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Clutch (album)

Clutch (album)

Overview
Clutch is the second full-length album by rock
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States after World War II in the late 1940s, from a combination of the rhythms of the blues, from the African American culture, and from America's country music and gospel music scenes...

 band Clutch
Clutch (band)
Clutch is an American rock band from Germantown, Maryland, formed in 1990. The band's first release was an EP entitled Pitchfork, which debuted in October 1990. Their first studio album, Transnational Speedway League, was released three years later in 1993.-History:Clutch formed in 1990 and built a...

. It was released in May 1995
1995 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.- Events :*January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California, USA, but is not injured in the accident....

 on East West Records
East West Records
East West Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, and operates under WMG's Independent Label Group.-History:Upon its creation in 1955 by Atlantic Records, the label had one hit with The Kingsmen and went into hibernation until 1990, when Atlantic revamped the imprint as...

, and contains 13 songs. It is the band's biggest-selling album to date with total sales in the US at over 200,000 copies. The album is considered a staple of the 90's stoner rock
Stoner rock
Stoner rock and stoner metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and heavy metal music. It combines elements of psychedelic rock, blues-rock and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features low-tuned guitars, a bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro'...

 scene.
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Encyclopedia
Clutch is the second full-length album by rock
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States after World War II in the late 1940s, from a combination of the rhythms of the blues, from the African American culture, and from America's country music and gospel music scenes...

 band Clutch
Clutch (band)
Clutch is an American rock band from Germantown, Maryland, formed in 1990. The band's first release was an EP entitled Pitchfork, which debuted in October 1990. Their first studio album, Transnational Speedway League, was released three years later in 1993.-History:Clutch formed in 1990 and built a...

. It was released in May 1995
1995 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.- Events :*January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California, USA, but is not injured in the accident....

 on East West Records
East West Records
East West Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, and operates under WMG's Independent Label Group.-History:Upon its creation in 1955 by Atlantic Records, the label had one hit with The Kingsmen and went into hibernation until 1990, when Atlantic revamped the imprint as...

, and contains 13 songs. It is the band's biggest-selling album to date with total sales in the US at over 200,000 copies. The album is considered a staple of the 90's stoner rock
Stoner rock
Stoner rock and stoner metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and heavy metal music. It combines elements of psychedelic rock, blues-rock and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features low-tuned guitars, a bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro'...

 scene.

Track listing

  • All music and lyrics written by Clutch.

The Japanese release of the album contains the following bonus track
Bonus track
In terms of recorded music, a bonus track is a piece of music which has been included on specific releases or reissues of an album. This is most often done as a promotional device, either as an incentive to customers to purchase albums they might otherwise not, or to repurchase albums they already...

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  • "Apache"

Personnel

  • Neil Fallon
    Neil Fallon
    Neil Fallon is the lead singer and occasional rhythm guitarist for the rock band Clutch, and lead singer for super-group The Company Band.-Biography:He and Clutch played at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C...

     - Vocals, Logo
  • Tim Sult
    Tim Sult
    Tim Sult is the guitarist for rock/funk metal/hard rock band Clutch. He is also the guitarist for an instrumental side project, The Bakerton Group and, schedule permitting, the Reggae/Rock band LIONIZE...

     – Guitar
  • Dan Maines – Bass
  • Jean-Paul Gaster
    Jean-Paul Gaster
    Jean-Paul Gaster is the American drummer for rock band Clutch.-Style and influences:Jean-Paul Gaster has learned to play drums growing up on 1960s and 1970 heavy rock bands like Black Sabbath, Cream and Jimi Hendrix. Favorite drummers of Gaster are artists such as legendary jazz drummers Elvin...

    – Drums
  • Richard Morel – Organ (on tracks 5, 7, 12 & 13)
  • Larry Packer (Uncle Punchy) – Engineer, Mixing (on tracks 3 & 8), Producer
  • Steve Thompson – Mixing
  • Michael Barbiero – Mixing
  • Mike Hamady – Assistant Engineer
  • Jay Ryan – Mixing Engineer
  • Danio Saratak – Digital Engineer
  • Greg Calbi – Mastering
  • Wendy Berry – A & R Representative
  • Jon Goldwater - Management
  • Dan Winters – Photography
  • Jennifer Roddie – Design, Logo
  • Rob Eberhardt – 3-D Typography

Charting Positions


Album
Year Chart Position
1995 Top Heatseekers 33