In Your Face (Fishbone album)
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| Studio album by Fishbone | ||||
| Released | November 30, 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 at Sunset Sound Factory in Hollywood, California; Ocean Way Recording in Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Ska punk, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 33:50 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | David Kahne | |||
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| Robert Christgau | B− |
In Your Face is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Fishbone, released on November 30, 1986. The record is the band's second major label release for Columbia Records following their self-titled EP from the previous year.
As would be characteristic of the band's music for their entire career, In Your Face contains a mix of ska, reggae, soul, punk and funk, but displayed very little influence in hard rock and heavy metal as the band would adopt in future records.
The cover art of the original vinyl LP was designed to give the illusion that no certain side of the record was the front, back, up or down of the record. This was achieved by placing a barcode on both sides of the record and by printing the band and record name on all four sides of every edge of the record sleeve. Instead of an ordered track listing the tracks were listed haphazardly between both sides with each song title printed in a different contradictory direction. Finally, each side showed three of the six band members also oriented at opposite angles from each other. When someone handling the record saw where the record jacket opened they may have realized the two most likely correct orientations for the album cover. However the illusion was impaired by the inclusion a parental advisory sticker on only one side of the record and the artwork of the CD version of the album which used the side with singer Angelo Moore on the cover and placed the entire track list on the opposite side.
The band toured in support of the album with Murphy's Law and headliners Beastie Boys on the Licensed to Ill tour in February and March 1987. A music video for the album's only single, "When Problems Arise," was directed by Gary Weis and Tony Basil and features the band performing with a group of hula dancers. CBS and Columbia Records placed a full page ad for the album on page five of the October 25, 1986 issue of Billboard.
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