Stag (Melvins album)

Stag
Studio album by
Melvins
ReleasedJuly 15, 1996
Recorded1996
Studio
  • Sound City (Los Angeles)
  • A&M (Hollywood)
  • Entourage
  • Falconer (London)
Genre
Length50:56
LabelAtlantic
ProducerMelvins, GGGarth, Joe Barresi
Melvins chronology
Tora Tora Tora
(1995) 		Stag
(1996) 		Honky
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[5]
NME2/10[6]
Spin6/10[7]

Stag is the eighth studio album by American rock band the Melvins, released in 1996 through Atlantic Records. This is the final album the band released under Atlantic before being dropped from the label. Promotional singles were released for the songs "The Bit"[8] and "Bar-X the Rocking M"[9] with the latter having a music video.

Track listing

All lyrics by Buzz Osbourne unless noted.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."The Bit" Dale Crover4:45
2."Hide" (instrumental) Osbourne0:50
3."Bar-X the Rocking M" Crover, Mark Deutrom, Osborne2:24
4."Yacobs Lab" (instrumental) Deutrom1:17
5."The Bloat" Osborne3:41
6."Tipping the Lion" Osborne3:48
7."Black Bock" Osborne2:43
8."Goggles" Crover, Deutrom, Osborne6:30
9."Soup" (instrumental) Crover, Deutrom, Osborne2:39
10."Buck Owens" Osborne3:11
11."Sterilized" Crover, Deutrom, Osborne3:30
12."Lacrimosa"DeutromCrover, Deutrom, Osborne4:40
13."Skin Horse" Osborne5:16
14."Captain Pungent" Osborne2:21
15."Berthas" Osborne1:25
16."Cottonmouth"CroverCrover1:56

Personnel

  • King Buzzo – guitar & vocals; all instrumentation (2), backing vocals (7), moog (9), bass (11), drums (12), interlude guitar (13); engineer, producer & mixer (1–3 & 5–15)
  • Mark D – bass; additional guitar (1, 3, 6, 7), all instrumentation (4), slide guitar (5), backing vocals (7), moog & drum beat (9), guitar (11, 12), vocals (12), interlude guitar, baritone guitar & piano (all 13); engineer, producer & mixer (1 & 3–15)
  • Dale C – drums & percussion; additional guitar & sitar (1), bongos & backing vocals (7), moog (9), guitar (11), all instrumentation & vocals (16); engineer, producer & mixer (1, 3 & 5–16)
with

Additional personnel

  • GGGarth – engineer, producer & mixer (1, 3, 5–7, 9, 10, 13–15); backing vocals (7)
  • Joe Barresi – engineer, producer & mixer (1, 3, 5–7, 9, 10, 13–15)
  • Alex Newport – engineer, producer & mixer (8)[citation needed]
  • Chris Kozlowski – engineer, producer & mixer (11)
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Ron Boustead – mastering
  • David Lefkowitz – management & fan club

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1996 Heatseekers 33

References

  1. ^ "The 10 essential alt-metal albums - Metal Hammer". Teamrock.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  2. ^ Hill, Stephen (February 19, 2019). "10 essential alt-metal albums". Metal Hammer. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Mallon, Tom (May 2002). "Melvins - Hostile Ambient Takeover". CMJ (101). ISSN 1074-6978.
  4. ^ "Stag - Melvins". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 271. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  6. ^ Cox, Tom (July 27, 1996). "Melvins - Stag". NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  7. ^ Michel, Sia (September 1996). "The Melvins - Stag / Biohazard - Mata Leão". Spin. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  8. ^ "Melvins - The Bit". Discogs.com. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  9. ^ "Melvins - Bar-X-The Rocking M". Discogs.com. Retrieved February 24, 2022.