Abort | ||||
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Released | September 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1987–1991 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, art rock | |||
Length | 44:21 | |||
Label | Slash/Warner Bros. Records | |||
Producer | Gil Norton, Chris Sheldon | |||
Tribe chronology | ||||
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Abort is the second studio album by the Boston alternative rock band Tribe, released in 1991.[1][2] Released by Slash Records/Warner Bros. Records, it was the band's major label debut.[3][4]
Eight of the ten tracks from Here at the Home were re-recorded for Abort. Four tracks were brand new: "Easter Dinner", "Joyride (I Saw the Film)", "Payphone", and "Serenade".
The track "Pinwheels" was also re-recorded for Abort but in the end was not put on the album. It was released as a b-side in the Easter Dinner E.P.
Three singles were released from the album as EPs: "Easter Dinner", "Payphone", and "Joyride (I Saw the Film)". The band shot a video for "Joyride".[5][6]
The album was produced by Gil Norton and Chris Sheldon.[7] It was recorded and mixed at Blue Jay Recording Studio, in Carlisle, Massachusetts, from January to February 1991. "Here at the Home" is about agoraphobia.[8]
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The Boston Herald wrote that "the broad new arrangements are engaging improvements on the band's home-grown tapes, though 'Tied' has lost its eerie appeal."[10]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Here at the Home" | Brosius, LoPiccolo | 3:06 |
2. | "Easter Dinner" | LoPiccolo | 2:58 |
3. | "Abort" | Tribe | 3:22 |
4. | "Rescue Me" | Barous, Brosius, LaValley | 3:10 |
5. | "Joyride (I Saw the Film)" | LoPiccolo | 4:06 |
6. | "Payphone" | Barous, Brosius | 4:00 |
7. | "Daddy's Home" | Barous | 3:11 |
8. | "Jakpot" | LoPiccolo | 4:01 |
9. | "Serenade" | Barous | 4:05 |
10. | "Tied" | Barous | 3:55 |
11. | "Outside" | LoPiccolo | 4:24 |
12. | "Vigil" | Barous, LaValley | 3:57 |