''Cop and Speeder'' is the second studio album by American
alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...
band
Heatmiser
Heatmiser was an American rock band, formed in Portland, Oregon, in October 1991. Consisting of Elliott Smith (guitar and vocals), Neil Gust (guitar and vocals), Brandt Peterson (bass; later replaced by Sam Coomes, frontman of Quasi) and Ton ...
, released in 1994 by record label
Frontier
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Australia
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.
Reception
Like its predecessor, ''Cop and Speeder'' received generally mixed reviews from critics.
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Trouser Press
''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who, Dave Schulps, and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference ...
'' wrote, "Heatmiser attains a powerful sense of mood on ''Cop and Speeder''
..Thanks to improved songwriting, the album finds the band beginning to emerge from its flat monochrome tones."
Track listing
Personnel
; Heatmiser
*
Neil Gust – vocals, guitar, production, packaging, sleeve photography
*
Tony Lash – drums, production,
engineering
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,
mixing,
mastering
*
Brandt Peterson – bass guitar
*
Elliott Smith
Steven Paul Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003), known as Elliott Smith, was an American musician and singer-songwriter. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and lived much of his life in Portland, Oregon, whe ...
– vocals, guitar, production, sleeve photography
; Technical
* Bob Stark – additional engineering
* Peter Gries – additional engineering
* Kevin Nettleingham – additional engineering
* Steve "Thee Slayer Hippy" Hanford – co-production
* John Golden – mastering
* J.J. Gonson – sleeve photography
* Kelly O'Mara – sleeve photography
* Peter Hawkinson – technical assistance
References
1994 albums
Heatmiser albums
Frontier Records albums
Cavity Search Records albums
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