Paint as a Fragrance | ||||
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Released | February 8, 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1990 | |||
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Length | 27:59 | |||
Label | Cargo/Headhunter | |||
Producer | John Reis | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [5] |
Paint as a Fragrance is the first studio album by American punk rock band Rocket from the Crypt.[6][7] It was released in 1991 by Cargo Records and Headhunter Records.[8] It is the band's only recording featuring their original lineup, which included drummer Sean Flynn and backing vocalist Elaina Torres.[2]
The album was recorded for $1,000.[3]
Westword called the album "an impressive, although scattered, sampler of the band's distinctive punk/pop sound."[3] Trouser Press wrote that "while the album does boast a surfeit of energy, the band often feints when it should jab, backing off intensely memorable riffs while dragging uneventful throbs to the point of tedium."[9] Stylus Magazine called it a "muscular, Pixies-ish, less than stellar 1991 debut that rarely hinted at the brilliance to come."[10]