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''Shame'' is the debut studio album by the American
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. It was released on April 27, 1993, through
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Recording

Brad formed officially in 1992, although the band members had been playing together for a long time before that. The band originally wanted to go by the name Shame, but the name was already taken by a band featuring musician Brad Wilson.Gumbuoy
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Instead, the band took the name Brad and decided to name their debut album ''Shame''. The album was recorded in October 1992 in roughly 20 days at Avast Recording Co. in
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, Washington. Many tracks are taken from in-studio
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s. The band members produced the album themselves. The album was mixed by Brendan O'Brien. The album's cover art was provided by Seattle's
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Release

''Shame'', featuring a raw sound and an eclectic mix of styles, was released to mixed reviews and moderate sales.Erlewine, Stephen Thomas and Torreano, Bradley. "
Brad Brad may refer to: * Brad (given name), a masculine given name Places * Brad, Hunedoara, a city in Hunedoara County, Romania * Brad, a village in Berești-Bistrița Commune, Bacău County, Romania * Brad, a village in Filipeni, Bacău, Romania * ...
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The track "20th Century" was a minor hit in the UK. The album charted at number 14 on ''Billboard''s
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chart. While sometimes categorised as “grunge”, the band sit apart in some ways: “Despite all of Brad’s connections to ’90s grunge, neither Shame nor Interiors sound much like the defining music of that scene, instead featuring soft, nocturnal rock, giddy rhythms and glossy funk jams. More importantly, Shawn Smith’s presence defines Brad even more than Gossard’s musical contributions or inherent fame. Smith is an unusual vocalist even without the nebulous grunge influences of Brad’s apparent circle of friends; adjacent to era contemporaries like Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Gossard and Jeff Ament’s Green River or Regan and Andrew Wood’s Malfunkshun, Smith’s honeyed falsetto starts to sound like the song of another species altogether.” Spectrumculture”
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s were made for the songs "Buttercup" and "20th Century".


Track listing


Personnel

;Brad *
Stone Gossard Stone Carpenter Gossard (born July 20, 1966) is an American musician and songwriter who serves as the rhythm guitarist for the rock band Pearl Jam. Along with Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder, he is one of the founding members of the ...
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s * Regan Hagar –
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, cover and package design * Shawn Smith –
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, guitar on "Down" *Jeremy Toback –
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, lead vocals and organ on "Down" ;Additional musicians and production *Jenny Behe – mixing assistance *Brad –
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*Greg Calbi – mastering *
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, Washington – cover photo *Brett Eliason – second
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*Sony Felito – post-pro engineering *Bashiri Johnson –
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*Eric Johnson – disc art *Stuart Hallerman – Avast assistance *Noel Lakey – first engineer *Mark Lindsay – painting *Lance Mercer – band photos * Brendan O'Brien – mixing *Joel Zimmerman – Epic
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Chart positions


Album


Singles


Accolades


References

{{Authority control 1993 debut albums Brad (band) albums Epic Records albums Albums produced by Stone Gossard