On the follow-up to their teenage debut, Silverchair fattened the sound but not the sales, we try to figure out what happened. When 1995′s Frogstomp exploded, the kids from Australia were pegged as Nirvana wannabes with plenty of growing to do. The still managed to sell millions of albums and score a bunch of hit singles. The sophomore release Freakshow from 1997 actually fared better with critics, but the sales dipped considerably, both in the US and their native Australia. To help us determine if this is truly a sophomore slump, we’re joined by Jeff Takacs (Rocketfuel podcast), Joe Royland (Sit and Spin with Joe vidcast) and Steve Muczynski (Hollow Earth) to revisit the record with fresh ears.
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Songs in this Episode:
Intro - Freak
14:31 - Slave
25:21 - Cemetery
47:56 - Roses
Outro - Abuse Me
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Pale Saints - Slow Buildings | 90s Album Review
Recoil - Unsound Methods | 90s Album Review
Chris Whitley - Din of Ecstasy | 90s Album Review
Spot - Spot | 90s Album Review
Glide - Open Up and Croon | 90s Album Review
Controversial Albums and Music of the 1990s | Roundtable
Holly McNarland - Stuff | 90s Album Review
Black Lab - Your Body Above Me | 90s Album Review
Catherine Wheel - Chrome | 90s Album Review
Dave Smalley of Down By Law, All, Don’t Sleep, and Dag Nasty | 90s Artist Interview
Something For Kate - Beautiful Sharks | 90s Album Review
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess | 90s Album Review
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Oleander - February Son | 90s Album Review
Thomas Andrew Doyle (TAD) | 90s Artist Interview
Jets To Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary | 90s Album Review
The Afghan Whigs - 1965 | 90s Album Review
Moving Targets - Fall | 90s Album Review
The 6ths - Wasps’ Nests | 90s Album Review
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