Steel Train
Studio album by
Steel Train
ReleasedJune 29, 2010
GenreIndie rock
Steel Train chronology
Trampoline
(2007) 		Steel Train
(2010)
Terrible Thrills Vol. 1
Album art
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Absolutepunk87%[1]
The Album Project[2]
Blare Magazine[3]
Sputnikmusic[4]

Steel Train is the third and final studio album by Steel Train, released on June 29, 2010.[5] The album features an all-female companion album entitled Terrible Thrills Vol. 1, which consists of covers, remixes, and re-imaginings of every song on the album by female artists.[6] On June 20, the band began streaming Steel Train on their website in anticipation of their tour supporting the album.[7] The band performed the 'first chord' of the album on the Conan webisode, Show Zero. "Bullet" impacted radio on February 15, 2011.[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Jack Antonoff.

  1. "Bullet"
  2. "Turnpike Ghost"
  3. "You and I Undercover"
  4. "You Are Dangerous"
  5. "S.O.G. Burning in Hell"
  6. "Touch Me Bad"
  7. "Behavior"
  8. "Children of the 90s (I'm Not the Same)"
  9. "Soldier in the Army"
  10. "Bloody Lips"
  11. "The Speedway Motor Racers Club"
  12. "Fall Asleep"

Terrible Thrills, Vol. 1

The companion album Terrible Thrills, Vol. 1 features each track on Steel Train reinterpreted by female artists.[9]

  1. "Bullet" by Scarlett Johansson
  2. "Turnpike Ghost" by Tegan and Sara
  3. "You and I Undercover" by Holly Miranda
  4. "You Are Dangerous" by Angel Deradoorian
  5. "S.O.G. Burning in Hell" by Alia Shawkat
  6. "Touch Me Bad" by Nellie McKay
  7. "Behavior" by Amanda Palmer
  8. "Children of the 90s (I'm Not the Same)" by Greta Morgan
  9. "Soldier in the Army" by Rachael Cantu
  10. "Bloody Lips" by Charlotte Caffey and Astrid McDonald
  11. "The Speedway Motor Racers Club" by Anna Waronker
  12. "Fall Asleep" by Rachel Antonoff

Antonoff's next band, Bleachers, released volume 2 of Terrible Thrills in coordination with their album Strange Desire, and volume 3 with Gone Now.

References

  1. ^ "chorus.fm". chorus.fm.
  2. ^ "Link". thealbumproject.net.
  3. ^ BLARE (July 5, 2010). "Album Reviews – 5/7/10". BLARE.
  4. ^ Ponton, Jared (June 28, 2010). "Steel Train - Steel Train (album review)". sputnikmusic. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
  5. ^ "Steel Train: Terrible Thrills". absolutepunk.net. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
  6. ^ "Steel Train Sets a Date". absolutepunk.net. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
  7. ^ "Stream Our New Album Today". steeltrain.net. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
  8. ^ "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly". AllAccess. February 8, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  9. ^ "Terrible Thrills, Vol. 1". Bandcamp. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
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