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- Date Released: August 20, 2002
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Rock, Pop
- Label: Kill Rock Stars / Redeye
Power-trio music with a political charge.
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We Say...
Sleater-Kinney formed in Olympia, Washington, a two-hour Amtrak trip away, but by 2001 all three members were living in Portland, Oregon. "Light-Rail Coyote" is their impassioned love song to the city: the "dirty river" is the Willamette, which cuts through the center of town, "Burnside" is the street that divides the north and south sides of the city, and the "light-rail MAX" is part of the public transportation system we're inordinately proud of. The rest of the album is pretty amazing, too — politically charged (see the title track and "Combat Rock"), sinewy, agile rock & roll built around the twining dialogue between Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein's voices and guitars.
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They Say...
Having consolidated their strengths with All Hands on the Bad One, Sleater-Kinney revived the ambition of The Hot Rock on their sixth album, One Beat. John Goodmanson gives the group its cleanest-sounding production to date, which brings out all the new trappings in the ever more sophisticated arrangements. "Step Aside" boasts trumpet and sax, "The Remainder" a string section, several tracks are colored with delightfully weird vintage synths (the sort favored by Brian Eno or Pere Ubu), and there's even a theremin on "Funeral Song." (Trivia: The playful "Prisstina" also features the first male vocals ever on a Sleater-Kinney album, courtesy of Hedwig & the Angry Inch mastermind Stephen Trask.) Lyrically, One Beat is haunted by September 11; "Faraway" and the cry of dissent "Combat Rock" are some of the strongest statements on the tragedy any artist has yet released, and the backdrop lends a new urgency to Corin Tucker's pleas for a better world for her new son, not to mention the personal catharsis of "O2." All of this makes One Beat a much more effective stab at maturity than the often-difficult The Hot Rock. True, the group does occasionally fall into the angularity that made The Hot Rock their least immediate effort, but One Beat offers more rewards upon repeated plays -- the more challenging tracks eventually do sink in. The album does have its minor drawbacks -- Carrie Brownstein's vocals can be a bit precious at times, and the pointed 9/11 observations make the occasional feminist sloganeering sound like nothing the group hasn't done better elsewhere. All of which is to say that if you've never understood the cultish adoration surrounding Sleater-Kinney, One Beat isn't likely to change your mind. But if you're already on board with their idiosyncrasies, One Beat is another triumph from a band that seems to produce them with startling regularity.
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| 01. |  |
One Beat |
3:10 |
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| 02. | |
Faraway |
3:47 |
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| 03. | |
Oh! |
3:58 |
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| 04. | |
The Remainder |
3:38 |
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| 05. | |
Light Rail Coyote |
3:11 |
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| 06. | |
Step Aside |
3:46 |
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| 07. | |
Combat Rock |
4:49 |
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| 08. | |
Oxygen |
3:32 |
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| 09. | |
Funeral Song |
2:49 |
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| 10. | |
Prisstina |
3:33 |
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| 11. | |
Hollywood Ending |
3:21 |
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| 12. | |
Sympathy |
4:15 |
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12 Total Tracks, 43:49 Total Length
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Credits
- Steve Fisk - Keyboards // John Goodmanson - Producer // John Goodmanson - E-Bow // Roger Seibel - Mastering // Sleater-Kinney - Main Performer // Corin Tucker - Guitar // Corin Tucker - Vocals // Brent Arnold - Cello // Brent Arnold - String Arrangements // Sam Coomes - Theremin // Janet Weiss - Percussion // Janet Weiss - Drums // John Clark - Photography // Carrie Brownstein - Guitar // Carrie Brownstein - Vocals // Annabel Wright - Artwork // Annabel Wright - Cover Painting // Stephen Trask - Synthesizer // Stephen Trask - Vocals (Background) // Jen Charowhas - Violin
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