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Release (Cop Shoot Cop album)

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Release
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 13, 1994 (1994-09-13)
RecordedNovember 1993 (1993-11) – March 1994 (1994-03)
Studio
  • BC Studio, New York City
  • Magic Shop, New York City
Genre
Length50:09
LabelInterscope
ProducerCop Shoot Cop, Dave Sardy
Cop Shoot Cop chronology
Ask Questions Later
(1993)
Release
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Release is the fourth and final album by American noise rock group Cop Shoot Cop, released on September 13, 1994 by Interscope Records.[2]

The group expanded to a quintet with new member Steven McMillen on guitar and trumpet, and keyboardist Jim Coleman shifted from his sample-based approach to more use of convention piano than the group's earlier albums.[1] Trombonist David Ouimet, then of Motherhead Bug, was a guest on two songs.

Cop Shoot Cop dissolved amid creative disagreement and personal problems while recording their fifth album which was never officially released but demos have been bootlegged. Frontman Tod Ashley quickly formed Firewater, and the other members of Cop Shoot Cop moved on to various musical efforts. Coleman worked solo under the name Phylr, while drummer Phil Puleo became a longtime member of fellow New Yorkers Swans and Jack Natz worked with Lubricated Goat.

Release went out of print from Interscope in the U.S., but was re-issued by Cleopatra Records in 2014.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Tod Ashley, Jim Coleman, Steven McMillen, Jack Natz and Phil Puleo

No.TitleLength
1."Interference"4:14
2."It Only Hurts When I Breathe"3:39
3."Last Legs"3:47
4."Two at a Time"4:01
5."Slackjaw"3:38
6."Lullaby"3:49
7."Any Day Now"3:34
8."Swimming in Circles"4:17
9."Turning Inside Out"3:52
10."Ambulance Song"4:22
11."Suckerpunch"3:38
12."The Divorce"4:13
13."Money-Drunk"3:05

Personnel

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Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 1994 Big Cat CD, LP ABB 69
United States Interscope CD, CS, LP 92424
Germany Rough Trade CD RTD 131.1850.2
United States 2014 Cleopatra LP 1900

References

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  1. ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "Release". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  2. ^ Black, Art; Sprague, David (2007). "Cop Shoot Cop". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
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