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Cunning Stunts

 
Album Review: Cunning Stunts

  • Artist: The Cows
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1991
  • Genre: Rock

Review

The release of Cunning Stunts signals a "maturity" to the Cows, but it really means that riffs and hooks are starting to emerge from their usual tar pit of sound. Although Shannon Selberg's ranting and raving dominate the proceedings, it's guitarist Thor Eisenstrager who steals the show with his frenetic playing and bold experimentation. Not the pure noise of their earlier work, but certainly not an attempt at mainstream respectability, either. The Cows are simply too frenzied and defiantly idiosyncratic for that to happen. ~ John Dougan, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Heave Ho Bobby Horton The Cows
Walks Alone The Cows
Contamination The Cows
Mr. Cancelled The Cows
Mine George Gershwin The Cows
Midnight Cowboy The Cows
Everybody Madonna The Cows
Two Little Pigs The Cows
The Woman Inside The Cows The Cows
Terrifique The Cows
Down Below The Cows
Ort The Cows

Credits

Norm Rogers (Drums), Daniel Corrigan (Photography), Kevin Rutmanis (Bass), Shannon Selberg (Vocals), Iain Burgess (Engineer), Haze (Cover Design), Thor Eisentrager (Guitar)
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Cunning Stunts
Studio album by The Cows
Released September 9, 1992
Recorded ?
Genre Noise rock
Length 38:56
Label Amphetamine Reptile
Producer Iain Burgess
Professional reviews
The Cows chronology
Peacetika
(1991)
Cunning Stunts
(1992)
Sexy Pee Story
(1993)

Cunning Stunts is the fifth and most praised album by the Minneapolis-based noise rock band the Cows. It was their first album where they began developing real melodies and patterns instead of their usual blasts of noise. The switch to producer Iain Burgess brought an increase in sound quality from previous albums. It is no longer in print; however, it is available online at wmp.emusic.com, on Windows Media Player 10 and on iTunes.

The title is a spoonerism of the term "Stunning Cunts."

Track listing

  1. "Heave Ho" – 2:08
  2. "Walks Alone" – 2:47
  3. "Contamination" – 3:11
  4. "Mr. Cancelled" – 4:19
  5. "Mine" – 3:31
  6. "Midnight Cowboy" – 2:50
  7. "Everybody" – 3:01
  8. "Two Little Pigs" – 3:00
  9. "The Woman Inside" – 2:34
  10. "Terrifique" – 3:15
  11. "Down Below" – 4:06
  12. "Ort" – 4:22

Personnel

Cows
Additional musicians and production

References

  1. ^ Dougan, John. "allmusic ((( Cunning Stunts > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:nxkbu3r5andk. Retrieved December 7, 2009. 
  2. ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "Cows". pieroscaruffi.com (Spanish). Retrieved on December 7, 2009.

 
 
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