Solid Action

by U-Men

Solid Action cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: Sonic Youth Recordings
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 55:53
  • Community rating: 3.74/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: John Nelson, Charlie Ryan, John Bigley, Tom Price, The Ubongo Sound Shapists, Tony Ransom

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A compilation collecting the complete early recordings of U-Men, the Seattle band whose swampy noise rock anticipated grunge. The set gathers their EPs and singles from the 1980s, including the material released on Homestead Records.

Genres

Descriptors: guitars, melodic, vocal, rhythmic, distorted

Tracklist

  1. Gila (2:18)
  2. Shoot 'em Down (4:05)
  3. Blight (2:32)
  4. Flowers D.G.I.H. (4:07)
  5. They (3:30)
  6. Clubs (4:20)
  7. 10 After 1 (2:57)
  8. Cow Rock (2:42)
  9. Green Trumpet (3:49)
  10. Bad Little Woman (2:32)
  11. Freezebomb (2:23)
  12. That's Wild About Jack (3:31)
  13. Dig It a Hole (2:16)
  14. Solid Action (2:08)
  15. 2 X 4 (2:00)
  16. A Three Year Old Could Do That (2:34)
  17. Papa Doesn't Love His Children Any More (3:30)
  18. Shoot 'em Down (live) (4:29)

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