Shot is an album by the band The Jesus Lizard

The Jesus Lizard

The Jesus Lizard was an American alternative rock and noise rock band formed in 1987 in Austin, Texas. They were "a leading noise rock band in the American independent underground…[who] turned out a series of independent records filled with scathing, disembowelling, guitar-driven pseudo-industrial...

, its first release on Capitol Records

Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

. Impressed by his work on the album "Houdini" by the Melvins, the band hired producer GGGarth

Garth Richardson

Garth "GGGarth" Richardson is a Canadian music producer and engineer. He is the son of renowned Canadian music producer Jack Richardson . Jack was a pioneer of the music recording industry in the 60's and 70's...

 to record "Shot

Shot (album)

Shot is an album by the band The Jesus Lizard, its first release on Capitol Records. Impressed by his work on the album "Houdini" by the Melvins, the band hired producer GGGarth to record "Shot". Of note on this album is the very different production of David Yow's vocals, which are now much...

". Of note on this album is the very different production of David Yow

David Yow

David Yow is an American musician born in Las Vegas, Nevada and best known as the vocalist for the noise rock bands Scratch Acid and The Jesus Lizard.-Biography:...

's vocals, which are now much clearer and higher in the mix than on previous recordings. Bassist David Wm. Sims

David Wm. Sims

David William Sims is an American musician, best known as the bass guitarist of the bands Scratch Acid , Rapeman, and the Jesus Lizard. In addition, he has recorded or performed with Sparklehorse, Rhys Chatham, Shivaree, Pigface, Flour, and others...

 has cited this as his favorite record by the Jesus Lizard.

This is the first studio album by the a band that was not produced by 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...

. It has been widely held that Steve Albini refused to work with the band because they had signed to a major label, although Albini himself denied this in comments made to a review of the 2009 reissue of the Touch and Go

Touch and Go Records

Touch and Go Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, USA.After its genesis as a hand-made fanzine in 1979, it grew into one of the key record labels in the American 1980s alternative and underground rock scenes, Touch & Go carved out a reputation for releasing adventurous...

 catalog that appears on the Paste Magazine web site.

Track listing

All songs written by The Jesus Lizard.

1. "Thumper" - 3:31
2. "Blue Shot" - 4:13
3. "Thumbscrews" - 3:10
4. "Good Riddance" - 3:15
5. "Mailman" - 3:26
6. "Skull of A German" - 3:42
7. "Trephination" - 3:34
8. "More Beautiful Than Barbie" - 2:50
9. "Too Bad About The Fire" - 4:00
10. "Churl" - 2:53
11. "Now Then" - 2:34
12. "Inamorata" - 3:05
13. "Pervertedly Slow" - 2:40

Personnel

• GGGarth, The Jesus Lizard
  The Jesus Lizard
  The Jesus Lizard was an American alternative rock and noise rock band formed in 1987 in Austin, Texas. They were "a leading noise rock band in the American independent underground…[who] turned out a series of independent records filled with scathing, disembowelling, guitar-driven pseudo-industrial...
  
   - producer
• Jeff Lane and GGGarth - engineer
• Joe Barresi
  Joe Barresi
  Joe Barresi is an American record engineer and producer who has worked with bands such as Kyuss, The Melvins, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, Coheed and Cambria, Tomahawk, L7, The Jesus Lizard, Parkway Drive and Bad Religion.-Biography:...
  
  - mixing
• Chad Bamford - second mixing engineer
• Howie Weinberg - mastering
• Michael Lavine - photography

External links

• - Steve Albini discusses getting fired by the band in the comments below the review.