Paint as a Fragrance explained

Paint as a Fragrance
Type:	Album
Artist:	Rocket from the Crypt
Cover:	Rocket from the Crypt - Paint as a Fragrance cover.jpg
Released:	1991
Recorded:	1990
Genre:	Punk rock pop-punk
Length:	27:59
Label:	Cargo/Headhunter
Producer:	John Reis
Next Year:	1992

Paint as a Fragrance is the first studio album by the American band Rocket from the Crypt.^{[1] [2]} It was released in 1991 by Cargo Records and Headhunter Records.^[3] It is the band's only recording featuring their original lineup, which included drummer Sean Flynn and backing vocalist Elaina Torres.^[4]

Production

The album was recorded for $1,000.^[5]

Critical reception

Westword called the album "an impressive, although scattered, sampler of the band's distinctive punk/pop sound."^[5] Trouser Press wrote that "while the album does boast a surfeit of energy, the band often feints when it should jab, backing off intensely memorable riffs while dragging uneventful throbs to the point of tedium."^[6] Stylus Magazine called it a "muscular, Pixies-ish, less than stellar 1991 debut that rarely hinted at the brilliance to come."^[7]

Track listing

1. "French Guy"
2. "Maybelline"
3. "Shy Boy"
4. "Basturds"
5. "Velvet Touch"
6. "Evil Party"
7. "Stinker"
8. "Jiggy Jig"
9. "Weak Superhero"
10. "Thumbmaster"

Performers

• Speedo (John Reis) - guitar, lead vocals
• Andy Stamets - guitar, backing vocals
• Pete Reichert - bass, backing vocals
• Sean - drums
• Elaina - backing vocals
• Rick Froberg, Ian Roarty, Mike Kennedy, and Chuck - additional backing vocals

Album information

• Record label:Cargo Records/Headhunter Records
• Recorded at Westbeach Recorders in Los Angeles
• Produced by John Reis
• Preproduction by Gar Wood
• Engineered by Donnell Cameron
• Mastered at K-Disc
• Photography by Jonny Donhowe
• Disc art by Mark Gariss
• CD layout by O, Jonny Donhowe, and Dean Kegler
• Cover model: Tim Johnson
• Insert drawing by Dean Reis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rocket from the Crypt Biography & History. AllMusic.
2. Book: The Rough Guide to Rock. December 29, 2003. Rough Guides. 9781858284576.
3. Book: Earles, Andrew. Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. September 15, 2014. Voyageur Press. 9780760346488.
4. News: Cryptic Grunge. Robert. Baird. April 7, 1993. Phoenix New Times.
5. News: Tales from the Crypt. Brad. Jones. February 9, 1994. Westword.
6. Web site: Rocket from the Crypt . Trouser Press . 29 December 2020.
7. Rocket from the Crypt. Stylus Magazine.