Paint as a Fragrance

Paint as a Fragrance is the first studio album by the San Diego rock band Rocket from the Crypt.[4][5] It was released in 1991 by Cargo Records and Headhunter Records.[6] It is the band's only recording featuring their original lineup, which included drummer Sean Flynn and backing vocalist Elaina Torres.[7] Shortly after the release of Paint as a Fragrance, Sean and Elaina moved away from San Diego and the group re-invented itself as a punk-inspired rock & roll band with a horn section.

Paint as a Fragrance
Studio album by
Rocket from the Crypt
ReleasedFebruary 8, 1991
Recorded1990
GenrePunk rock, rock and roll
Length27:59
LabelCargo/Headhunter
ProducerJohn Reis
Rocket from the Crypt chronology
Paint as a Fragrance
(1991)		 Circa: Now!
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[3]

Production

The album was recorded for $1,000.[8]

Critical reception

Westword called the album "an impressive, although scattered, sampler of the band's distinctive punk/pop sound."[8] Trouser Press wrote that "while the album does boast a surfeit of energy, the band often feints when it should jab, backing off intensely memorable riffs while dragging uneventful throbs to the point of tedium."[9] Stylus Magazine called it a "muscular, Pixies-ish, less than stellar 1991 debut that rarely hinted at the brilliance to come."[10]

Track listing
  1. "French Guy"
  2. "Maybelline"
  3. "Shy Boy"
  4. "Basturds"
  5. "Velvet Touch"
  6. "Evil Party"
  7. "Stinker"
  8. "Jiggy Jig"
  9. "Weak Superhero"
  10. "Thumbmaster"

Performers

Album information
  • Record label:Cargo Records/Headhunter Records
  • Recorded at Westbeach Recorders in Los Angeles
  • Produced by John Reis
  • Preproduction by Gar Wood
  • Engineered by Donnell Cameron
  • Mastered at K-Disc
  • Photography by Jonny Donhowe
  • Disc art by Mark Gariss
  • CD layout by O, Jonny Donhowe, and Dean Kegler
  • Cover model: Tim Johnson
  • Insert drawing by Dean Reis

References
  1. "Paint as a Fragrance - Rocket from the Crypt | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 7: MUZE. p. 83.CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 950.
  4. "Rocket from the Crypt | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides. December 29, 2003 – via Google Books.
  6. Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). "Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996". Voyageur Press – via Google Books.
  7. Baird, Robert (April 7, 1993). "CRYPTIC GRUNGESAN DIEGO'S ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT STAYS IN TOUCH WITH ITS PUNK KIN". Phoenix New Times.
  8. Jones, Brad (February 9, 1994). "TALES FROM THE CRYPT". Westword.
  9. "Rocket from the Crypt". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  10. "Rocket From The Crypt - Artist Profile - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com.
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