Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire

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Get off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire
Firewater Get Off the Cross.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 22, 1996 (1996-10-22)
RecordedRPM, NYC
GenreAlternative rock
Length42:03
LabelJetset
ProducerTod Ashley, Doug Henderson
Firewater chronology
Get off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire
(1996)
The Ponzi Scheme
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[1]
Alternative Press3/5 stars[2]

Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire is the debut studio album by Firewater, released on October 22, 1996 by Jetset Records. It is a marked difference in sound from Tod Ashley's previous work in Cop Shoot Cop.[3] In 2017, the album was re-issued on vinyl in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of its release by Checkered Past Records.[4]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Tod Ashley.

No.TitleLength
1."Some Strange Reaction"4:44
2."Bourbon and Division"3:23
3."Refinery"4:23
4."When I Burn This Place Down"3:01
5."The Circus"4:45
6."I Am the Rain"3:46
7."Balalaika"3:05
8."The Drunken Jew"2:06
9."Mr. Cardiac"3:38
10."Snake-eyes and Boxcars"3:04
11."One of Those"3:22
12."Hold On, Slow John"3:40

Personnel[]

Adapted from the Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire liner notes.[5]

Firewater

Additional musicians

Production

Release history[]

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1996 Jetset CD TWA04
2017 Checkered Past LP CPR 030

References[]

  1. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Firewater: Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  2. ^ columnist (December 1996). "Firewater: Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire". Alternative Press: 73.
  3. ^ Nichols, Amanda (2007). "Firewater". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  4. ^ bsradmin (May 9, 2017). "Firewater's Debut Album Get Off the Cross... to be Reissued on LP!". Checkered Past Records. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  5. ^ Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire (sleeve). Firewater. New York City: Jetset Records. 1996.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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