| Ragin', Full-On | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, art punk, funk rock | |||
| Length | 33:04 | |||
| Label | SST (079)[1] | |||
| Producer | Ethan James | |||
| FIREHOSE chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | C+[3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Ragin', Full-On is the first album by American alternative rock band fIREHOSE.[7][8] It was released after the breakup of the influential punk rock band Minutemen due to the death of the guitarist D. Boon.[9] Like all fIREHOSE albums, Ragin', Full-On is dedicated to Boon.[10]
Production
The band members wrote the songs in various songwriting combinations, some of which included Kira Roessler.[9]
Critical reception
Robert Christgau wrote that "this sound pretty good insofar as it postpunks like the old band and pretty bad insofar as it makes room for Crawford, a moderately hot guitarist whose vocal instincts are as sappy as his lyrics."[3] Trouser Press noted that "first note to last, there’s a prickly, intangible integrity to the band that the restless Boon would have admired."[11] The Rolling Stone Album Guide thought that the album "overcomes its generally spotty writing with impassioned playing."[6]
Track listing
Adapted from LP labels.[12]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Brave Captain" | Ed Crawford, Mike Watt | 3:11 |
| 2. | "Under the Influence of Meat Puppets" | Kira Roessler, Watt | 1:56 |
| 3. | "It Matters" | Roessler, Watt | 1:36 |
| 4. | "Chemical Wire" | Watt | 2:40 |
| 5. | "Another Theory Shot to Shit" | Watt | 2:30 |
| 6. | "On Your Knees" | Crawford, George Hurley | 2:16 |
| 7. | "Locked In" | Roessler, Watt | 2:56 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Candle and the Flame" | Crawford, Watt | 3:11 |
| 2. | "Choose Any Memory" | Crawford | 2:02 |
| 3. | "Perfect Pairs" | Crawford, Roessler, Watt | 2:21 |
| 4. | "This..." | Crawford | 1:40 |
| 5. | "Caroms" | Crawford, Hurley | 2:02 |
| 6. | "Relatin' Dudes to Jazz" | Roessler, Watt | 1:35 |
| 7. | "Things Could Turn Around" | Roessler, Watt | 3:08 |
| Total length: | 33:04 | ||
Personnel
- Ed Crawford - guitar, vocals, photography
- Mike Watt - bass guitar, vocals, co-producer
- George Hurley - drums
- Ethan James - producer
References
- ↑ "fIREHOSE - Ragin' Full On - CD". SST Superstore.
- ↑ Ragin', Full-On at AllMusic
- 1 2 "Robert Christgau: CG: Firehose". www.robertchristgau.com.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 463.
- ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 425.
- 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 244.
- ↑ Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9780760346488 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Mike Watt on What's Watt". exclaim.ca.
- 1 2 Hillburn, Robert (February 7, 1987). "A Votive 'Ballot' For D. Boon". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
- ↑ Buckley, Peter (February 14, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "fIREHOSE". Trouser Press. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ↑ "Discogs". fIREHOSE - Ragin', Full-On (1986, Vinyl). Discogs. Retrieved 17 February 2022.