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- Date Released: September 12, 2006
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Commercial Alternative
- Label: Fullfill / The Orchard
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Surprisingly tough and vicious, Veruca Salt's fourth album -- appropriately and simply titled IV -- is the record Louise Post attempted to make with 2000's Resolver, the album where she took control of the group after Nina Gordon's departure. At that point in time, Post's adherence to alt-rock conventions made Resolver seem a little stale and turgid, but it also didn't help that she recorded it in the aftermath of considerable emotional turmoil; the record reflected that upheaval, but not necessarily in compelling ways, since it often seemed messy and unfocused. Conversely, IV doesn't arrive with a dramatic backstory, but it packs considerably more drama on a sheer musical level. Post doesn't stray from Veruca Salt's strengths -- this is still the sound of mid-'90s alt-rock, equal parts heavy grunge and wistful, witchy pop -- but her band is tightly wound and hits hard, giving her songs a muscle they lacked last time around. Also, her writing is confident and catchy, whether she's writing rockers (which she does often) or ballads or songs that fall somewhere in between ("Blissful Queen" and "Salt Flat Epic," which truly does sprawl like an epic). IV may lack the humor and sexiness that made American Thighs so memorable, but a decade after Veruca Salt's heyday, Louise Post has gotten tougher and stronger, as this assured comeback proves, and in its own way, that's equally appealing.
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Credits
- Rae DiLeo - Producer // Rae DiLeo - Engineer // Rae DiLeo - Mixing // Dave Kirby - Executive Producer // Matthew Nelson - Executive Producer // Michael Soldan - Executive Producer // Chris Johns - Executive Producer // Brian Liesegang - Executive Producer // Richard Patrick - Executive Producer // Krish Sharma - Executive Producer // Jonny Polonsky - Piano // Jonny Polonsky - Executive Producer // Mark Poole - Executive Producer // Louise Post - Guitar // Louise Post - Percussion // Louise Post - Vocals // Louise Post - Producer // Louise Post - Group Member // Missy Elliott - Executive Producer // Alexis Dufresne - Executive Producer // Lisa Light - Executive Producer // Leila Florentino - Executive Producer // Inger Lorre - Executive Producer // Robert Wheeler - Executive Producer // Solomon Snyder - Bass // Solomon Snyder - Executive Producer // Bob Bradshaw - Executive Producer // David Cheppa - Mastering // Ryan Smith - Executive Producer // Chris Holmes - Executive Producer // Anthony Parks - Executive Producer // Matthew Freeman - Executive Producer // Radio Vago - Executive Producer // Scott Blonde - Executive Producer // Jason Proctor - Executive Producer // Alicia Warrington - Executive Producer // Sir Patrick Moore - Executive Producer // Wizardz of Oz - Executive Producer // Bruce Nelson - Executive Producer // Tish Ciravolo - Executive Producer // Andrea "Rabbit" von Foerster - Executive Producer // Josh Goode - Executive Producer // Toby Laing - Executive Producer // Matt Franklin - Executive Producer // Obi Steiman - Executive Producer // Paul Wiancko - Executive Producer // Nick Amoroso - Executive Producer // Stephen Fitzpatrick - Guitar // Stephen Fitzpatrick - Mellotron // Stephen Fitzpatrick - Group Member // Nicole Fiorentino - Bass // Nicole Fiorentino - Vocals // Nicole Fiorentino - Group Member // Parag Bhandari - Executive Producer // Duane Burda - Executive Producer // Greg Coates - Executive Producer // Claire Coleman - Executive Producer // Claire Coleman - Make-Up // Catalina DiLeo - Executive Producer // Fitzpatrick Family - Executive Producer // Pat Gilday - Executive Producer // Sharon Gilday - Executive Producer // Andrew Goodfriend - Executive Producer // Sarah Hamblin - Executive Producer // Avastor Hardrives - Executive Producer // Kathryn Heidemann - Executive Producer // Tom Hoppa - Executive Producer // Campbell Hunter - Executive Producer // Nancy Hunter - Executive Producer // Nathan Johns - Executive Producer // David Karon - Executive Producer // Lindsey Lemke - Executive Producer // Beth Amanda Loheed - Executive Producer // Lovely Jamie - Executive Producer // Elizabeth Lovins - Executive Producer // Ludlow 5 - Executive Producer // Kirsten Mack - Executive Producer // Jimmy Madia - Executive Producer // Lawrence Manning - Executive Producer // Masa Family - Executive Producer // Matt Masciandaro - Executive Producer // Ron Masse - Executive Producer // Tom Mendelson - Executive Producer // George Nix - Executive Producer // Post Family - Executive Producer // Doug Roccaforte - Executive Producer // Jesse Runge - Executive Producer // Mark Shallenberg - Executive Producer // Tony Shanks - Executive Producer // Tony Shanks - Art Direction // Tony Shanks - Design // Will Sheehan - Executive Producer // Tyler Shields - Executive Producer // Lindsay Soergel - Executive Producer // Stack Family - Executive Producer // Nick Techentin - Executive Producer // Myrna Torres - Executive Producer // Paul Wianco - Cello // Tate Wittenberg - Executive Producer // Tate Wittenberg - Photography
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