Shock Me (EP)

Shock Me is an EP by American slowcore band Red House Painters.[2][3] It was released in the UK only in 1994 on CD and 12" vinyl by record label 4AD.

Shock Me
EP by Red House Painters
Released	February 28, 1994
Recorded	1993 at Coast Recorders and Razor's Edge, San Francisco, United States
Genre	Slowcore, folk rock
Length	20:10
Language	English
Label	4AD[1]
Producer	Mark Kozelek
Red House Painters chronology
Red House Painters (1993) Shock Me (1994) Ocean Beach (1995)

Recording

Shock Me was recorded and mixed at Coast Recorders, San Francisco in 1993. Additional recording took place at Razor's Edge, also in San Francisco.

Content

The EP contains two versions of the song "Shock Me," a Kiss cover.[2] The EP went out of print shortly after its initial release. The tracks later surfaced on the reissued edition of Red House Painters (Bridge), released in 1999.

The "untitled instrumental" hidden track is actually an instrumental version of "A Million + 8 Things", a song from the early Red House Painters demo tapes (dated 1991-1992).

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[5]

In his retrospective review, Dean Carlson of AllMusic wrote: "this mid-career EP displays a confident, introspective Red House Painters seemingly influenced by a parallel world where Nick Drake shoegazed it up with Ride or Chapterhouse. Somehow, it's quietly splendid."[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mark Kozelek, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shock Me"	Ace Frehley	4:49
2.	"Sundays and Holidays"		3:00
3.	"Three-Legged Cat"		1:41
4.	"Shock Me" (Acoustic) / "(Untitled Instrumental)" (Hidden Track)	Frehley; Kozelek	10:40

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue #
United Kingdom	February 28, 1994	4AD	CD	BAD 4004 CD
			Vinyl	BAD 4004

Personnel

Additional personnel

• Carla Fabrizio
• Dan Barbee
• Larry Ragent

Technical

• Simon Larbalestier – sleeve images

References

1. "The official website for independent record label 4AD". 4AD.
2. "Red House Painters". Trouser Press. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
3. "Red House Painters' Box Set Albums to Be Reissued Separately". exclaim.ca.
4. Carlson, Dean. "Shock Me – Red House Painters | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
5. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink. 1999. p. 927.