Frogstomp
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| Studio album by Silverchair | ||||
| Released | 27 March 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 27 December 1994 – 17 January 1995 | |||
| Studio | Festival Studios, Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Genre | Grunge | |||
| Length | 44:51 | |||
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| Producer | Kevin "Caveman" Shirley | |||
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Frogstomp is the debut studio album by Australian alternative rock band Silverchair. It was released in 1995, when the members were only 15 years of age, by record label Murmur.
Release
Frogstomp was released on 25 March 1995 by record label Murmur.
It reached number 1 on Australian ARIA Albums Chart. In June 1995, Frogstomp was released by Epic in the United States. It has since been certified double platinum by the RIAA.
The LP version of the album is sold in a green vinyl with "Blind" as a bonus track limited to 3,000 copies worldwide. There is also a limited cassette edition of the album.
In March 2015, a remastered edition of the album was released as a two-CD/DVD set to mark the twentieth anniversary of its release.[1]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B–[3] |
| Rolling Stone | mildly favourable[4] |
| The Village Voice | C[5] |
Robert Christgau of The Village Voice wrote: "every once in a while in this business you catch yourself thinking that teenagers don't know dick. These Aussie adolescents admire Nirvana and Pearl Jam, which is cute, and sound like Pearl Jam, which is natural—almost exactly like Pearl Jam except no good, which is useless."[5] Chuck Eddy of Entertainment Weekly wrote: "the songs on Frogstomp almost all start out like dreary Metallica ballads and build toward gloomy, by-the-numbers grunge."[3] David Fricke of Rolling Stone, on the other hand, wrote: "Truly shameless wanna-be's [sic] like Bush should be so lucky to have the hard smarts that Silverchair – particularly the band's main writers, singer-guitarist Daniel Johns and drummer Ben Gillies – show on such Frogstomp-ers as 'Pure Massacre' and 'Israel's Son'. When these guys turn 18, they'll really be dangerous."[4]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Daniel Johns and Ben Gillies, except as noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Israel's Son" (Johns) | 5:18 |
| 2. | "Tomorrow" | 4:26 |
| 3. | "Faultline" | 4:19 |
| 4. | "Pure Massacre" | 4:58 |
| 5. | "Shade" | 4:01 |
| 6. | "Leave Me Out" | 3:03 |
| 7. | "Suicidal Dream" (Johns) | 3:12 |
| 8. | "Madman" (Johns) | 2:43 |
| 9. | "Undecided" | 4:36 |
| 10. | "Cicada" | 5:10 |
| 11. | "Findaway" (Johns) | 2:56 |
| Vinyl bonus track | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 12. | "Blind" | |
| 2015 20th Anniversary Remastered Edition bonus disc | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Tomorrow (From Tomorrow EP)" | |
| 2. | "Acid Rain (From Tomorrow EP)" | |
| 3. | "Blind (From Tomorrow EP)" | |
| 4. | "Stoned (From Tomorrow EP)" | |
| 5. | "Madman (Vocal Version)" | |
| 6. | "Madman (Live at the Cambridge)" | |
| 7. | "Blind (Live at the Cambridge)" | |
| 8. | "Tomorrow (Live at the Cambridge)" | |
| 9. | "Faultline (Live at the Cambridge)" | |
| 10. | "Pure Massacre (Live at the Cambridge)" | |
Chart positions
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] | 1 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] | 81 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[8] | 2 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[9] | 30 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[10] | 49 |
| US Billboard 200[11] | 9 |
Personnel
- Silverchair
- Daniel Johns – guitar, vocals
- Ben Gillies – drums
- Chris Joannou – bass guitar
References
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- ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Silverchair – Frogstomp". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Silverchair – Frogstomp". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Silverchair – Frogstomp". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Silverchair – Frogstomp". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "Silverchair | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "Silverchair – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Silverchair. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
| Preceded by | Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album 9 April 1995 – 29 April 1995 |
Succeeded by Three Legged Dog by The Cruel Sea |
