Stag (Melvins album)
1996 studio album by Melvins
Stag | ||||
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Studio album by Melvins | ||||
Released | July 15, 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1996 | |||
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Length | 50:56 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Melvins, GGGarth, Joe Barresi | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[5] |
NME | 2/10[6] |
Spin | 6/10[7] |
Stag is the eighth studio album by American rock band Melvins, released in 1996 through Atlantic Records. This is the final album the band released under Atlantic before being dropped from the label. Promotional singles were released for the songs "The Bit"[8] and "Bar-X the Rocking M"[9] with the latter having a music video.
Track listing
All lyrics by Buzz Osborne unless noted.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "The Bit" | Dale Crover | 4:45 | |
2. | "Hide" (instrumental) | Osborne | 0:50 | |
3. | "Bar-X the Rocking M" | Crover, Mark Deutrom, Osborne | 2:24 | |
4. | "Yacobs Lab" (instrumental) | Deutrom | 1:17 | |
5. | "The Bloat" | Osborne | 3:41 | |
6. | "Tipping the Lion" | Osborne | 3:48 | |
7. | "Black Bock" | Osborne | 2:43 | |
8. | "Goggles" | Crover, Deutrom, Osborne | 6:30 | |
9. | "Soup" (instrumental) | Crover, Deutrom, Osborne | 2:39 | |
10. | "Buck Owens" | Osborne | 3:11 | |
11. | "Sterilized" | Crover, Deutrom, Osborne | 3:30 | |
12. | "Lacrimosa" | Deutrom | Crover, Deutrom, Osborne | 4:40 |
13. | "Skin Horse" | Osborne | 5:16 | |
14. | "Captain Pungent" | Osborne | 2:21 | |
15. | "Berthas" | Osborne | 1:25 | |
16. | "Cottonmouth" | Crover | Crover | 1:56 |
Personnel
- King Buzzo – guitar & vocals; all instrumentation (2), backing vocals (7), moog (9), bass (11), drums (12), interlude guitar (13); engineer, producer & mixer (1–3 & 5–15)
- Mark D – bass; additional guitar (1, 3, 6, 7), all instrumentation (4), slide guitar (5), backing vocals (7), moog & drum beat (9), guitar (11, 12), vocals (12), interlude guitar, baritone guitar & piano (all 13); engineer, producer & mixer (1 & 3–15)
- Dale C – drums & percussion; additional guitar & sitar (1), bongos & backing vocals (7), moog (9), guitar (11), all instrumentation & vocals (16); engineer, producer & mixer (1, 3 & 5–16)
- with
- Dirty Walt – valve trombone (3)
- Mac Mann – organ & grand piano (3)
- Bill Bartell – guitar (11)
- Mackie Osborne – drums (12); illustration & design
Additional personnel
- GGGarth – engineer, producer & mixer (1, 3, 5–7, 9, 10, 13–15); backing vocals (7)
- Joe Barresi – engineer, producer & mixer (1, 3, 5–7, 9, 10, 13–15)
- Alex Newport – engineer, producer & mixer (8)[citation needed]
- Chris Kozlowski – engineer, producer & mixer (11)
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Ron Boustead – mastering
- David Lefkowitz – management & fan club
Charts
Album
Billboard (North America)
Year | Chart | Position |
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1996 | Heatseekers | 33 |
References
- ^ "The 10 essential alt-metal albums - Metal Hammer". Teamrock.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ Hill, Stephen (February 19, 2019). "10 essential alt-metal albums". Metal Hammer. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ Mallon, Tom (May 2002). "Melvins - Hostile Ambient Takeover". CMJ (101). ISSN 1074-6978.
- ^ "Stag - Melvins". AllMusic.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 271. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ Cox, Tom (July 27, 1996). "Melvins - Stag". NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ^ Michel, Sia (September 1996). "The Melvins - Stag / Biohazard - Mata Leão". Spin. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ^ "Melvins - The Bit". Discogs.com. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- ^ "Melvins - Bar-X-The Rocking M". Discogs.com. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
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