''Invitation'' is the debut album by
alternative rock
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Filthy Friends
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; it was released on
Kill Rock Stars
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in 2017.
Reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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of
AllMusic
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awarded the album four out of five stars, writing, "It's as fun as it's galvanizing, a record that draws strength from its casual nature."
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Pitchfork
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''s Alfred Soto gave the album a 6.5 out of 10, praising the performance but noting that the music, "depends on its lack of surprise... It is a good time, and not much more."
Track listing
All songs written by
Peter Buck
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and
Corin Tucker
Corin Lisa Tucker (born November 9, 1972) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for her work with rock band Sleater-Kinney. Tucker is also a member of the alternative rock supergroup Filthy Friends, and previously recorde ...
#"Despierta" – 4:19
#"Windmill" – 3:56
#"Faded Afternoon" – 3:19
#"Any Kind of Crowd" – 3:15
#"Second Life" – 2:38
#"The Arrival" – 2:19
#"Come Back Shelley" – 3:59
#"No Forgotten Son" – 3:13
#"Brother" – 3:43
#"You and Your King" – 3:10
#"Makers" – 2:22
#"Invitation" – 2:34
Personnel
Filthy Friends
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Kurt Bloch
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Music career
Bloch is best known as songwriter and lead guitarist of Fastbacks, and is a member of The Young Fresh Fellows.
Record Produc ...
– guitar, cover design,
production
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Peter Buck
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– guitar production
*
Scott McCaughey
Scott Lewis McCaughey is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter and the leader of the Seattle and Portland-based bands The Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5. He was also an auxiliary member of the American rock band R.E.M. from 1994 u ...
– bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, production
*
Krist Novoselic
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Novoselic and Kurt Cobain formed the band Nirvana in 1987 along with drummer Aaron Burckhard, ...
– bass guitar, production
*
Bill Rieflin
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– drums,
percussion
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,
mixing, production
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Corin Tucker
Corin Lisa Tucker (born November 9, 1972) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for her work with rock band Sleater-Kinney. Tucker is also a member of the alternative rock supergroup Filthy Friends, and previously recorde ...
– vocals, production
Technical personnel
*Ed Brooks – digital
mastering
*Don Gunn – mixing, percussion
*Adam Seizer –
engineering
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Francesca Sundsten – cover art
References
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2017 debut albums
Filthy Friends albums
Kill Rock Stars albums