1 (Fischerspooner album)
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#1 is the first full length album by electroclash
duo Fischerspooner
released in 2001. The album originally received a limited run on International Deejay Gigolos Records, and contained "The 15th
", a cover of a Wire
song from their album 154
. #1 has been re-pressed several times with a different track listing. The title "Fucker" was also censored on subsequent releases, either as "!@*$%#", "*#!@¥¿", or "*#!@Y?".
"Sweetness", "L.A. Song" and "Megacolon", all from the re-issue were originally released together on an EP titled #1 Supplement that was discontinued in time for the first re-issue. A limited edition pressing from 2003 also included a DVD with several remixes, a documentary, as well as four videos—"Sweetness", "The 15th" and two versions of "Emerge".
"Emerge" was listed at #243 on Pitchfork Media
's Best songs of the 2000s.
releases that were test marketed in just two cities: Boston and Seattle. The DualDisc version of the album is rare. The DualDisc
has the standard album on one side, and bonus material on the second side. See DualDisc
for more information.
The DualDisc version was never reissued after the very limited test market run.
except where noted.
Electroclash
Electroclash is a style of music that fuses New Wave and electronic dance music. It emerged in New York and Detroit in the later 1990s, pioneered by acts including I-F and those associated with Gerald Donald, and is associated with acts including Peaches, Adult, and Fischerspooner...
duo Fischerspooner
Fischerspooner
Fischerspooner is an electroclash duo and performance troupe formed in 1998 in New York. The name is a portmanteau of the founders' last names, Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner...
released in 2001. The album originally received a limited run on International Deejay Gigolos Records, and contained "The 15th
The 15th
The 15th is a song from the 1979 album 154 by the English rock band Wire. It was written by Colin Newman.-Fischerspooner cover:Electroclash band Fischerspooner covered The 15th as the second single from their debut album #1.-Charts:...
", a cover of a Wire
Wire (band)
Wire are an English rock band, formed in London in October 1976 by Colin Newman , Graham Lewis , Bruce Gilbert , and Robert Gotobed...
song from their album 154
154 (album)
154 is the third album from the band Wire, released in 1979 on EMI imprint Harvest Records in the UK and Europe and Warner Bros. Records in America. It was first issued on CD in 1987 by EMI Japan and later reissued by Restless Records in 1989...
. #1 has been re-pressed several times with a different track listing. The title "Fucker" was also censored on subsequent releases, either as "!@*$%#", "*#!@¥¿", or "*#!@Y?".
"Sweetness", "L.A. Song" and "Megacolon", all from the re-issue were originally released together on an EP titled #1 Supplement that was discontinued in time for the first re-issue. A limited edition pressing from 2003 also included a DVD with several remixes, a documentary, as well as four videos—"Sweetness", "The 15th" and two versions of "Emerge".
"Emerge" was listed at #243 on Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...
's Best songs of the 2000s.
Test Marketed DualDisc version of the album
This album was included among a group of 15 DualDiscDualDisc
DualDisc was a type of double-sided optical disc product developed by a group of record companies including EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and 5.1 Entertainment Group and later under the aegis of the Recording Industry Association of America...
releases that were test marketed in just two cities: Boston and Seattle. The DualDisc version of the album is rare. The DualDisc
DualDisc
DualDisc was a type of double-sided optical disc product developed by a group of record companies including EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and 5.1 Entertainment Group and later under the aegis of the Recording Industry Association of America...
has the standard album on one side, and bonus material on the second side. See DualDisc
DualDisc
DualDisc was a type of double-sided optical disc product developed by a group of record companies including EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and 5.1 Entertainment Group and later under the aegis of the Recording Industry Association of America...
for more information.
The DualDisc version was never reissued after the very limited test market run.
Reception
Track listing
All tracks by FischerspoonerFischerspooner
Fischerspooner is an electroclash duo and performance troupe formed in 1998 in New York. The name is a portmanteau of the founders' last names, Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner...
except where noted.
Personnel
- Bruce – Wardrobe
- Jeffrey Deitch – Design
- Angela DiCarlo – Make-Up
- Brett Douglas – Photography
- Adam Dugas – Vocals, Photography, Dramaturgist
- Roe Ethridge – Photography
- Warren Fischer – Composer
- Fischerspooner – Producer
- Jeff Francis – Hair Stylist
- Agnieszka Gasparska – Photography, Web Design
- Chris Gehringer – Mastering
- Suzanne Geiss – Project Manager
- Gary Graham – Wardrobe
- Cindy Greene – Vocals, Singer
- Lady Y Von La Force – Vocals
- Mike Schmelling – Photography
- Jeremy Scott – Wardrobe
- Casey Spooner – Vocals, Lyricist
- Nicolas Vernhes – Producer
- Lizzy Yoder – Vocals, Singer
- Zaldy – Wardrobe