's Not a Prop" | Gust | 3:36 |
11. | "Something to Lose" | Smith | 4:10 |
12. | "Sleeping Pill" | Gust | 3:07 |
13. | "Trap Door" | Gust | 3:21 |
14. | "Nightcap" | Smith, Garrick Duckler | 2:55 |
Personnel
- Heatmiser
- Neil Gust – vocals, guitar, production, packaging, sleeve photography
- Tony Lash – drums, production, engineering, mixing, mastering
- Brandt Peterson – bass guitar
- Elliott Smith – vocals, guitar, production, sleeve photography
- Technical
- Bob Stark – additional engineering
- Peter Gries – additional engineering
- Kevin Nettleingham – additional engineering
- Steve "Thee Slayer Hippy" Hanford – co-production
- John Golden – mastering
- J.J. Gonson – sleeve photography
- Kelly O'Mara – sleeve photography
- Peter Hawkinson – technical assistance
References
- ↑ "Cop & Speeder, by Heatmiser". Heatmiser.
- ↑ "R.I.P. Poison Idea's Steve "Thee Slayer Hippy" Hanford". exclaim.ca.
- ↑ "Heatmiser | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ↑ Nugent, Benjamin (27 April 2009). Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing. Hachette Books. ISBN 9780786738106.
- ↑ Abebe, Nitsuh. "Cop and Speeder – Heatmiser | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 215.
- ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1037.
- ↑ "Heatmiser".
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