Altered Beast

by Matthew Sweet

Altered Beast cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 July 1993
  • Label: Zoo Entertainment
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 57:30
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following the monumental success of 'Girlfriend', the pop-rock auteur returns with a significantly darker, more cynical set of songs. Bolstered by blistering, highly complex lead guitar contributions from Richard Lloyd and Robert Quine, the album marries pristine power-pop hooks with an undercurrent of emotional bitterness and heavy alternative rock.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, guitar-driven, jangly, punchy, riffs

Tracklist

  1. Dinosaur Act (4:05)
  2. Devil With The Green Eyes (4:42)
  3. The Ugly Truth (3:17)
  4. Time Capsule (3:56)
  5. Someone to Pull the Trigger (3:55)
  6. Knowing People (4:26)
  7. Life Without You (2:16)
  8. Intro (excerpt from the movie "Caligula") (1:13)
  9. Ugly Truth Rock (2:57)
  10. Do It Again (3:32)
  11. In Too Deep (3:54)
  12. Reaching Out (4:01)
  13. Falling (4:50)
  14. What Do You Know? (4:28)
  15. Evergreen (5:51)

Credits

  • Fred Maher - drums
  • Jody Stephens - drums
  • Mick Fleetwood - drums
  • Pete Thomas - drums
  • Ric Menck - drums
  • Ron Pangborn - drums
  • Robert Quine - electric guitar, lead guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Ivan Julian - lead guitar

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