Album

IV

The Fucking Champs

2000 · Electronic, Rock

Rare pressing on Gatefold

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IV by The Fucking Champs

IV is a Rock album by The Fucking Champs, originally released in 2000. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.

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As demonstrated by song titles like "I Love the Spirit World and I Love Your Father,” San Francisco instrumental metal trio The Fucking Champs have a sense of humor. But <i>IV</i> shows they’re no joke. "Esprit de corpse" has riffs catchy enough to hum and a triumphant uplift, and "Thor Is Like Immortal" oscillates between a playful, chicken-scratch metal riff and emotional downturns. "What's A Little Reign?" marries near-mathematical chord changes with a groove solid enough to knock out anything in its way.

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Tracklist

  1. 1What's A Little Reign?
  2. 2Espirit De Corpse
  3. 3Policenauts
  4. 4NWOBHM 2
  5. 5Lamplighter
  6. 6Thor Is Like Immortal
  7. 7C'mon Smash The Quotile
  8. 8These Glyphs Are Dusty
  9. 9I Love The Spirit World And I Love Your Father
  10. 10Vangelis Again
  11. 11Lost
  12. 12Extra Man

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Hard Rock
  • clean
  • playful
  • cerebral

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Prepared September 1998 to April 2000.
Recordings were made at Louder Studios, San Francisco.
Analog master transferred to exabyte at John Golden Mastering, Ventura.
Analog master transferred to copper at Abbey Road, London.

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Josh SmithGUITAR , GUITAR , GUITAR , GUITAR , EFFECTS GUITAR GUITAR , E-BOW
  • Tim GreenGUITAR , GUITAR , GUITAR , GUITAR SYNTHESIZER , EFFECTS , EFFECTS GUITAR GUITAR , GUITAR , GUITAR SYNTHESIZER
  • Tim SoeteDRUMS, GUITAR , ACOUSTIC GUITAR, MELLOTRON, SYNTHESIZER , VOCALS, OTHER DRUMS DRUMS, GUITAR , VOCALS
  • Casey WardPERFORMER , PIANO PIANO
  • Dale NixonBASS, FRETLESS BASS PERFORMER , BASS, FRETLESS BASS
  • Major AirbroDRUMS PERFORMER , DRUMS

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