| Abort | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Tribe |
| Cover: | Tribe - Abort.jpg |
| Released: | September 1991 |
| Recorded: | 1987–1991 |
| Genre: | Alternative rock, art rock |
| Length: | 44:21 |
| Label: | Slash/Warner Bros. Records |
| Producer: | Gil Norton, Chris Sheldon |
| Prev Title: | Here at the Home |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
| Next Title: | Sleeper |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
Abort is the second studio album by the Boston alternative rock band Tribe, released in 1991.[1] [2] Released by Slash Records/Warner Bros. Records, it was the band's major label debut.[3] [4]
Eight of the ten tracks from Here at the Home were re-recorded for Abort. Four tracks were brand new: "Easter Dinner", "Joyride (I Saw the Film)", "Payphone", and "Serenade".
The track "Pinwheels" was also re-recorded for Abort but in the end was not put on the album. It was released as a b-side in the Easter Dinner E.P.
Three singles were released from the album as EPs: "Easter Dinner", "Payphone", and "Joyride (I Saw the Film)". The band shot a video for "Joyride".[5] [6]
The album was produced by Gil Norton and Chris Sheldon.[7] It was recorded and mixed at Blue Jay Recording Studio, in Carlisle, Massachusetts, from January to February 1991. "Here at the Home" is about agoraphobia.[8]
The Boston Herald wrote that "the broad new arrangements are engaging improvements on the band's home-grown tapes, though 'Tied' has lost its eerie appeal."[9]