Hail

by Straitjacket Fits

Hail cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 November 1988
  • Label: Flying Nun
  • Country: New Zealand
  • Length: 35:02
  • Community rating: 3.34/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: David Wood, Shayne Carter, John Collie, Jan Hellriegel, Terry Moore, Andrew Brough

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Emerging from the vital Flying Nun roster, this New Zealand quartet crafted a shimmering, highly dynamic alternative rock debut. The dual-vocal and guitar interplay between Shayne Carter and Andrew Brough creates a beautiful, tense fusion of sweet jangle-pop melodies and abrasive, soaring feedback.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, melodic, atmospheric, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Telling Tales (2:53)
  2. Dead Heat (3:40)
  3. Hail (4:06)
  4. Only You Knew (2:56)
  5. Take From The Years (3:06)
  6. So Long, Marianne (3:58)
  7. Grate (3:18)
  8. Fabulous Things (3:37)
  9. Life In One Chord (3:10)
  10. This Taste Delight (4:18)

Credits

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