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Worldbroken is a live album by post-hardcore band Saccharine Trust, released in 1985 through SST. The album was recorded live and completely improvised.[2] Mike Watt of Minutemen stepped in to play bass for the 1985 show.[2]
Worldbroken received critical praise[3] and was an influence on Unknown Instructors' first album The Way Things Work[4] Double bassist Damon Smith, who appeared on the Grizzly Man soundtrack,[5] has credited the album with altering his views on punk rock, jazz, and free-form jamming.[6]
Reception
Byron Coley said, "this LP takes the show's three or four long, twisting pieces and breaks them up into a piker's dozen of shorter but no less twisting 'songs'. The basic sound is of four tuxedoed gents bravely fighting the incessant urge-to-riff that rattles around in the subconscious of most electro-musicians."[7] Andrea Enthal at Spin said "guitars screech in sinewy saws like an 80s answer to the saxophone while Jack Brewer recites latter-day beatnikisms in a voice that sounds, at times, like the cartoon character Top Cat's sidekick, Choo Choo."[8]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Worm's Quest" | 3:35 |
| 2. | "Just Think" | 1:35 |
| 3. | "Merciful Mother" | 2:17 |
| 4. | "Estuary" | 2:47 |
| 5. | "Hail Our Web" | 0:43 |
| 6. | "In This Sandbox" | 5:20 |
| 7. | "II Samuel Chapter 4" | 4:56 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Testimony" | 3:47 |
| 2. | "Words Left Unspoken" | 5:14 |
| 3. | "Fred Presented Himself to Joseph" | 4:08 |
| 4. | "On the Verge of Finding" | 3:03 |
| 5. | "No Compromise Here" | 4:45 |
Personnel
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References
- ^ Dougan, John. "World Broken". Allmusic. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
- ^ a b Robbins, Ira; Sprague, David. "SACCHARINE TRUST/JACK BREWER BAND". Trouser Press. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
- ^ Spurrier, Jeff (October 5, 1986). "Saccharine Trust's Back-Alley Visions". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ^ Huddle, Mark (September 7, 2007). "Interview: Joe Baiza and Dan McGuire of Unknown Instructors". Verbicide Magazine. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- ^ "Damon Smith ( US )". No Idea Festival. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- ^ Farrar, Justin (April 26, 2006). "Pagan Icons' Second Round". East Bay Express. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ Byron Coley (March 1986). "Spins". Spin. No. 11. p. 31.
- ^ Andrea Enthal (April 1986). "Underground". Spin. No. 12. p. 47.
External links
- Worldbroken at Discogs (list of releases)