Ultimate Alternative Wavers Explained

Ultimate Alternative Wavers
Type:	studio
Artist:	Built to Spill
Cover:	Ultimate alternative wavers.jpg
Released:	May 1, 1993^[1]
Recorded:	Fall 1992
Studio:	Audio Labs (Boise, Idaho)
Genre:	Indie rock
Length:	58:26
Label:	C/Z Records^[2]
Producer:	Built to Spill Todd Dunnigan
Next Title:	There's Nothing Wrong with Love
Next Year:	1994

Ultimate Alternative Wavers is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Built to Spill.^{[3] [2]} The line-up consisted of Doug Martsch on guitar and vocals, Brett Netson on guitar and bass, and Ralf Youtz on drums, although there was some variation in instrumentation on a few tracks. The album was recorded at Audio Lab in Boise, Idaho, in the fall of 1992, and released in 1993 on C/Z Records. It was re-released in late 2006.

The song title "Nowhere Nothin' Fuckup" is the title of a song by the main character, Jason Taverner, in Philip K. Dick's Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. The song's lyrics, also, are in large part borrowed from The Velvet Underground's "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'".

Personnel

Built to Spill

• Doug Martsch – lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars
• Brett Netson – bass, guitar, backing vocals
• Ralf Youtz – drums, percussion

Additional Personnel

• Todd Dunnigan – organ, keyboards on "The First Song," "Shameful Dread," "Hazy," and "Built Too Long"
• James Dillon – piano on "Lie for a Lie"
• Jake Carpenter – violin on "Built Too Long, pt. 2"

Track listing

Samples credits

"Shameful Dread"

• The Simpsons dialogue, "Marge Gets a Job"

"Built Too Long"

• "Rebel Without a Pause" by Public Enemy

Notes and References

1. Web site: Built to Spill. www.builttospill.com.
2. Book: Earles, Andrew. Gimme Indie Rock. September 15, 2014. Voyageur Press. 9781627883795. Google Books.
3. Web site: Built to Spill.