Infrared Riding Hood

Infrared Riding Hood
Studio album by
Tad
ReleasedApril 11, 1995 (1995-04-11)
StudioRobert Lang (Seattle)
Genres
Length58:32
LabelEast West/Elektra
ProducerJack Endino
Tad chronology
Inhaler
(1993)		 Infrared Riding Hood
(1995)

Infrared Riding Hood is the fourth and final studio album by the American rock band Tad, released in 1995 on EastWest/Elektra Records. It was the follow-up to their major label debut, Inhaler.

Production

The album was produced by Jack Endino. Due to the departure of founding guitarist Gary Thorstensen, frontman Tad Doyle played all of the guitar parts.

Release

Despite enthusiasm and hopes for a long-awaited commercial breakthrough, their A&R representative was fired, and within one week, all of her bands, including Tad, were dropped from the label. It was the second time in three years that Tad had been dropped by a major label.

The album sold poorly, having had very little promotion behind it.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarHalf star
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar

Trouser Press lamented "the sheer redundancy of skulk-fests like 'Bludge' and 'Thistle Suit'." The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that "the band maintains a big, boisterous sound full of metal-flavored guitar riffs and snarling vocals, with enough rocking, melodic hooks to snag a place on the edges of the alternative mainstream."

Track listing

  1. "Ictus" - 3:17
  2. "Bullhorn" - 3:17
  3. "Thistle Suit" - 4:51
  4. "Emotional Cockroach" - 3:46
  5. "Red Eye Angel" - 2:17
  6. "Bludge" - 2:35
  7. "Dementia" - 3:27
  8. "Weakling" - 3:28
  9. "Halcyon Nights" - 3:19
  10. "Particle Accelerator" - 3:25
  11. "Tool Marks" - 2:59
  12. "Mystery Copter" - 27:07 (there is about 10 minutes of blank recording from 7:17 to 17:17 in this track).
  13. "Obsidian Lights" - 2:38 (Japan-only bonus track)

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Tad Biography & History". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Considine, J. D. "Tad is slimmer, more focused". The Baltimore Sun.
  3. ↑ "Tad Planning Two Grunge-Heavy Releases". Billboard.
  4. ↑ Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9780760346488.
  5. ↑ Sculley, Alan. "In Need of a Tad More". Daily Press.
  6. ↑ "Tad's 'Infrared Riding Hood' Treated to Vinyl Reissue". Exclaim!.
  7. ↑ "Tad's New Album Best Work in Years". The Spokesman-Review.
  8. ↑ Chick, Stevie (November 5, 2009). Psychic Confusion: The Sonic Youth Story. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857120540.
  9. ↑ "The Majors Get Weird". Spin. Spin Media LLC. May 28, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Tad". Record Collector.
  11. ↑ "Infrared Riding Hood Tad". AllMusic.
  12. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 24.
  13. ↑ "Tad". Trouser Press.
  14. ↑ "Tad/Clutch". The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 7, 1995. p. 27.