Human Cannonball (album) explained

Human Cannonball
Type:Album
Artist:School of Fish
Cover:Humancannonballcover.jpg
Released:February 23, 1993[1]
Genre:Alternative rock, jangle pop
Length:52:31
Label:Capitol
Producer:Matt Wallace
Prev Title:School of Fish
Prev Year:1991

Human Cannonball is the second and final album by the alternative rock group School of Fish, released in 1993 by Capitol Records.[2] [3]

Production

The album was produced by Matt Wallace.[4] [5] Frontmen and songwriters Josh Clayton-Felt and Michael Ward were joined by a new bassist, John Pierce, and drummer, Josh Freese, for the recording of the album.[6] [7]

Promotion

"Take Me Anywhere" was released as a lead single and peaked at #5 on Billboards Modern Rock Tracks chart.[8] The single featured a non-album track "Unrecognizable". The band supported the album with a North American tour.[9]

Critical reception

The Kitchener-Waterloo Record called the album "melodic, harmonic rock with an extremely hard edge."[10] The Toronto Star concluded that "Human Cannonball offers a leaner, fresher sound than the band's debut, with a concentration on feel instead of perfection."[11]

The Dallas Morning News wrote that the guitars "reign, at times engulfing singer-guitarist Josh Clayton-Felt's occasionally whiny vocals with little effort."[12] The Los Angeles Daily News opined: "Caked with musical grunge, School of Fish's sophomore effort ... bridges the gap between melodiousness and guitar-driven chaos as well as any album since Nirvana's Nevermind."

Track listing

All tracks written by Felt & Ward.

  1. "Complicator" – 3:07
  2. "Take Me Anywhere" – 4:44
  3. "1/2 a Believer" – 3:17
  4. "Fountain" – 6:14
  5. "Fuzzed and Fading" – 5:05
  6. "Blackout" – 3:29
  7. "Everyword" – 3:37
  8. "Jump Off the World" – 4:15
  9. "Drop of Water" – 3:50
  10. "Drag" – 5:20
  11. "Stand in the Doorway" – 3:16
  12. "Kerosene" – 6:17
  13. "Lament" – 2:37

Personnel

Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: School of Fish. May 30, 1993. SPIN Media LLC. Google Books.
  2. Web site: School's Out. March 13, 1993. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
  3. Web site: School of Fish Biography by John Floyd . AllMusic . 23 September 2022.
  4. News: MUSIC . Newsday . 22 Feb 1993 . PART II . 34.
  5. Web site: The Poetics of Rock: Cutting Tracks, Making Records. Albin. Zak. November 20, 2001. University of California Press. Google Books.
  6. News: Jaeger . Barbara . COULD BE THE CATCH DU JOUR . The Record . March 19, 1993 . LIFESTYLE/PREVIEWS . Hackensack . 8.
  7. News: Renzhofer . Martin . SCHOOL OF FISH SWIMS INTO SLC TONIGHT . The Salt Lake Tribune . July 14, 1993 . C4.
  8. Web site: Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008. Joel. Whitburn. September 23, 2008. Hal Leonard Corporation. Google Books.
  9. News: Scott . Jane . FISH STORY . The Plain Dealer . February 12, 1993 . Friday . 34.
  10. News: Randall . Neil . Human Cannonball School of Fish . The Kitchener-Waterloo Record . 11 Mar 1993 . D9.
  11. News: Punter . Jennie . School of Fish swimming in the sophomore stream . Toronto Star . 13 Mar 1993 . K12.
  12. News: Broadwater . Lisa . Two musical entrees: Phish or School of Fish . The Dallas Morning News . March 5, 1993 . Guide . 31.

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