''Spanaway'' is an album by the American band

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. It was released in 1995 on

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. The album is named for the Washington community. The first single was "Start With", which peaked at No. 38 on ''Billboards

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chart. Seaweed supported the album with a North American tour, which included playing the 1995

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. ''Spanaway'' was a commercial disappointment.

Production

The album was produced primarily by

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; it was mixed by Andy Wallace.

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and

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played drums on some tracks. Seaweed wrote the songs over a period of two years. "Magic Mountainman" is about singer Aaron Stauffer's farm near

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; "Not Saying Anything" is about domestic discontent.

Critical reception

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'' noted that "increases in budget and studio time enable Seaweed to deliver its best work, an inspired major-label detour." ''

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'' deemed it "a raw, in your-face, post-punk record." ''

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'' called ''Spanaway'' "sugar-charged anthem rock." ''

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'' noted that the band "is at its best when slathering anthemic vocals, sharp hooks and meatgrinder guitars on top of a blistering 4/4." ''

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'' determined that "the overall effect ... is still one of numbing, hyperclenched assault, with the group's chief virtue being mere moshability." The ''

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'' concluded that ''Spanaway'' "follows the loud-fast rule of the new melodic punk genre with stinging guitars and maximum volume."

Track listing

#"Free Drug Zone" - 3:37 #"Crush Us All" - 3:58 #"Start With" - 4:02 #"Common Mistake" - 2:47 #"Magic Mountainman" - 3:46 #"Saturday Nitrous" - 3:11 #"Undeniable Hate" - 3:34 #"Defender" - 2:40 #"Assistant (to the manager)" - 3:35 #"Punchy (the clown)" - 0:54 #"Not Saying Anything" - 4:05 #"Last Humans" - 3:22 #"Peppy's Bingo" - 1:07

References

{{reflist 1995 albums Hollywood Records albums Albums produced by Adam Kasper