Silver Sail

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Silver Sail
Silver Sail.jpg
Studio album by
Wipers
ReleasedNovember 16, 1993
RecordedAt Zeno Studios, Phoenix, Arizona
GenrePunk rock
Length38:26
LabelTim/Kerr[1]
ProducerGreg Sage[2]
Wipers chronology
The Circle
(1988) 		Silver Sail
(1993) 		The Herd
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[4]
The Great Alternative & Indie Discography6/10[5]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide4/5 stars[2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide4/10[6]

Silver Sail is the seventh studio album by punk rock band Wipers, released in 1993.[4] After disbanding Wipers in 1989 and releasing a 1991 solo album, Sacrifice (For Love), Sage decided to release a new album under the Wipers name.

Production[]

The album was written, produced and recorded by Sage at his Zeno Studios in Phoenix, Arizona. Steve Plouf returned to play drums.[6]

Critical reception[]

Trouser Press wrote: "A more deliberate pace allows Sage’s virtuoso playing extra opportunity to bob and weave, float and tickle, tease and torment; he introduces hints of quiet surf music, spaghetti westerns and other lonely, timeless sounds."[1] The Rough Guide to Rock deemed the album "a return to The Circle's jazzy style of neo-psychedelic thrash."[7] Rolling Stone wrote that Sage emphasizes "deep-pool echo and a punky, rainy-day melancholy that gives new meaning to the term power ballad."[8]

Track listing[]

All songs written by Greg Sage.

  1. "Y I Came" - 2:40
  2. "Back to the Basics" - 3:39
  3. "Warning" - 4:05
  4. "Mars" - 2:35
  5. "Prisoner" - 5:56
  6. "Standing There" - 3:13
  7. "Sign of the Times" - 3:16
  8. "Line" - 3:15
  9. "On a Roll" - 3:22
  10. "Never Win" - 2:16
  11. "Silver Sail" - 4:05

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "TrouserPress.com :: Wipers". www.trouserpress.com.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1239.
  3. ^ "Silver Sail - Wipers | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 8: MUZE. p. 735.CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. ^ Strong, M. C. (Martin Charles) (April 24, 1999). "The great alternative & indie discography". Edinburgh : Canongate – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 435.
  7. ^ "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides. March 1, 2003 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "On the edge". Rolling Stone (676): 57. Feb 24, 1994.
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