1000 Hurts Explained

1000 Hurts
Type:studio
Artist:Shellac
Cover:Shellac-1000Hurts.jpg
Released:August 8, 2000
Recorded:1998–1999
Genre:
Length:36:51
Label:Touch & Go
Producer:Shellac
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Prev Year:1998
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Next Year:2007

1000 Hurts is the third studio album by American rock band Shellac, released on August 8, 2000. In its official promotional materials Shellac jokingly described this album as follows: "There are no 12-minute songs on this one. This record is more mean-spirited. Todd sings."

The cover is a clear homage to old Ampex audio recording tape boxes. The band are known for using analog tape for their recordings, and are fans of Ampex tape and tape recorders. Also, the speech at the start of the record is a variation on the announcements one would hear on Magnetic Reference Laboratory's calibration tapes for analog tape recorders. The title refers to one-thousand Hertz (rendered 1000 Hz), a measure used in audio recording describing a sine wave cycling 1,000 times per second.

The album was named Rockfeedback magazine's record of the decade.[1] Jehnny Beth of Savages-fame named the album one of her biggest influences, saying that it had made her "want to be a bassist" & inspired her ideas of recording music.[2]

Personnel

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rockfeedback.com/feature/1299/rockfeedback-records-of-the-decade-251/ Rockfeedback Records of the Decade – #25-1
  2. Book: Pinnock, Tom. My Life In Music - Jehnny Beth. Uncut. 2020. London. 118.