Mike Watt
Ball-Hog or Tugboat?
Columbia
CK 67089
(1995)
Rock/Pop
CD, 17
Tracks, 67:58
Length
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01 |
Big Train |
Tony Kinman |
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03:21 |
02 |
Against The 70's |
Mike Watt |
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03:28 |
03 |
Drove Up From Pedro |
Mike Watt |
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04:32 |
04 |
Piss-Bottle Man |
Mike Watt |
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03:16 |
05 |
Chinese Firedrill |
Joe Carducci; Mike Watt |
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03:25 |
06 |
Intense Song For Madonna To Sing |
Mike Watt |
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03:05 |
07 |
Tuff Gnarl |
Kim Gordon; Thurston Moore; Lee Ranaldo; Steve Shelley |
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03:10 |
08 |
Sexual Military Dynamics |
Mike Watt |
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02:39 |
09 |
Max And Wells |
Mike Watt |
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03:10 |
10 |
E-Ticket Ride |
Mike Watt |
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04:27 |
11 |
Forever - One Reporter's Opinion |
Mike Watt |
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03:40 |
12 |
Song For Igor |
Mike Watt |
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02:46 |
13 |
Tell 'em, Boy |
Mike Watt |
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03:29 |
14 |
Sidemouse Advice |
Mike Watt |
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03:31 |
15 |
Heartbeat |
Mike Watt |
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05:34 |
16 |
Maggot Brain |
George Clinton; Eddie Hazel |
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12:05 |
17 |
Coincidence Is either Hit Or Miss |
Mike Watt |
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02:20 |
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Packaging |
Jewel Case |
Spars |
DDD |
Sound |
Stereo |
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Bass |
Mike Watt |
Drums |
Dave Grohl |
Guitar |
Nels Cline |
Guitar |
Joe Baiza |
Drums |
Michael Preussner |
Producer |
Mike Watt |
Cover by |
Raymond Pettibon |
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Index |
#
3759 |
Owner |
Dave |
Tags |
Alternative Rock |
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For his first solo album, Mike Watt assembled a different band for each track, creating a veritable who's-who of post-punk and alternative rock -- Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl, Thurston Moore, J. Mascis, Frank Black, Evan Dando, Dave Pirner, Henry Rollins, Flea, Lee Ranaldo, Mike D, and Pat Smear all appear, among others. Predictably, the sound is somewhat schizophrenic, but no more so than the average Minutemen album. Ball-Hog or Tugboat? is more polished than anything the Minutemen released, yet looser than fIREHOSE, filled with jazz-inflected breaks and sheer sonic freakouts, but dominated by a surprisingly large number of pop songs. On the power-pop rush of "Piss-Bottle Man," Dando sings with more emotion than on most Lemonheads records, and "Chinese Fire Drill" shows an effective folky side to Watt's music. And Watt's own vocals on "Big Train" are as big-hearted, sly and funny as the album itself. -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine (allmusic.com)