Ragin', Full On
Ragin, Full-On | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1986 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, art punk, funk rock | |||
Length | 33:44 | |||
Label | SST (079)[1] | |||
Producer | Ethan James | |||
FIREHOSE chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Robert Christgau | C+[3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [5] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Ragin', Full-On is the first album by American alternative rock band fIREHOSE.[7][8] It was released after the breakup of the influential punk rock band Minutemen due to the death of the guitarist D. Boon.[9] Like all fIREHOSE albums, Ragin', Full On is dedicated to Boon.[10]
Production[]
The band members wrote the songs in various songwriting combinations, some of which included Kira Roessler.[9]
Critical reception[]
Robert Christgau wrote that "this sound pretty good insofar as it postpunks like the old band and pretty bad insofar as it makes room for Crawford, a moderately hot guitarist whose vocal instincts are as sappy as his lyrics."[3] Trouser Press noted that "first note to last, there’s a prickly, intangible integrity to the band that the restless Boon would have admired."[11] The Rolling Stone Album Guide thought that the album "overcomes its generally spotty writing with impassioned playing."[6]
Track listing[]
- "Brave Captain" (Ed Crawford, Mike Watt)[2]
- "Under the Influence of Meat Puppets" (Kira Roessler, Watt)
- "It Matters" (Roessler, Watt)
- "Chemical Wire" (Watt)
- "Another Theory Shot to Shit" (Watt)
- "On Your Knees" (Crawford, George Hurley)
- "Locked In" (Rossler, Watt)
- "The Candle and the Flame" (Crawford, Watt)
- "Choose Any Memory" (Crawford)
- "Perfect Pairs" (Crawford, Roessler, Watt)
- "This..." (Crawford)
- "Caroms" (Crawford, Hurley)
- "Relatin' Dudes to Jazz" (Roessler, Watt)
- "Things Could Turn Around" (Roessler, Watt)
Personnel[]
- Ed Crawford - guitar, vocals
- Mike Watt - bass guitar, vocals
- George Hurley - drums
References[]
- ^ "fIREHOSE - Ragin' Full On - CD". SST Superstore.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Ragin', Full On at AllMusic
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Robert Christgau: CG: Firehose". www.robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 3: MUZE. p. 463.CS1 maint: location (link)
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 425.
- ^ Jump up to: a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 244.
- ^ Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9780760346488 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Mike Watt on What's Watt". exclaim.ca.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hillburn, Robert (February 7, 1987). "A Votive 'Ballot' For D. Boon". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
- ^ Buckley, Peter (February 14, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
- ^ "fIREHOSE". Trouser Press. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- 1986 debut albums
- Firehose (band) albums
- Albums produced by Spot (producer)
- SST Records albums
- 1980s punk rock album stubs