| Full Blown Possession | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Grifters |
| Cover: | Grifters Full Blown Possession Cover.JPG |
| Released: | September 9, 1997 |
| Recorded: | 1997, Easley McCain Recording and Sun Studios, Memphis, Tennessee |
| Genre: | Indie Rock |
| Length: | 54:08 (CD) |
| Label: | Sub Pop Records SPCD 402[1] |
| Producer: | The Grifters, Doug Easley, Davis McCain, John Neil Martin |
| Prev Title: | Ain't My Lookout |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
Full Blown Possession is the fifth and last full-length album by Memphis indie rock band The Grifters, released in 1997.[2]
The band recorded five of the album's songs at Sun Studios, in Memphis, Tennessee.[3] The album was produced by Doug Easley, Davis McCain, John Neil Martin and the band.[4]
The Memphis Flyer wrote that "the record includes most of the hallmarks of the band's sound -- like driving, chuka-chuka bass lines, tantalizing leads lurking just beneath the surface, and their distinctive staggering tempos."[5] The Washington Post wrote: "Although not as broken-down and freaked-out as the band's apparent model, Alex Chilton's Like Flies on Sherbert, the album is ramshackle and atmospheric just as often as it's hot-blooded and direct."[3] The Chicago Reader wrote that "the Grifters place their bets solidly on jagged pop hooks, off-kilter blues structures, and keen dynamics--much like the Rolling Stones of yore."[6]
The Chicago Tribune called the album "excellent" and "a no-nonsense uppercut of venomous Memphis R&B and darkly melodic rock that'll leave you drinking through a straw."[7] The Austin Chronicle wrote that the band sticks "to what they know: a world that's slightly spooky and more than a bit seedy, where rough-edged riffs weave together with a disconcerting delicacy and singer Scott Taylor's eloquent trash talk."[8] CMJ New Music Monthly thought that "other rock bands may play the blues, but the Grifters really mess with it."[9]
The song "Spaced Out" was re-recorded by Dave Shouse in 1999 for his solo project Those Bastard Souls.