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The Hot Rock

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

The Hot Rock is the fourth album by Sleater-Kinney and came out on 23 February 1999 on Kill Rock Stars. Major labels offered contracts after Dig Me Out, but the band stayed with the small label. For the first time they worked not with John Goodmanson but with producer Roger Moutenot, in July 1998 in Seattle. They had spent a year writing the songs.

The sound became calmer and gloomier than the raw punk of the earlier records, and the lyrics deal with failed relationships and insecurity. Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein interweave their voices and guitars, for example in The End of You and Burn, Don't Freeze. Get Up was released as a single. The reviews were positive, and it was the first album by the band to reach the American charts.

Listening

Listening tip. Listen to The End of You and notice how the two voices and the guitars circle around each other: who leads when?

Track list

  1. 1Start Together (2014 Remaster)2:39Apple Music ↗
  2. 2Hot Rock (2014 Remaster)3:18Apple Music ↗
  3. 3The End of You (2014 Remaster)3:21Apple Music ↗
  4. 4Burn, Don't Freeze! (2014 Remaster)3:21Apple Music ↗
  5. 5God Is a Number (2014 Remaster)3:44Apple Music ↗
  6. 6Banned from the End of the World (2014 Remaster)2:09Apple Music ↗
  7. 7Don't Talk Like (2014 Remaster)3:35Apple Music ↗
  8. 8Get Up (2014 Remaster)3:46Apple Music ↗
  9. 9One Song for You (2014 Remaster)2:50Apple Music ↗
  10. 10The Size of Our Love (2014 Remaster)3:12Apple Music ↗
  11. 11Living in Exile (2014 Remaster)2:32Apple Music ↗
  12. 12Memorize Your Lines (2014 Remaster)3:12Apple Music ↗
  13. 13A Quarter to Three (2014 Remaster)4:01Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗

Categories: Albums and songs