Troublegum
Occupation
- Andy Cairns - vocals, guitar
- Michael McKeegan - Bass
- Fyfe Ewing - drums
Troublegum is the second major label album by the Northern Irish band Therapy?. It was released by A & M Records on February 7, 1994. The album was the breakthrough for the band, it reached number five in the British charts.
Formation and style
The album was recorded in various studios English 1993: The song Screamager in February 1993 in the Black Barn Studios, he was published in March 1993 on the EP Short Sharp Hock, reaching this number nine in the British charts. On the EP Face the Strange came out in May of 1993, Turn, which was recorded in March 1993 in Livingstone Studios. The remaining recordings took place in the mid-1993 Chipping Norton Studios in Oxford and in two London studios. The songs were not unlike Nurse in jam sessions, but on the acoustic guitar, so the vocals pushed to the forefront. During recording, the band put in contrast to the previous album worth it, that the sound as "clean and clinically " is no longer, but Sheldon's production was differentiated in the end and metal rather similar. The song structures should be less complex. Although the band claimed to hear still industrial rock, but wanted to record at that time " melodic, song -oriented compositions". Andy Cairns said that there is not is a " pure bubblegum album like from the Sixties", but it would go in this direction. Since the texts were serious, the pun of the album title have with Trouble ( trouble, trouble ) is offered. Some guest musicians were involved in the song Unbeliever had about Page Hamilton of Helmet with. Eight singles were (including promotional publications) decoupled, including Joy Division Cover isolation.
To mark the 20 - year band anniversary, the band played in 2010, the album completely on some concerts.
Reception
Troublegum received good reviews. Andy Kellman of Allmusic.com called the plate a " landmark ". Kellman especially praised the songwriting. Although the songs are simple, but there is a great variety, no two songs sounded the same. He forgave four and a half stars out of five as well as the award for " AMG Album Pick". Screamager was compared in its importance for teenagers with Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. In Rock Hard Uwe " Buffo " Schnädelbach liked the catchy melodies with " catchy ". The album was a " brilliant tour through the extensive pool of rock music ." He forgave nine out of ten The album was the monthly " Richter scale " of the magazine in third place behind Prongs Cleansing and Hanging in the Balance by Metal Church. In 2005, the magazine Visions recorded the album at number 99 in its " 150 albums for eternity " on.