At Action Park is the first full length record by Shellac

Shellac (band)

Shellac is an American group composed of Steve Albini , Bob Weston and Todd Trainer...

, released in 1994. Contrary to popular belief, the title has nothing to do with the infamous New Jersey theme park, Action Park

Action Park

Action Park was an amusement park, open from 1978 to 1996 in Vernon Township, New Jersey at the former Vernon Valley / Great Gorge ski area, now known as Mountain Creek....

, which closed in 1996 due to numerous fatalities. Drummer, Todd Trainer, came up with the title of the fictional park because it sounded cool.

Packaging

The release came in a folded and hand-pressed sleeve which is referred as uni-pak style album jacket. The inner sleeve shows artwork with four microphones, the record sleeve shows an illustration of the fictional Action Park on one side, and a lengthy medical text Resuscitation from apparent death by electric shock on the other side (the text was found in an old electronics textbook of Weston's). The Vinyl had inscriptions in the run-out groove of both sides, reading: "Smoking is as natural as breathing. They've been doing it since before I was born... ... which is a shame, because I could have invented it. - Todd Stanford Trainer 1994"

Track listing

1. "My Black Ass"
2. "Pull the Cup"
3. "The Admiral"
4. "Crow"
5. "Song of the Minerals"
6. "A Minute"
7. "The Idea of North"
8. "Dog and Pony Show"
9. "Boche's Dick"
10. "Il Porno Star"

Credits

Personnel:

• Steve Albini
  Steve Albini
  Steven Frank Albini is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman, and Flour, and is currently a member of Shellac...
  
   - velocity (guitar/vocals)
• Robert S. Weston IV
  Bob Weston
  Bob Weston is an American musician, producer, recording engineer, and record mastering engineer. Critic Jason Ankeny declares that "Weston's name and fingerprints are all over the American underground rock of the post-punk era, producing and engineering dates for a seemingly endless number of...
  
   - mass (bass/vocals)
• Todd Trainer
  Todd Trainer
  Todd Stanford Trainer is the drummer for the band Shellac. He also performs as a solo artist under the name Brick Layer Cake. He previously played drums for the bands Breaking Circus and Rifle Sport, and he played drums with Scout Niblett in 2005....
  
   - time (drums)

Staff:

• John Loder - driver
• Iain Burgess
  Iain Burgess
  Iain Burgess was a British record producer and audio engineer. He helped define the sound of the Chicago post-punk music scene in the 1980s and early '90s, working with a number of key underground bands, including Big Black, Naked Raygun, The Effigies, Get Smart!, Ministry, Bloodsport, Pegboy,...
  
  - chef
• Peter Diemel - coffee
• Corey Rusk - pyrotechnics