Over and Out is the fourth and final studio album by American post-hardcore band Tar, released in 1995 through Touch and Go Records.[5][6]
| Over and Out | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 19, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | May 1994 – April 1995 at Electrical Audio Recording, Chicago IL | |||
| Genre | Noise rock | |||
| Length | 42:39 | |||
| Label | Touch and Go Records[1] | |||
| Producer | Steve Albini[2] | |||
| Tar chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [4] |
Two outtakes from the album were released by fanzine Chunklet in 2012.[7]
Critical reception
editMusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide praised the album's "stripped down" sound and "new, menacing darkness."[4] The Chicago Reader wrote that "Mark Zablocki and front man John Mohr lock their lean, meaty guitars together into unfussy dual riffs, simultaneously neat and jagged, that add an extra jolt of momentum to the precise, bulldozer-simple pounding of drummer Mike Greenlees."[7] Trouser Press called the album Tar's "best and most varied," writing that "the emotional centerpiece is the tumultuous 'Building Taj Mahal', which ruminates on a band’s last stand: 'I am familiar with the concept of filler,' sings Mohr, but adds, 'This one is special.'"[8]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Tar
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Known Anomalies" | 4:20 |
| 2. | "Welk" | 3:28 |
| 3. | "Time To Strike" | 3:37 |
| 4. | "Building Taj Mahal" | 6:59 |
| 5. | "Q.V.C." | 4:11 |
| 6. | "Billow My Sail" | 2:48 |
| 7. | "Muncie" | 4:41 |
| 8. | "Carpel Tunnel Season" | 4:09 |
| 9. | "Topless, Mindless, Senseless" | 4:05 |
| 10. | "The Shoo" | 4:21 |
Personnel
editPerformers
edit- John Mohr - vocals, electric guitar
- Mark Zablocki - electric guitar, e-bow
- Mike Greenlees - drum set
- Tom Zaluckyj - electric bass guitar, electric guitar, vocals
- Al Johnson - vocals on "Known Anomalies"
Production
edit- Bob Weston - Recording engineering
- Steve Albini - Recording engineering
References
edit- ^ "Over and Out | Tar | Touch and Go / Quarterstick Records". www.touchandgorecords.com.
- ^ Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9781627883795 – via Google Books.
- ^ "AllMusic ((( Over and Out )))". AllMusic. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1123.
- ^ "Tar | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Rothschild, David. "ROAD TIRES TAR, AND THE BAND WON'T PLAY ON". chicagotribune.com.
- ^ a b "Shellac, Nina Nastasia, Tar". Chicago Reader.
- ^ "Tar". Trouser Press. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
External links
edit- Over and Out at Discogs (list of releases)