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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelTouch & Go
EAN0036172106448
eBay Product ID (ePID)27056109898
Product Key Features
Release Year2014
FormatRecord
Era1990s
FeaturesStudio Recording
GenrePop, Alternative, Rock
TypeAlbum
StyleExperimental Rock, Post-Rock, American Underground
ArtistSlint
Release TitleSpiderland
Additional Product Features
DistributionCargo
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Additional InformationStriking second (and final) album from this Louisville band became an influential touchstone of the post-rock movement.
ReviewsRanked #69 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s.", Ranked #22 in The NME "Top 30 Heartbreak Albums" - "...A harrowing document of barely-imaginable remorse...", Rated #61 in AP's list of the `Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...zen scientists with a yen for synthesizing the best jazz and noise rock...reinvented rock-song structure and rejuvinated the concept of dynamics....No less an authority than Steve Albini called this album a landmark and that may be the truest statement he's ever uttered.", "Innovation and an Air of Menace Continue to Make Spiderland an Authentically Disconcerting Listen.", "Featuring the band's characteristic quiet/loud/quiet sonic conceit. As stylistic signifiers go...it's a nifty trick, one Slint deploys in ways that are hypnotic...", "The sound of hardcore types like Big Black slowed down to a snail's pace....the architects of the quiet/loud/quiet dynamic..."