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  • Artist: Green River
  • Rating: StarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1988
  • Genre: Rock

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The final Green River release (with a fun rant through David Bowie's "Queen Bitch" on the cassette version) found the quintet switching from Jack Endino to another producer, resulting in a record that sounded caught somewhere between grunge mania and metal/corp rock folly. The weird thing is that the quality of the recording actually went down -- Mark Arm sounds like he's singing from across the room much of the time, for one thing. Come on Down's utterly unsubtle "Swallow My Pride" resurfaces here in a new take, the Blue Öyster Cult-inspired "this ain't the summer of love" part actually coming across pretty well, as does most of the performance. Other moments of worth include moments of psychotic acoustic freakouts, Arm's voice providing most of said psychosis, and a slew of the song titles ("Porkfist," "One More Stitch"), but, generally speaking, Rehab Doll, like Green River itself, is most noteworthy for what the people involved did next. ~ Ned Raggett, All Music Guide

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Green River (Main Performer)
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Rehab Doll
Studio album by Green River
Released June 1988
Recorded August 1987 – January 1988 at Reciprocal Recording and Steve Lawson Studios, Seattle, Washington
Genre Grunge
Length 28:40
Language English
Label Sub Pop
Producer Bruce Calder
Professional reviews

Rehab Doll is the only full-length studio album by the American rock band Green River. It was released in June 1988 through Sub Pop Records.

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Overview

Almost immediately following the release of Dry As a Bone, the group re-entered the studio in August 1987 to begin production on its first full-length album, Rehab Doll. The band initially started work on the album with producer Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle, Washington, however the band switched to producer Bruce Calder and changed its recording location to Steve Lawson Studios in Seattle. Band in-fighting, though, took center stage over the music. A stylistic division developed between bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard on one side, and vocalist Mark Arm on the other.[2] Ament and Gossard wanted to pursue a major-label deal, while Arm wanted to remain independent, viewing the duo as being too careerist. On October 31, 1987, Ament, Gossard and guitarist Bruce Fairweather stated their desire to quit the band.

Although the band members agreed to complete production of Rehab Doll during the next three months, Green River had by late October 1987 ceased as a band. The recording sessions for the album were completed in January 1988. The song "Swallow My Pride" originally appeared on the band's debut EP, Come on Down, and the song "Together We'll Never" was previously released as a single through Tasque Force Records in 1986. Both songs were re-recorded for this album. The cassette version of Rehab Doll also contains a cover of the David Bowie song "Queen Bitch". The album's cover art was photographed by Charles Peterson and a small portion of the Frye Hotel in Seattle is seen in the background. The album was released in June 1988 on Sub Pop Records. Ned Raggett of Allmusic called it "a record that sounded caught somewhere between grunge mania and metal/corp rock folly."[1] It was reissued in 1990 as part of the Dry As a Bone/Rehab Doll compilation album.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Mark Arm, all music composed by Jeff Ament, Bruce Fairweather, Stone Gossard, and Alex Vincent, except where noted.

# Title Music Length
1. "Forever Means"     4:20
2. "Rehab Doll"   Paul Solger 3:23
3. "Swallow My Pride"   Steve Turner 2:59
4. "Together We'll Never"     4:01
5. "Smilin' and Dyin'"     3:23
6. "Porkfist"     3:13
7. "Take a Dive"     3:28
8. "One More Stitch"     3:53
Cassette bonus track

All songs written and composed by David Bowie. 

# Title Length
9. "Queen Bitch"   2:58

Personnel

Green River
Additional musicians and production

References

  1. ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "allmusic ((( Rehab Doll > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fifixqu5ldse. Retrieved May 20, 2009. 
  2. ^ Azerrad, Michael. Our Band Could Be Your Life. Little Brown and Company, 2001. ISBN 0-316-78753-1, pg. 422

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