Amazing Disgrace Explained

Amazing Disgrace
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Posies
Cover:	AmazingDisgrace.jpg
Released:	May 14, 1996
Studio:	Robert Lang Studios (Seattle)
Genre:	Alternative rock
Length:	49:58
Label:	DGC
Producer:	Nick Launay ^[1] Steve Fisk on "Ontario"
Prev Title:	Frosting on the Beater
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Success
Next Year:	1998

Amazing Disgrace is the fourth album by the Seattle alternative rock band the Posies, released in 1996.^[2] It was their final release for DGC Records.^{[3] [4]}

Production

As was the case on previous albums, the band's label told the Posies to return to the studio to record more "'hit material.'"^[5] Cheap Trick's Robin Zander and Rick Nielsen appear on "Hate Song."^[5]

Critical reception

Robert Christgau wrote: "Of course it's not the Beatles or Big Star—merely emulated, the formal ideas don't sustain their excitement." The Washington Post wrote that the album's "combination of pretty melody and ugly thoughts is utterly contemporary."^[6] Trouser Press called the album "surprisingly sour but still delicious."^[7]

Track listing

All songs by Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow.

1. "Daily Mutilation" – 4:04
2. "Ontario" – 2:38
3. "Throwaway" – 3:53
4. "Please Return It" – 3:51
5. "Hate Song" – 4:06
6. "Precious Moments" – 3:47
7. "Fight It (If You Want)" – 3:04
8. "Everybody Is a Fucking Liar" – 3:15
9. "World" – 3:57
10. "Grant Hart" – 2:25
11. "Broken Record" – 2:40
12. "The Certainty" – 2:28
13. "Song #1" – 5:39
14. "¿Will You Ever Ease Your Mind?" – 3:51
15. "Terrorized" - 04:11 (Bonus Track)

Personnel

The Posies

• Jon Auer – guitar, vocals
• Ken Stringfellow – guitar, vocals
• Joe Skyward – bass "found around 110 Hz"
• Brian Young – drums

Additional personnel

• Jessica Lurie – tenor saxophone on "Please Return It"
• Barbara Marino – baritone saxophone on "Please Return It"
• Robin Zander – vocal "screams" on "Hate Song"
• Rick Nielsen – guitar "freakout" on "Hate Song"
• Steve Fisk – keyboards on "Broken Record"
• Gavin Guss – trumpet on "Broken Record"
• Roderick Wolgamott Romero – "mumbling undertaker" vocals on "Broken Record"

Production

• Nick Launay – producer
• Steve Fisk – additional production on "Ontario"
• John Goodmanson, Nick Launay – engineer
• Jon Auer, Keith Cleversley – engineer (additional)
• Aaron Warner, John Burton, Mark Rosnick, Steve Culp – assistant engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering

Artwork and design

• Tim Gabor – art direction, design
• Otto Bettmann, United Press International – photography (cover)
• Duncan Price, Joe Bass, Lance Mercer, Nordic Joe – photography (photographs)

Charts

Chart (1996)! scope="col"

Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[8]	81

Notes and References

1. Book: Thompson, Dave. Alternative Rock. December 22, 2000. Hal Leonard Corporation. 9780879306076. Google Books.
2. Web site: The Posies | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Web site: The Posies — Amazing Disgrace. Omnivorerecordings.com. 30 March 2022.
4. Web site: Amazing Disgrace. Washington City Paper.
5. Book: Earles, Andrew. Gimme Indie Rock. September 15, 2014. Voyageur Press. 9781627883795. Google Books.
6. Web site: POSIES A STUDY IN CONTRASTS. Mark. Jenkins. June 28, 1996. Washingtonpost.com.
7. Web site: Posies . Trouser Press . 22 December 2020.
8. 222.