| Magnified | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Failure |
| Cover: | Failure-Magnified.jpg |
| Released: | March 8, 1994 |
| Recorded: | 1993, Kiva West, Encino |
| Length: | 49:04 |
| Label: | Slash |
| Producer: | Failure |
| Prev Title: | Comfort |
| Prev Year: | 1992 |
| Next Title: | Fantastic Planet |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
Magnified is the second album by the American alternative rock band Failure.[1] [2] It was released on March 8, 1994, through Slash Records.[3]
Drummer Robert Gauss departed during the recording of the album; the remaining drum parts were played by John Dargahi and Greg Edwards.[4]
Magnified differs from Failure's debut album Comfort by using a great deal of bass guitar distortion. The use of a bassline as the main structure of the song as well as distortion can be heard best on "Frogs" and "Small Crimes."
In a retrospective article published to coincide with the album's 25th anniversary, Decibel wrote that "druggy chord changes slither unpredictably, oftentimes led by a four-string bassquake alongside primal drumming, both delivered with forceful conviction."[5] Trouser Press called the album "a major improvement [over the debut], but not a thorough success," writing that "Failure paints senseless coats of alternative guitar ... over tuneful material that might actually be enticing if not for the underbrush."[6] The Seattle Times wrote that "the songwriting on Magnified is more pop-oriented than on the band's first disc, Comfort, which had more of an improvisational feel."[7] The Albuquerque Journal wrote that "Failure checks into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame as the only band to have less variation between songs than Boston."[8]
Recorded by Paul Lani.Mixed by David Bianco and Ken Andrews.Frog: Bruce Schwartz