Sebadoh III
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| Studio album by Sebadoh | ||
| Released | September 1991 | |
| Recorded | ? | |
| Genre | Indie rock | |
| Length | 60 min | |
| Label | Homestead Records | |
| Producer(s) | Sean Slade | |
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| Sebadoh chronology | ||
| Weed Forestin' (1990) |
III (1991) |
Sebadoh Vs Helmet (1992) |
III (or Sebadoh III) is the third album by Amherst, Massachusetts indie rock group Sebadoh, released in 1991. Most of the recording was done using a 4-track, which gives the the album a characteristic lo-fi sound. The album was reissued in 2006 by Domino Records, complete with a second CD of extra material.
[edit] Track listing
- "The Freed Pig"
- "Sickles and Hammers"
- "Total Peace"
- "Violet Execution"
- "Scars, Four Eyes"
- "Truly Great Thing"
- "Kath"
- "Perverted World"
- "Wonderful, Wonderful"
- "Limb by Limb"
- "Smoke a Bowl"
- "Black-Haired Girl"
- "Hoppin' Up and Down"
- "Supernatural Force"
- "Rockstar"
- "Downmind"
- "Renaissance Man"
- "God Told Me"
- "Holy Picture"
- "Hassle"
- "No Different"
- "Spoiled"
- "As the World Dies, the Eyes of God Grow Bigger"
The final track is characterized by antiphonal dialogue between the hard-left and hard-right stereo channels, with the turn-taking gradually dissolving into a simultaneous heterophonic cacophony. This process is aided by the structure of the song, which broadly alternates 'peaceful' and 'psychotic' material. The length of the segments decreases steadily across the arrangement but inconsistently in the left and right pans, causing the left/right antiphony to decay and eventually merge. When the merging has completed beyond any obvious trace, the structure completely unifies into "pure" noise-music and finally breaks down into a vengeful rant. It's one of the most advanced pieces of studio experimentation in the early 90s art-rock movement and says a good deal about the true meaning of the "lo-fi" tag, which has often mistakenly been taken to signify ineptness.
[edit] Extra disc (2006 reissue)
- "Gimme Indie Rock"
- "Ride the Darker Wave"
- "Red Riding Good"
- "New King"
- "Calling Yog Soggoth"
- "Stored Up Wonder (supernatural force)"
- "Melting Wall (holy picture)"
- "Design"
- "Attention"
- "Stars For Eyes"
- "Unseen Waste"
- "Violet Execution (remix '04)"
- "As the World Turns"
- "Cranberry Bog"
- "The Devil's Reggae"
- "The Freed Pig (4-track)"
- "Never Jealous"
- "Showtape '91"
The reissue has 2 CDs of content, and includes "The Making of Sebadoh III" liner notes written by Eric, Lou and Jason.
