Silver Sail
Silver Sail is the seventh studio album by punk rock band Wipers, released in 1993.[4] After disbanding Wipers in 1989 and releasing a 1991 solo album, Sacrifice (For Love), Sage decided to release a new album under the Wipers name.
Silver Sail | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | November 16, 1993 | |||
Recorded | At Zeno Studios, Phoenix, Arizona | |||
Genre | Punk rock | |||
Length | 38:26 | |||
Label | Tim/Kerr[1] | |||
Producer | Greg Sage[2] | |||
Wipers chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
The Great Alternative & Indie Discography | 6/10[5] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [2] |
Select | [6] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 4/10[7] |
Production
The album was written, produced and recorded by Sage at his Zeno Studios in Phoenix, Arizona. Steve Plouf returned to play drums.[7]
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote: "A more deliberate pace allows Sage’s virtuoso playing extra opportunity to bob and weave, float and tickle, tease and torment; he introduces hints of quiet surf music, spaghetti westerns and other lonely, timeless sounds."[1] The Rough Guide to Rock deemed the album "a return to The Circle's jazzy style of neo-psychedelic thrash."[8] Rolling Stone wrote that Sage emphasizes "deep-pool echo and a punky, rainy-day melancholy that gives new meaning to the term power ballad."[9]
Track listing
All songs written by Greg Sage.
- "Y I Came" - 2:40
- "Back to the Basics" - 3:39
- "Warning" - 4:05
- "Mars" - 2:35
- "Prisoner" - 5:56
- "Standing There" - 3:13
- "Sign of the Times" - 3:16
- "Line" - 3:15
- "On a Roll" - 3:22
- "Never Win" - 2:16
- "Silver Sail" - 4:05
References
- "TrouserPress.com :: Wipers". www.trouserpress.com.
- MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1239.
- "Silver Sail - Wipers | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 735.
- Strong, M. C. (Martin Charles) (April 24, 1999). "The great alternative & indie discography". Edinburgh : Canongate – via Internet Archive.
- "New Albums". selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk.
- Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 435.
- The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. March 1, 2003. ISBN 9781858284576 – via Google Books.
- "On the edge". Rolling Stone. No. 676. Feb 24, 1994. p. 57.