Silver (Moist album)

Silver is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Moist. The album cost approximately $4000 Canadian to make.[2] It included the singles "Push", "Silver" and "Believe Me". The album reached #12 on The Record's Canadian Albums Chart.[3] It is the band's most commercially successful album, being certified 4x Platinum in Canada.

Silver
Studio album by
Moist
ReleasedFebruary 8, 1994
Recorded1993-1994
Studioat 8th Avenue Sound Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia
GenreAlternative rock
Length54:00
LabelCapitol/EMI
ProducerKevin Hamilton, Moist
Moist chronology
Silver
(1994)		 Creature
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Recording and release

In 1993, in an effort to get a record deal, the band decided to record a full-length album. From December 26, 1993 to January 1, 1994, the band recorded the album, which included five songs from Moist's 1993 independently released cassette. The album was then mixed and mastered. The album was titled Silver and released independently on February 8, 1994. The album was distributed by EMI Music Publishing Canada, whom the band had signed with in 1993. By March 1994, the band signed with EMI Music Canada and the label relaunched the album in April.[4]

Reception

Allmusic's James Chrispell gave the album a positive four star review, writing "Moist's music can be described as an aural equivalent to the great northern rain forests of British Columbia" and that "Dark, angry songs show the influence absorbed from places south of their border, namely Seattle, but Silver is no copy of anyone else's style."[1]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Push"3:50
2."Believe Me"3:53
3."Kill for You"3:35
4."Silver"4:15
5."Freaky Be Beautiful"3:59
6."Break Her Down"4:27
7."Into Everything"4:15
8."Picture Elvis"3:12
9."Machine Punch Through"4:26
10."This Shrieking Love"5:14
11."Low Low Low" (ends at 3:15; followed by a hidden track: an alternate version of "Break Her Down" entitled "Morphine" after 4:00 of silence)12:54

Singles
  • Push
  • Silver
  • Believe Me
  • Machine Punch Through
  • Freaky Be Beautiful (UK release)

Credits
  • David Usher - vocals
  • Jeff Pearce - bass guitar
  • Mark Makoway - guitar
  • Kevin Young - keyboard/piano
  • Paul Wilcox - drums
  • Produced by Moist and Kevin Hamilton

References
  1. Silver at AllMusic
  2. EMI USHERS IN MOIST MAN'S NEW SET. Billboard. 7 July 2001. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
  3. "HITS OF THE WORLD". Billboard. 18 June 1994. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  4. "CANADA'S MOIST REIGNS WITH GOLD DEBUT". Billboard. 9 July 1994. Retrieved December 25, 2018.


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