The Problem with Me
The Problem with Me | ||||
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Released | September 21, 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1993 | |||
Studio | Idful, Chicago, Illinois | |||
Genre | Indie rock, slowcore, emo | |||
Length | 36:57 | |||
Label | Touch and Go[1] | |||
Producer | Brad Wood[2] | |||
Seam chronology | ||||
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MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Problem with Me is the second album by American indie rock band Seam.[7][8] It was released in 1993 through Touch and Go Records.[9]
Critical reception
[edit]Magnet wrote: "Nine blissfully hypnotic songs circled [Sooyoung] Park's sadness and anger, building up tension and releasing it in a crash of restrained guitars and half-shouted vocals."[10] Spin called the album "completely enveloping—a soft swirl of mood music with echoes of loneliness and confusion."[11]
Legacy
[edit]Andrew Earles, in Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981–1996, wrote that the album "would be hugely influential on the first wave of '90s emo bands and related practitioners of semi-popular indie rock" throughout the rest of the decade.[2]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Seam
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Rafael" | 2:23 |
2. | "Bunch" | 3:26 |
3. | "Road to Madrid" | 5:59 |
4. | "Stage 2000" | 3:28 |
5. | "Sweet Pea" | 3:33 |
6. | "Dust and Turpentine" | 4:09 |
7. | "Something's Burning" | 4:07 |
8. | "The Wild Cat" | 5:24 |
9. | "Autopilot" | 4:28 |
Personnel
[edit]- Seam
- Lexi Mitchell – bass guitar
- Sooyoung Park – vocals, guitar
- Bob Rising – drums
- Craig White – guitar
- Production and additional personnel
- Bundy K. Brown – EBow on "Road to Madrid" and "Sweet Pea"
- John McEntire – drums on "Road to Madrid"
- Brad Wood – recording
References
[edit]- ^ "The Problem With Me | Seam | Touch and Go / Quarterstick Records". www.touchandgorecords.com.
- ^ a b Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981–1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9780760346488 – via Google Books.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "The Problem with Me – Seam". AllMusic. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ Rothschild, David (November 21, 1993). "The City That Rocks". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 323.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 991.
- ^ "Seam | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Buckley, Peter (January 1, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
- ^ Sheppard, Denise (2007). "Seam". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
- ^ "Lost Classics: Seam "The Problem With Me"". March 20, 2009.
- ^ "Heavy Rotation". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. November 1, 1993 – via Google Books.
External links
[edit]- The Problem with Me at Discogs (list of releases)