The Breeders / All Nerve
Artist The Breeders
Album Title: All Nerve
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Indie
Format Vinyl 180 gm
Released 03/02/2018
Label 4AD
Catalog No 4AD0035LPE
Bar Code No 191400003507
Packaging LP Sleeve
Tracks
A1. Nervous Mary (2:22)
A2. Wait In The Car (2:03)
A3. All Nerve (2:11)
A4. Metagoth (3:08)
A5. Spacewoman (4:21)
A6. Walking With A Killer (3:45)
B1. Howl At The Summit (2:57)
B2. Archangel's Thunderbird (3:25)
B3. Dawn: Making An Effort (3:50)
B4. Skinhead #2 (2:45)
B5. Blues At The Acropolis (2:56)
Date Acquired 03/02/2018
Personal Rating
Acquired from 4AD (Matador)
Purchase Price 22.86

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Notes

Alternative cover art. Includes a download card and a custom inner sleeve.
Sequential track numbering over the A and B sides.

℗ & © 4AD Ltd 2018

Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 7
Recorded by Mike Montgomery at Candyland, Kentucky
Additional recordings by Greg Norman at Electrical Audio, Chicago

Track 3
Recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio, Chicago
Additional recordings by Greg Norman at Electrical Audio, Chicago

Track 8
Recorded by Mike Montgomery at Candyland, Kentucky and by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio, Chicago

Track 9
Recorded By Tom Rastikis at Fernwood Studios, Dayton
Additional recordings by Greg Norman at Electrical Audio, Chicago

Track 10
Recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio, Chicago and by Mike Montgomery at Candyland, Kentucky
Additional recordings by Greg Norman at Electrical Audio, Chicago

Tracks 4 & 11
Recorded by Mike Montgomery at Candyland, Kentucky

Mixed at Vacation Island Recording, Brooklyn
Except: Track 8 Mixed at Electrical Audio, Chicago

Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC
Vinyl mastered at Chicago Mastering Service, Chicago

Manufactured by Pallas GmbH, Diepholz, Germany

Publishers/Rights Societies:
Kim Deal - Sony / ATV Music Publishing Ltd
Richard Presley - BMI
Josephine Wiggs - Naked Mole Rat Music
Morgan Nagler - Goldmeyn Music (BMI) administered by Rough Trade Songs (BMI)
John Weinzierl & Falk Ulrich Rogner - Metric Musikverlag / EMI Partnership Musikverlag
Arranged By – The Breeders
Bass – Josephine Wiggs
Design – Chris Bigg
Drums – Jim MacPherson
Guitar, Vocals – Kelley Deal
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Mastered By [Vinyl Mastered By] – Bob Weston
Mixed By – Matt Boynton (tracks: A1 to B7, B9 to B11), Steve Albini (tracks: B8)
Mixed By [Assisted By] – Eric Gorman (tracks: A1 to B7, B9 to B11)
Photography By – Martin Andersen (3)
Recorded By – Mike Montgomery (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B8, B10, B11), Steve Albini (tracks: A3, B8, B10), Tom Rastikis (tracks: B9)
Recorded By [Additional Recordings] – Greg Norman (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B7, B9, B10)
Vocals, Guitar – Kim Deal
Phonographic Copyright (p) – 4AD Ltd.
Copyright (c) – 4AD Ltd.
Licensed From – Kim Deal Masters LLC
Recorded At – Candyland Recording Studios
Recorded At – Electrical Audio
Recorded At – Fernwood Studios
Mixed At – Vacation Island
Mixed At – Electrical Audio
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Mastered At – Chicago Mastering Service
Manufactured By – Pallas
Published By – Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd.
Published By – Naked Mole Rat Music
Published By – Goldmeyn Music
Published By – Rough Trade Songs
Published By – Metric Musikverlag
Published By – EMI Partnership Musikverlag
Pressed By – Pallas – 46243
Barcode: 191400003507
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, etched): 4AD0035LP-A [Sideways ☮]BW170915 [Kitty face]
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, stamped): -46243-
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, etched): 4AD0035LP-A [Sideways ☮]BW170915 KIM KELLEY JOSEPHINE JIM
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, stamped): -46243-
Rights Society: BMI
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DR              Peak         RMS         Duration     Track
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DR12      -3.38 dB   -18.06 dB      2:29 01 - Nervous Mary
DR13      -2.10 dB   -17.05 dB      2:03 02 - Wait in the Car
DR13      -2.87 dB   -18.52 dB      2:11 03 - All Nerve
DR13      -2.20 dB   -17.58 dB      3:08 04 - Metagoth
DR12      -4.28 dB   -19.75 dB      4:20 05 - Spacewoman
DR12      -4.33 dB   -18.68 dB      3:45 06 - Walking With a Killer
DR12      -2.80 dB   -17.35 dB      2:57 07 - Howl at the Summit
DR13      -2.82 dB   -17.15 dB      3:25 08 - Archangel's Thunderbird
DR12      -3.21 dB   -17.70 dB      3:50 09 - Dawn: Making an Effort
DR13      -3.00 dB   -18.61 dB      2:44 10 - Skinhead #2
DR13      -2.13 dB   -18.01 dB      2:57 11 - Blues at the Acropolis
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Number of tracks:  11
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2724 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Reviews
Review by Heather Phares:

The Breeders have always moved to their own rhythms, starting, stopping, and surprising listeners along the way. New music from them only arrives when the time is right, and in All Nerve's case, it was especially right: in 2013, Kim and Kelley Deal reunited with drummer Jim McPherson and bassist Josephine Wiggs to tour as part of the 20th anniversary celebration of their breakthrough album, Last Splash, and the dates went so well that the band went into the studio. At times, All Nerve does hark back to 1993. The way "Nervous Mary" slowly draws listeners into the album before kicking into high gear is a classic Breeders move. "Spacewoman," with its sun-soaked imagery and loud-quiet-loud dynamic shifts, is a power ballad made for the mosh pit, while the tender to roaring "All Nerve" is the kind of plainspoken song about a big, big love that has always been one of Kim Deal's specialties. Then there's "Wait in the Car," one of the band's most irresistible singles. As Deal fails to find the right words and meows while the guitars strut and tumble, it's as brashly charming as "Cannonball" -- and proves the Breeders haven't lost the ability to make their audience wish they could be best friends with them.

However, All Nerve isn't so much a conscious attempt to re-create the past as it is the rekindling of a special chemistry. That chemistry is especially strong when the Breeders try new things. Wiggs gets her first lead vocal on an album track with "MetaGoth," and her unflappable cool gives it a dark, restless post-punk beauty that isn't like anything else in the Breeders' songbook. Meanwhile, "Dawn: Making an Effort" is as vast and hopeful as a sunrise, with an openness that's all the more heartwarming because it's so unexpected. The band even finds creative ways of dealing with the feelings of mortality and history that accompany this kind of reunion on "Walking with a Killer," a deceptively pretty tale of murder in the cornfields, and "Blues at the Acropolis," which superimposes modern junkies and drunks with dead heroes of the past. The decade-long gap between All Nerve and Mountain Battles was the Breeders' longest hiatus yet, but it was time well spent -- this is one of the band's finest blends of sugar and swagger, space and noise. All Nerve lives up to its name: the Breeders' one-of-a-kind toughness and vulnerability are the heart of their music, and that it's still beating strong is cause for celebration.
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