Whale Music
by Rheostatics
- Type: Album
- Released: June 1992
- Label: Sire
- Country: Canada
- Length: 1:08:09
- Community rating: 3.4/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Serving as a conceptual and artistic breakthrough, the Canadian indie rock veterans crafted an expansive, highly eclectic ode to their home country and maritime folklore. 'Whale Music' seamlessly shifts between quirky art-rock ambition, tender acoustic ballads, and roaring alternative anthems. It has been frequently cited by critics and peers alike as one of the most essential Canadian albums of the 1990s.
Genres
Descriptors: existential, aquatic
Tracklist
- Self Serve Gas Station (4:51)
- California Dreamline (4:22)
- Rain, Rain, Rain (4:20)
- Queer (5:31)
- Kings of the Past (4:51)
- RDA (Rock Death America) (2:33)
- The Headless One (3:28)
- Legal Age Life at Variety Store (2:33)
- What's Going on Around Here? (4:14)
- Shaved Head (5:06)
- Palomar (4:19)
- Guns (1:50)
- Sickening Song (2:54)
- Soul Glue (3:43)
- Beerbash (3:50)
- Who? (3:02)
- Dope Fiends and Boozehounds (6:33)
Credits
- Rheostatics - primary artist
- Tim Vesely - vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, accordion, piano, backing vocals, arranged by [strings], lyrics by, vocals [lead], instruments [power tools], lead vocals, synthesizer [mini moog], lyrics by, lead vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
- Dave Clark - vocals, drums, backing vocals, lyrics by, instruments [power tools], sounds [alarm clock], percussion, drums, arranged by [drums]
- Martin Tielli - vocals, lead guitar, lead vocals, lyrics by, vocals [lead], backing vocals, lyrics by, lead vocals, lyrics by [two chori]
- Dave Bidini - vocals, rhythm guitar, guitar [lead], lyrics by, vocals [lead], lead vocals, bass, lyrics by, lead vocals
- Lewis Melville - steel guitar [pedal], steel guitar [pedal], banjo
- Dave Allen - violin, backing vocals, strings
- Neil Peart - percussion, drums, arranged by [drums]