| Umber | |
| Type: | album |
| Artist: | Bitch Magnet |
| Cover: | Bitch Magnet - Umber.jpg |
| Released: | September 15, 1989 |
| Recorded: | June 14–15, 1989 |
| Studio: | Waterfront Studios (Hoboken, New Jersey) |
| Genre: | Post-hardcore, noise rock |
| Length: | 35:47 |
| Label: | Glitterhouse Records |
| Producer: | Bitch Magnet, Mike McMackin |
| Prev Title: | Star Booty |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | Ben Hur |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
Umber is the first full-length album by the American post-hardcore band Bitch Magnet. The band had added second guitarist David Galt since their previous year's release, the eight-song EP Star Booty. In 2004 Umber was listed in Mojo's "Lost Albums You Must Own".[1]
Umber was first released in 1989 on LP by Glitterhouse Records with an all yellowish-umber colored cover with the band's name and album title set in a small bold font at its center. The record's 10 tracks were paired with the band's previous eight-song EP, Star Booty, and issued by Communion on cassette and CD that same year.
In 2011, Umber was remastered by Alan Douches and released in a box-set containing with the rest of the band's catalog.[2]
All songs written by Bitch Magnet
The 2011 box-set also contains alternate versions "Motor", "Joan of Arc", "Big Pining", "Joyless Street" and "Punch and Judy".