Wretch
Wretch is the first full-length album from Kyuss, an American rock band, and it arrived on Dali Records on 23 September 1991. It follows their debut EP, Sons of Kyuss, from 1990, and draws heavily on it. "Black Widow" and "Deadly Kiss" are carried over from those sessions, which featured original bassist Chris Cockrell.
The rest of the record was cut with his replacement, Nick Oliveri. Three more EP songs were re-recorded here: "Love Has Passed Me By", "Katzenjammer" and "Isolation Desolation", the last of which was trimmed to simply "Isolation". That makes Wretch a useful snapshot of a band in transition, gathering early material and new recordings under one roof. It is the starting point for a run of four studio albums, and it is worth hearing for anyone who wants to trace how Kyuss's stoner rock took shape before Blues for the Red Sun followed in 1992.
Wretch: tracklist and credits
11 tracks · 48:46Tracklist
- 1[Beginning of What’s About to Happen] HWY 74Josh Homme4:43
- 2Love Has Passed Me ByBrant Bjork and Josh Homme3:12
- 3Son of a BitchGarcia, Homme, Oliveri6:03
- 4Black WidowJosh Homme2:44
- 5KatzenjammerChris Cockrell and Josh Homme2:24
- 6Deadly KissJosh Homme5:05
- 7The LawJosh Homme and Nick Oliveri7:53
- 8IsolationJosh Homme2:48
- 9I’m NotJohn Garcia and Josh Homme4:39
- 10Big BikesBrant Bjork5:01
- 11Stage IIIBrant Bjork4:14
- Produced by
- Catherine Enny, Ron Krown, Kyuss
- Recorded at
- Headway Studios (Westminster, California), Master Control Recording Studios (Burbank, California)
- Recorded
- 1989–1991
- Mixed by
- Chris Fuhrman, Michael Mikulka
- Engineered by
- J.B. Lawrence
- Labels
- Dali Records, Dali
- Length
- 48:46
Line-up
- Brant Bjork · drums (drum set)
- Josh Homme · guitar
- Nick Oliveri · bass guitar
- John Garcia · lead vocals
- Chris Cockrell · bass guitar · guest
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 23 September 1991 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 23 September 1991 | |
| Wikidata | 1991 | |
| US release | 23 September 1991 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1991 | earliest UK or European date |
8 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | XE | Dali Records | 737056125622 | other |
| 1991 | GB | Dali Records | 737056125622 | other |
| 1991 | US | Dali Records | 737046125625 | other |
| 23 September 1991 | US | Dali Records | original | |
| 23 September 1991 | DE | Dali Records | 737056125622 | original |
| 19 December 2006 | XW | Elektra | 603497282067 | other |
| 2009 | DE | Dali Records | 737046125618 | other |
| 22 April 2014 | US | Dali Records | 081227958725 | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |