Developer (album) explained

Developer
Type:	studio
Artist:	Silkworm
Cover:	SilkwormDeveloper.jpg
Genre:	Indie rock
Length:	36:44
Label:	Matador^[1]
Producer:	Steve Albini
Prev Title:	Firewater
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Blueblood
Next Year:	1998

Developer is the fifth full-length studio album by indie rock band Silkworm, released in 1997.^{[2] [3]} It was their second and final album released on Matador Records before they moved to Touch and Go.

Critical reception

The Stranger called the album "dour, funny, casual, intense, refined, and raw."^[4] CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that the songs "seem to have been sequenced to maximize the contrast between bassist Tim Midgett's tersely emotional lyrics and guitarist Andy Cohen's sardonic, anecdotal style."^[5] Miami New Times wrote that Silkworm's songs "unwind slowly and abstractly, with Cohen's busy but lyrical solos tearing out a center in the rhythms -- skidding off on surprising tangents, never going for any predictable or simple momentum."^[6] The Chicago Reader praised the album's "frantic guitar, strangulated vocals, and drunken drumming."^[7]

Track listing

1. "Give Me Some Skin" -- (3:33)
2. "Never Met a Man I Didn't Like" -- (3:18)
3. "The City Glows" -- (3:06)
4. "Developer" -- (3:04)
5. "The Devil Is Beating His Wife" -- (3:09)
6. "Ice Station Zebra" -- (3:16)
7. "Waiting on a Train" -- (3:27)
8. "Sheep Wait for Wolf" -- (4:38)
9. "Goodnight Mr. Maugham" -- (5:19)
10. "It's Too Bad..." -- (3:14)

Personnel

• Steve Albini—Engineer
• Andy Cohen—Guitar, Vocals on 2, 4, 6, 8, & 9
• Michael Dahlquist—Drums
• Tim Midyett—Bass, Vocals on 1, 3, 5, 7, & 10

Notes and References

1. Web site: Silkworm – Developer – This Day In Matador History.
2. Web site: Silkworm | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Web site: Silkworm: Developer. Music. 29 March 2002 .
4. Web site: Silkworm Resurrects Rock. Sean. Nelson. The Stranger.
5. Reviews . CMJ New Music Monthly . June 1997 . 40.
6. Web site: Rotations. Jesse Ballinger, David Cantwell, Eddie Hankins, Rickey Wright, Stephen. Tignor. March 27, 1997. Miami New Times.
7. Web site: Spot Check. Monica. Kendrick. Chicago Reader. May 1997 .