Stag (Melvins album)
Stag is the eighth studio album by American rock band the 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"[6] and "Bar-X the Rocking M"[7] with the latter having a music video.
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| Released | July 15, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
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| Length | 50:56 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Melvins, GGGarth, Joe Barresi | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| NME | 2/10[4] |
| Spin | 6/10[5] |
Track listing
All words and music written by Buzz Osborne, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Bit" | Music: Dale Crover | 4:45 |
| 2. | "Hide" (instrumental) | 0:50 | |
| 3. | "Bar-X the Rocking M" | Music: Crover, Mark Deutrom, Osborne | 2:24 |
| 4. | "Yacobs Lab" (instrumental) | Music: Deutrom | 1:17 |
| 5. | "The Bloat" | 3:41 | |
| 6. | "Tipping the Lion" | 3:48 | |
| 7. | "Black Bock" | 2:43 | |
| 8. | "Goggle" | Music: Crover, Deutrom, Osborne | 6:30 |
| 9. | "Soup" (instrumental) | Music: Crover, Deutrom, Osborne | 2:39 |
| 10. | "Buck Owens" | 3:11 | |
| 11. | "Sterilized" | Music: Crover, Deutrom, Osborne | 3:30 |
| 12. | "Lacrimosa" | Words: Deutrom - Music: Crover, Deutrom, Osborne | 4:40 |
| 13. | "Skin Horse" | 5:16 | |
| 14. | "Captain Pungent" | 2:21 | |
| 15. | "Berthas" | 1:25 | |
| 16. | "Cottonmouth" | Words/Music: 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)
- Chris Kozlowski – engineer, producer & mixer (11)
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Ron Boustead – mastering
- David Lefkowitz – management & fan club
Charts
References
- "Archived copy". Teamrock.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Mallon, Tom (May 2002). "Melvins - Hostile Ambient Takeover". CMJ (101). ISSN 1074-6978.
- "Stag - Melvins". AllMusic.
- 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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