| Frigid Stars LP | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Codeine |
| Cover: | Codeine Frigid Stars LP.jpg |
| Released: | February 1991 |
| Recorded: | July–August 1990 |
| Genre: | Slowcore, indie rock |
| Length: | 41:15 |
| Label: | Glitterhouse, Sub Pop |
| Producer: | Codeine, Mike McMackin |
| Next Title: | Barely Real |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
Frigid Stars LP is the debut album by American indie rock band Codeine. It was released in February 1991 on Glitterhouse in Europe and in May 1991 on Sub Pop in the United States.[1] The album was released to generally positive reviews and is regarded as being one of the pioneering albums in the slowcore genre.
"New Year's" is a cover version of a track co-written by Bitch Magnet singer Sooyoung Park. Park did not record the track himself until 1992, with new band Seam. Park is featured on the song "Summer Dresses", which can be found on the 2012 expanded reissue by the label The Numero Group. This edition also placed "3 Angels" to the fourth track on the album. "Cave-In" has been covered by rock band Cave In and appears on their compilation album Anomalies, Vol. 1. The song title was the inspiration for their band name.[2]
The phrase "frigid stars" is taken from a line in the song "Crap Rap 2" by the Fall from their 1979 album Live at the Witch Trials.[3]
The St. Petersburg Times noted that "comparisons to Spacemen 3 and Galaxie 500 have been made, but Codeine is on a purer, more simplistic level."[4] In 2008, Frigid Stars LP was chosen by Pitchfork as one of the 20 best Sub Pop albums.[5]