Prick (Melvins album)
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| Studio album by Melvins | ||||
| Released | August 5, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | April 1994 | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock, musique concrète | |||
| Length | 43:31 | |||
| Label | Amphetamine Reptile | |||
| Producer | Melvins | |||
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Prick is the sixth studio album by the Melvins, which was released in 1994 through Amphetamine Reptile Records. It has been said that because the Melvins already had a contract with Atlantic Records, Prick was released with the band name in mirror writing, although they really did it just because they wanted to.
The album displays a distinctly experimental quality, with an eclectic selection including field recordings, electronic effects and loops, band jam sessions, a stereotypical drum solo that segues into an archetypal heavy metal guitar solo, and a track that's introduced as "pure digital silence" -- followed by silence for a minute. Singer/guitarist Buzz Osborne has stated that Prick is "a total noise crap record we did strictly for the weirdness factor. Complete and utter nonsense, a total joke."
The band claimed that they wanted to call the album Kurt Kobain but changed it after Cobain's death to eliminate the possibility of people mistaking it for a tribute record. They implied that Cobain was actually the titular "prick", because he died and therefore forced them to change the album's name.
All songs written by The Melvins.
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