Clutch (Clutch album)
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| Studio album by Clutch | ||||
| Released | May 9, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | December 1994 - January 1995 | |||
| Studio | Uncle Punchy Studios, Silver Spring, MD | |||
| Genre | Stoner rock, punk rock, heavy metal, hardcore punk, funk metal | |||
| Length | 55:05 | |||
| Label | East West Records | |||
| Producer | Clutch and Larry Packer | |||
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Clutch is the (self titled) second full-length album by the band Clutch which was released in May 1995; the second and last for East West Records, a now defunct sub-label of Warner Bros. Records.
It saw the return of "Uncle Punchy" Lawrence Packer to the production of the album and a return to Uncle Punchy Studios in Silver Spring, MD. It is the band's best-selling album in the US, at over 200,000 copies, to date. The album gets regular live coverage still, with at least half the track list making their live performances on a regular basis, well over 20 years later.
This album captures the bands MO of trying out new styles and genres, with a definable mix of Funk Metal in the songs this time around. The album is considered when the band starting to evolve their Stoner Rock and Blues Rock skills. It does also keep with their already Punk / Metal credentials, with some heavy tracks on it. The album is considered a staple of the 1990s Stoner Rock genre. It is also an album with some of their more 'spacey' songs such as 'Big News' and 'Spacegrass'
All music and lyrics written by Clutch
The Japanese release of the album contains an extra track, "Apache", which was initially released on the radio only promotional EP 'Big News', along with a demo version of "Spacegrass", which has never been reissued to date. It would appear on the bootleg 'Clutch: Rarities and B-Side' some years latter.
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