''Shock Me'' is an EP by American

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band Red House Painters. It was released in the UK only in 1994 on CD and 12" vinyl by record label

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Recording

''Shock Me'' was recorded and mixed at Coast Recorders, San Francisco in 1993. Additional recording took place at Razor's Edge, also in San Francisco.

Content

The EP contains two versions of the song "

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," a Kiss cover. The EP went out of print shortly after its initial release. The tracks later surfaced on the reissued edition of ''

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'', released in 1999. The "untitled instrumental" hidden track is actually an instrumental version of "A Million + 8 Things", a song from the early Red House Painters demo tapes (dated 1991-1992).

Reception

In his retrospective review, Dean Carlson of AllMusic wrote: "this mid-career EP displays a confident, introspective Red House Painters seemingly influenced by a parallel world where

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shoegazed it up with Ride or Chapterhouse. Somehow, it's quietly splendid."

Track listing

Release history

Personnel

; Additional personnel * Carla Fabrizio * Dan Barbee * Larry Ragent ; Technical *

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– sleeve images

References

{{Authority control Red House Painters albums 1994 EPs 4AD EPs Albums produced by Mark Kozelek