Stain (album)

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Stain
Living Colour Stain.jpg
Studio album by Living Colour
Released March 3, 1993 (1993-03-03)
Recorded 1992 at Bearsville Studios and Long View Farm
Genre Funk metal, alternative metal, experimental rock
Length 44:56
Label Epic
Producer Ron Saint Germain
Living Colour
Living Colour chronology
Biscuits
(1991)Biscuits1991		 Stain
(1993)		 Pride
(1995)Pride1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 2.5/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[2]
Robert Christgau A−[3]
Entertainment Weekly C−[4]

Stain is the third album by Living Colour. It was released on March 2, 1993, by Epic Records. It is the first album to feature bassist Doug Wimbish. Stain features a much heavier and aggressive Living Colour, containing elements of thrash metal and industrial music. It reached No. 26 on the Billboard 200. The band split up in January 1995 following a tour with Bad Brains.

The cover art shows a woman wearing a brank.

From the mid-1990s through the early 2010s, the album was out of print due to rights issues after a lawsuit from Jon Stainbrook of the band The Stain forced Sony to cease production of the album.[5] In November 2013, the album was reissued by Music On CD and is also available as an MP3 download.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Go Away"   Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish 4:03
2. "Ignorance Is Bliss"   Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish 3:17
3. "Leave It Alone"   Glover, Reid, Wimbish 3:29
4. "Bi"   Calhoun, Reid 4:46
5. "Mind Your Own Business"   Reid 3:17
6. "Ausländer"   Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish 2:38
7. "Never Satisfied"   Glover, Reid 4:06
8. "Nothingness"   Calhoun 3:30
9. "Postman"   Reid 3:31
10. "WTFF" (stands for What-The-Fuck Factor) Betts, Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish 2:15
11. "This Little Pig"   Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish 3:04
12. "Hemp"   Reid, Fairley 1:36
13. "Wall"   Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish 5:23

Chart performance

Chart Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[6] 19
US Billboard 200[7] 26

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1993 "Nothingness" Modern Rock Tracks 17
"Leave It Alone" Modern Rock Tracks 4
Mainstream Rock Tracks 14

Personnel

  • Ron Saint Germain - production, recording, mixing
  • Andre Betts - additional production
  • Bob Ludwig - mastering
  • Andrew Fairley - vocals on "Hemp"
  • Bernard Fowler - backing vocals
  • Carol Chen - art direction
  • Amy Guip - photography
  • Mouri Mbonika - cover model

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