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| cover = Clutch - Clutch.jpg
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| alt =
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| released = May 1995
| released = {{start date|1995|5|9}}
| recorded = December 1994 – January 1995
| recorded = December 1994 – January 1995
| venue =
| venue =
| studio = Uncle Punchy Studios ([[Silver Spring, Maryland]])
| studio = Uncle Punchy Studios ([[Silver Spring, Maryland]])
| genre = {{hlist|[[Stoner rock]]|[[alternative rock]]|[[funk metal]]}}
| genre = {{hlist|[[Stoner rock]]|[[hard rock]]|[[blues rock]]|[[funk metal]]}}
| length = 55:05
| length = 55:05
| label = [[East West Records]]
| label = [[East West Records]]
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|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic" >{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r212754}}</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic" >{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r212754}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2score = 9/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2007 |location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |page=83}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock]]''
| rev3score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Fuoco |first=Christina |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |isbn=1-57859-061-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/246/ 247] |chapter=Clutch}}</ref>
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'''''Clutch''''' is the second full-length album by American rock band [[Clutch (band)|Clutch]]. It was released in May 1995.<ref name="allmusic" />
'''''Clutch''''' is the second full-length album by American rock band [[Clutch (band)|Clutch]]. It was released on May 9, 1995.<ref name="allmusic" />


==Recording and release==
==Recording and release==
It saw the return of "Uncle Punchy" Lawrence Packer to the production of the album and a return to Uncle Punchy Studios in [[Silver Spring, Maryland]]. It is the band's best-selling album in the US, at over 138,730 copies to date.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-01-02|title=Sludge Scan For November 1999 {{!}} Metal Sludge|url=http://www.metalsludge.tv/?p=30332|access-date=2022-02-17|website=web.archive.org|archive-date=January 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102163813/http://www.metalsludge.tv/?p=30332|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> The album gets regular live coverage still, with at least half the track list making their live performances on a regular basis, well over 20 years later.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Clutch - Clutch (album review ) {{!}} Sputnikmusic|url = https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/26813/Clutch-Clutch/|website = www.sputnikmusic.com|access-date = February 20, 2016}}</ref>
It saw the return of "Uncle Punchy" Lawrence Packer to the production of the album and a return to Uncle Punchy Studios in [[Silver Spring, Maryland]]. It is the band's best-selling album in the US, at over 138,730 copies to date.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-01-02|title=Sludge Scan For November 1999 {{!}} Metal Sludge|url=http://www.metalsludge.tv/?p=30332|access-date=2022-02-17|archive-date=January 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102163813/http://www.metalsludge.tv/?p=30332|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> The album still receives regular live coverage with at least half the album's track list making their live performances on a regular basis, over 20 years after its first release.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Clutch - Clutch (album review ) {{!}} Sputnikmusic|url = https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/26813/Clutch-Clutch/|website = www.sputnikmusic.com|access-date = February 20, 2016}}</ref>


== Background ==
== Background ==
This album captures the band's [[Modus operandi|MO]] of trying out new styles and genres, with a definable mix of [[funk metal]] in the songs this time around. The album is considered to be the point where the band had begun to evolve their [[Stoner rock|stoner]] and [[blues rock]] know-how. The record also keeps with their punk metal credentials, containing some heavier tracks.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Clutch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yyoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA68|magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly|date=April 2001|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|page=68|issn=1074-6978|access-date=July 3, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Clutch - Clutch {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/clutch-mw0000173197|website = AllMusic|access-date = February 20, 2016}}</ref> The album is considered a staple of the 1990s stoner rock genre.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 20 Years Ago: Clutch's Second Album Highlights a New Rock Revival|url = http://ultimateclassicrock.com/clutch-1995-album/|website = Ultimate Classic Rock|access-date = February 20, 2016}}</ref> The album features some of their more 'spacey' pieces such as "Big News", "Escape from the Prison Planet", "I Have the Body of John Wilkes Booth", and "Spacegrass".
This album captures the band's [[Modus operandi|MO]] of trying out new styles and genres, with a noticeable mix of [[funk metal]] in the songs this time around. The album is considered to be the point where the band had begun to evolve their [[Stoner rock|stoner]] and [[blues rock]] know-how. The record also keeps with their punk metal credentials, containing some heavier tracks.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Clutch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yyoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA68|magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly|date=April 2001|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|page=68|issn=1074-6978|access-date=July 3, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Clutch - Clutch {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/clutch-mw0000173197|website = AllMusic|access-date = February 20, 2016}}</ref> The album is considered a staple of the 1990s stoner rock genre.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 20 Years Ago: Clutch's Second Album Highlights a New Rock Revival|url = http://ultimateclassicrock.com/clutch-1995-album/|website = Ultimate Classic Rock| date=May 8, 2015 |access-date = February 20, 2016}}</ref> The album features some of their more "spacey" pieces such as "Big News", "Escape from the Prison Planet", "I Have the Body of John Wilkes Booth", and "Spacegrass".


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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The Japanese release of the album contains an extra track, "Apache", which was initially released on the radio only promotional EP 'Big News', along with a demo version of "Spacegrass", which has never been reissued to date.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Big News Promo CD|url=http://www.pro-rock.com/index.cfm?page=discography&categoryid=3&view=album&albumid=44|website=pro-rock.com|access-date=February 19, 2016}}</ref> It would appear on the bootleg 'Clutch: Rarities and B-Side' some years later.
The Japanese release of the album contains the bonus track "Apache", which was initially released on the radio only promotional EP 'Big News', along with a demo version of "Spacegrass", which has never been reissued to date.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Big News Promo CD|url=http://www.pro-rock.com/index.cfm?page=discography&categoryid=3&view=album&albumid=44|website=pro-rock.com|access-date=February 19, 2016}}</ref> It would appear on the bootleg 'Clutch: Rarities and B-Side' some years later.
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| title14 = Apache
| title14 = Apache
| length14 = 7:23
| length14 = 7:23
}}
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
* [[Neil Fallon]] - vocals
* [[Neil Fallon]] - vocals
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=== Production ===
=== Production ===
* Production & Engineering by Larry "Uncle Punchy" Packer at Uncle Punchy Studios in Silver Spring, Maryland
* Production and engineering by Larry "Uncle Punchy" Packer at Uncle Punchy Studios in Silver Spring, Maryland
* Mixing by Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero & Jay Ryan - "Uncle Punchy" on tracks 3 and 8
* Mixing by Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero and Jay Ryan - "Uncle Punchy" on tracks 3 and 8
* Assistant engineering by Mike Hamady & Jay Ryan
* Assistant engineering by Mike Hamady and Jay Ryan
* Digital engineering by Danio Saratak
* Digital engineering by Danio Saratak
* Mastered by Greg Calbi
* Mastered by Greg Calbi
* ''A'' and ''R'' representation by Wendy Berry
* A&R representation by Wendy Berry
* Management by Jon Goldwater
* Management by Jon Goldwater
* Photography by Dan Winters
* Photography by Dan Winters
* Design by Jennifer Roddie
* Design by Jennifer Roddie
* 3-D Typography by Rob Eberhardt
* 3D typography by Rob Eberhardt


==Charting positions==
==Charting positions==

Latest revision as of 17:27, 13 December 2024

Clutch
Studio album by
Clutch
ReleasedMay 9, 1995 (1995-05-09)
RecordedDecember 1994 – January 1995
StudioUncle Punchy Studios (Silver Spring, Maryland)
Genre
Length55:05
LabelEast West Records
ProducerClutch and Larry Packer
Clutch chronology
Transnational Speedway League
(1993) 		Clutch
(1995) 		Impetus
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[2]
MusicHound Rock[3]

Clutch is the second full-length album by American rock band Clutch. It was released on May 9, 1995.[1]

Recording and release

[edit]

It saw the return of "Uncle Punchy" Lawrence Packer to the production of the album and a return to Uncle Punchy Studios in Silver Spring, Maryland. It is the band's best-selling album in the US, at over 138,730 copies to date.[4] The album still receives regular live coverage with at least half the album's track list making their live performances on a regular basis, over 20 years after its first release.[5]

Background

[edit]

This album captures the band's MO of trying out new styles and genres, with a noticeable mix of funk metal in the songs this time around. The album is considered to be the point where the band had begun to evolve their stoner and blues rock know-how. The record also keeps with their punk metal credentials, containing some heavier tracks.[6][7] The album is considered a staple of the 1990s stoner rock genre.[8] The album features some of their more "spacey" pieces such as "Big News", "Escape from the Prison Planet", "I Have the Body of John Wilkes Booth", and "Spacegrass".

Track listing

[edit]

All music and lyrics written by Clutch.

No.TitleLength
1."Big News I"5:13
2."Big News II"2:23
3."Rock n' Roll Outlaw"2:59
4."Texan Book of the Dead"2:57
5."Escape from the Prison Planet"4:53
6."Spacegrass"6:33
7."I Have the Body of John Wilkes Booth"4:27
8."Tight Like That"4:49
9."Animal Farm"2:01
10."Droid"4:43
11."The House That Peterbilt"3:32
12."7 Jam"6:18
13."Tim Sult vs. The Greys"4:11
Total length:55:05

The Japanese release of the album contains the bonus track "Apache", which was initially released on the radio only promotional EP 'Big News', along with a demo version of "Spacegrass", which has never been reissued to date.[9] It would appear on the bootleg 'Clutch: Rarities and B-Side' some years later.

No.TitleLength
14."Apache"7:23

Personnel

[edit]

Production

[edit]
  • Production and engineering by Larry "Uncle Punchy" Packer at Uncle Punchy Studios in Silver Spring, Maryland
  • Mixing by Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero and Jay Ryan - "Uncle Punchy" on tracks 3 and 8
  • Assistant engineering by Mike Hamady and Jay Ryan
  • Digital engineering by Danio Saratak
  • Mastered by Greg Calbi
  • A&R representation by Wendy Berry
  • Management by Jon Goldwater
  • Photography by Dan Winters
  • Design by Jennifer Roddie
  • 3D typography by Rob Eberhardt

Charting positions

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Album

Year Chart Position
1995 Top Heatseekers 33[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b Clutch at AllMusic
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ Fuoco, Christina (1999). "Clutch". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 247. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  4. ^ "Sludge Scan For November 1999 | Metal Sludge". January 2, 2015. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Clutch - Clutch (album review ) | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  6. ^ "Clutch". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. April 2001. p. 68. ISSN 1074-6978. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  7. ^ "Clutch - Clutch | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  8. ^ "20 Years Ago: Clutch's Second Album Highlights a New Rock Revival". Ultimate Classic Rock. May 8, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  9. ^ "Big News Promo CD". pro-rock.com. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
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