FETCHIN’ BONES: Monster LP 1989, CAPITOL U.S.A, Specialty Pressing. Sleazy power pop / hard rock (Belinda Carlisle, Vain, The Cult etc.) A monster of an album. Check videos!

Description

The swan song for North Carolina’s Fetchin Bones opens with the thunderous stomp of “Love Crushing,” which finds the protagonist shifting from suggestive to shackled. The quintet doesn’t let up often, serving up a punk-tinged, Sleazy power pop / hard rock musical backdrop for the strafing vocals of Hope Nicholls. Longtime Smithereens producer Ed Stasium keeps things accessible, yet muscular.

Monster is the fourth and final studio album by the American Alternative rock band Fetchin Bones, released on June 9, 1989 through Capitol Records.
Monster proved to be the band’s most successful release, peaking at #175 on the Billboard charts and producing the popular single “Love Crushing”. Tommy Steele was nominated the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package for his artwork on the album. Tom Demalon of allmusic gave it 5 out of 5 stars, praising the emotion depth of the lyrics and noting that “the quintet doesn’t let up often, serving up a punk-tinged, power pop musical backdrop for the strafing vocals of Hope Nicholls.”

Track listing
All songs composed by Fetchin Bones

No. Title Length
1. “Love Crushing” 3:13
2. “Say the Word” 3:25
3. “(I Feel Like An) Astronaut” 4:06
4. “Deep Blue” 3:12
5. “I Dig You” 3:02
6. “Mr. Bad” 3:25
7. “You’re So Much” 3:41
8. “Bonework” 2:22
9. “Spot” 3:09
10. “Cross” 3:41
Total length: 33:16

Chart Peak
U.S. Billboard 200   175

Singles:
Single Chart (1989) Position
“Love Crushing” US Modern Rock Tracks 19
Personnel:
Fetchin Bones
Hope Nicholls – vocals
Danna Pentes – bass guitar, violin
Aaron Pitkin – guitar
Clay Richardson – drums
Errol Stewart – guitar

side 1:
LOVE CRUSHING
SAY THE WORD
(I FEEL LIKE AN) ASTRONAUT
DEEP BLUE
I DIG YOU

side 2:
MR BAD
YOU’RE SO MUCH
BONEWORK
SPOT
CROSS

Record Label: CAPITOL U.S.A PRESSING
Year:1989
Catalogue No.: C1 90661

Dana Pentes is the bassist on this video above. She is also one of the top 5 violinists in the World

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