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
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - Burn To Shine | Album Review
Fu Manchu - King of the Road | Album Review
Doughboys - Crush | Album Review
Union by Union | Album Review
G. Love | Interview
Dinosaur Jr. in the 80s | Roundtable
Skeleton Key - Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon | Album Review
Dishwalla - And You Think You Know What Life’s About | Album Review
Little John - Derailer | Album Review
Art Alexakis of Everclear | Interview
Face To Face - Ignorance Is Bliss | Album Review
Headstones - Picture of Health | Album Review
C-Tec - Darker | Album Review
EPs of the 90s | Roundtable
Sandpit - On Second Thought | Album Review
Bike - Take In The Sun | Album Review
Madder Rose - Bring It Down | Album Review
Miljenko Matijevic of Steelheart | Interview
East River Pipe - Shining Hours In A Can | Album Review
Madchester: The Sound and the Scene | Roundtable
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