''Shimmer'' is the second and final album by

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. It was released in 1994 through

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. Due to the death of frontman Sean McDonnell nine months after the album's release, the band broke up.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that Surgery "operates in the low end of rock's frequency spectrum, bringing the bass to the center of their sound, rarely hitting the high strings on the guitar, and churning out music that values density over melody." ''

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'' deemed the album "unexceptional electric blues-rock." ''

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'' wrote that the band's "riffing and tandem vocals are a modern-rock reduction of Bachman-Turner Overdrive."

Track listing

Personnel

;Surgery *Scott Kleber – guitar *John Lachapelle – bass guitar *John Leamy – drums *Sean McDonnell – vocals ;Production and additional personnel *Billy Anderson –

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– mixing, recording * GGGarth – production, mixing *Allen Hori –

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* Michael Lavine – photography *Anastasia Stefanik – cover model *

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– mastering *Brian Scheuble – mixing *

– production *Valerie Wagner –

, design

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1994 albums Atlantic Records albums Albums produced by Garth Richardson Surgery (band) albums Albums recorded at Sound City Studios Blues rock albums by American artists