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- Date Released: January 1, 1991
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Garage Rock, Rock, Punk
- Label: Amphetamine Reptile / The Orchard
The ultimate album from the ultimate AmRep band.
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We Say...
Save for Halo of Flies, Minneapolis maniacs the Cows were the ultimate AmRep band: incomprehensibly distorted guitar, frenzied, often messy rhythms and an utter lunatic on vocals. Mustachioed singer/trumpet abuser Shannon Selberg was notorious for scaring the living shit out of fans in clubs throughout the nation, but it took some time for their albums to catch up with their punishing live show. Cunning Stunts is their most focused collection, the moment where the chaos consistently coalesces into almost recognizable songforms. Guitarist Thor Eisenstrager is the hero here; lesser bands have built entire albums out of his tossed off, creepy explosions.
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They Say...
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.
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| 01. |  |
Heave Ho |
2:07 |
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| 02. | |
Walks Alone |
2:46 |
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| 03. | |
Contamination |
3:10 |
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| 04. | |
Mr. Cancelled |
4:19 |
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| 05. | |
Mine |
3:30 |
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| 06. | |
Midnight Cowboy |
2:50 |
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| 07. | |
Everybody |
3:00 |
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| 08. | |
Two Little Pigs |
3:00 |
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| 09. | |
The Woman Inside |
2:33 |
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| 10. | |
Terrifique |
3:14 |
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| 11. | |
Down Below |
4:06 |
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| 12. | |
Ort |
4:22 |
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12 Total Tracks, 38:57 Total Length
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Credits
- The Cows - Main Performer // Haze - Cover Design // Iain Burgess - Engineer // Kevin Rutmanis - Bass // Daniel Corrigan - Photography // Shannon Selberg - Vocals // Thor Eisentrager - Guitar // Norm Rogers - Drums
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