"Blow" is the third album released in 1993 by New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 band, Straitjacket Fits

Straitjacket Fits

Straitjacket Fits formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1986 and were a prominent band in the Flying Nun label's second wave of the Dunedin Sound.-Biography:...

. The album has a harder, less melodic sound than the band's previous albums. This reflects the change of line-up, with Andrew Brough

Andrew Brough

Andrew Brough is a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Dunedin, New Zealand, who is best known for his work with the New Zealand Music Hall of fame inductees, Straitjacket Fits.- Early career :...

 having left the band prior to this album's recording, to be replaced by Mark Petersen. It also reflect's the band's change of recording method (for this album the tracks were recorded live) and a change of producer. The album was described by one contemporary reviewer as "...twisted rhythms, see-sawing guitars, and brash intensity... Straitjacket Fits at their least user-friendly and most challenging."

All the songs on this album are credited to Shayne Carter

Shayne Carter

Shayne Carter is best-known for being the Straitjacket Fits' principal singer/songwriting/guitarist in the late 80s/early 90s, and later on a founding member of Dimmer.Carter comes from a musical family...

/John Collie

John Collie (musician)

John Collie is the former drummer for New Zealand band Straitjacket Fits. Collie was previously a member of Doublehappys with Shayne Carter,Eggleton , p. 108 a band which he had joined in 1984...

/Straitjacket Fits.

Two of the tracks from the album ("Done" and "Spacing") had previously been released in New Zealand on the Done EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

in 1992, though both were re-recorded for the album. The American release includes one extra track, "Sycamore", which was released in New Zealand as a B-side of the first single from the album, "Cat Inna Can". The album's other single was "If I Were You".

Track listing

• NZ release

1. "Done" (3:18)
2. "Falling" (3:35)
3. "Brother's Keeper" (3:24)
4. "Cat Inna Can" (3:52)
5. "Burn It Up" (3:55)
6. "Joyride" (3:28)
7. "Train" (3:43)
8. "Let It Blow" (3:51)
9. "If I Were You" (3:58)
10. "Turn" (3:14)
11. "Way" (3:53)
12. "Spacing" (3:25)

• US release

1. "Done" (3:18)
2. "Falling" (3:35)
3. "Joyride" (3:28)
4. "Cat Inna Can" (3:52)
5. "Sycamore"
6. "Brother's Keeper" (3:24)
7. "Train" (3:43)
8. "Let It Blow" (3:51)
9. "If I Were You" (3:58)
10. "Turn" (3:14)
11. "Way" (3:53)
12. "Burn It Up" (3:55)
13. "Spacing" (3:25)