Gone Glimmering

Gone Glimmering
Studio album by
Chavez
ReleasedMay 23, 1995
RecordedDecember 1994–January 1995
GenresIndie rock, noise rock
Length30:00
LabelMatador
Producers
Chavez chronology
Gone Glimmering
(1995)		 Ride the Fader
(1996)

Gone Glimmering is the debut studio album of American indie rock band Chavez. It was released via Matador Records on May 23, 1995. The album was recorded over weekends in December 1994 and January 1995 at various locations with various producers/engineers (Bob Weston, Bryce Goggin and John Agnello).

A music video was released for the track "Break Up Your Band".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar
Entertainment WeeklyB+
The Great Indie Discography7/10
Kerrang!StarStarStarStar
MusicHound RockStarStarStarStar
Pitchfork8.6/10
Tiny Mix TapesStarStarStarStarHalf star

Billboard wrote that "no debut of late combines guts and gray matter quite as fluently as this New York quartet's killer blast of postnoise rock." The Albuquerque Tribune called it "a big load of rock, pounded with a New York Noise mallet."

Track listing

  1. "Nailed to the Blank Spot" - 2:07
  2. "Break Up Your Band" - 2:56
  3. "Laugh Track" - 3:58
  4. "The Ghost by the Sea" - 4:01
  5. "Pentagram Ring" - 2:26
  6. "Peeled Out Too Late" - 3:36
  7. "The Flaming Gong" - 1:53
  8. "Wakeman's Air" - 4:23
  9. "Relaxed Fit" - 4:39

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Chavez". Trouser Press.
  2. ↑ "Nightlife". New York. New York Media, LLC. September 25, 1995.
  3. ↑ Helms, Colin (August 1995). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 24. CMJ Network, Inc. p. 26.
  4. ↑ "Chavez Gone Glimmering". matadorrec.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 1998. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Gone Glimmering Chavez". AllMusic.
  6. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Chavez". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2 (4th ed.). MUZE. p. 310. ISBN 9780195313734.
  7. ↑ Flaherty, Mike (June 23, 1995). "Gone Glimmering". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ Strong, Martin C. (2003). "Chavez". The Great Indie Discography. Canongate. p. 670. ISBN 978-1-84195-335-9 – via Internet Archive.
  9. ↑ Meany (September 16, 1995). "Noize Pollution". Kerrang!. No. 563. EMAP. p. 41.
  10. ↑ Moore, Lisa M. (1999). "Chavez". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 224. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  11. ↑ Kandell, Steve (November 13, 2020). "Chavez: Gone Glimmering". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  12. ↑ Bier, Jared (October 23, 2008). "Chavez - Gone Glimmering". Tiny Mix Tapes. Archived from the original on October 27, 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Reviews & Previews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 25, 1995.
  14. ↑ "Chavez, 'Gone Glimmering'". The Albuquerque Tribune. June 29, 1995. p. D7.