Blow (Straitjacket Fits album)

Blow is the third album released in 1993 by New Zealand band, Straitjacket Fits. The album has a harder, less melodic sound than the band's previous albums. This reflects the change of line-up, with Andrew Brough having left the band prior to this album's recording, to be replaced by Mark Petersen. It also reflect's the band's change of recording method (for this album the tracks were recorded live) and a change of producer.[1] The album was described by one contemporary reviewer as "...twisted rhythms, see-sawing guitars, and brash intensity... Straitjacket Fits at their least user-friendly and most challenging."[2]

Blow
Studio album by Straitjacket Fits
Released	1993 (1993)
Recorded	December 1992 – February 1993
Studio	American Recording Studios, Woodland Hills Mixed at Can-Am Studios, Tarzana, California
Genre	Alternative Rock Dunedin sound
Length	43:32 (NZ release)
Label	Flying Nun Records (NZ) Arista (US)
Producer	Paul Fox
Straitjacket Fits chronology
Done (1992) Blow (1993) Straitjacket Fits (1998)

All the songs on this album are credited to Shayne Carter/John Collie/Straitjacket Fits.

Two of the tracks from the album ("Done" and "Spacing") had previously been released in New Zealand on the Done EP in 1992, though both were re-recorded for the album. The American release includes one extra track, "Sycamore", which was released in New Zealand as a B-side of the first single from the album, "Cat Inna Can". The album's other single was "If I Were You".