Creature (Moist album)
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Creature | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 1, 1996 (Canada) June 3, 1997 (United States) | |||
Studio | Le Studio, Morin Heights, QC & Silent Sound, Montreal, QC | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 44:29 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Producer | Paul Northfield, Moist | |||
Moist chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Creature is the second studio album by Canadian alternative rock band Moist, released in 1996.[2] It features the singles "Leave It Alone", "Resurrection", "Tangerine", and "Gasoline", all of which were hits in Canada. The album was nominated for Album of the Year and Rock Album of the Year at the 1998 Juno Awards.
Commercial performance
Creature debuted at #7 on The Record's Canadian Albums Chart.[3] The album was certified triple Platinum in Canada in 1997.[4] Between 1996 and 2016, Creature was among the top forty best-selling albums by Canadian artists in that country.[5]
Track listing
All songs written by Moist
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Hate" | 3:47 |
2. | "Theme from Cola" | 2:37 |
3. | "Resurrection" | 3:58 |
4. | "Leave It Alone" | 4:24 |
5. | "Creature" | 4:18 |
6. | "Shotgun" | 3:01 |
7. | "Disco Days" | 2:32 |
8. | "Tangerine" | 4:02 |
9. | "Better Than You" | 3:55 |
10. | "Baby Skin Tattoo" | 4:53 |
11. | "Ophelia" | 3:49 |
12. | "Gasoline" | 3:13 |
Singles
- "Leave It Alone"
- "Resurrection"
- "Tangerine"
- "Gasoline"
Trivia
- "Ophelia" is featured on the first edition of MuchMusic's Big Shiny Tunes, which was released in 1996.
- "Tangerine" won two MuchMusic Video Awards, for Best Director and Best Video in 1997.
Credits
- David Usher – vocals
- Mark Makoway – guitars
- Kevin Young – keyboards
- Jeff Pearce – bass
- Paul Wilcox – drums
- Matt Watkins – trumpet on "Creature"
- Claude Lamothe – cello on "Tangerine"
References
- ^ Creature at AllMusic
- ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 28, 1998. p. 53 – via Internet Archive.
Creature (Moist album).
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(help) - ^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. October 26, 1996. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
- ^ "Gold/Platinum". musiccanada.com. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ "Nielsen Music & Billboard Present Canada 150 Charts" (PDF). bdsradio.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
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