Peacetika

Peacetika
Studio album by
Cows
ReleasedMarch 15, 1991 (1991-03-15)
StudiosMirror Image
(Minneapolis, MN)
GenresNoise rock, post-hardcore
Length26:09
LabelAmphetamine Reptile
ProducersCows, Tim Mac
Cows chronology
Effete and Impudent Snobs
(1990)		 Peacetika
(1991)		 Cunning Stunts
(1992)

Peacetika is the fourth studio album by the Minneapolis-based noise rock band Cows. It was released on March 25, 1991, by Amphetamine Reptile Records. The band supported the album with a North American tour.

Critical reception

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Trouser Press opined that "the spectacular 'Hitting the Wall' begins the album with pounding and whistling organized mayhem, which the weaker following tracks can't equal."

In 2005, City Pages listed "Hitting the Wall" as one of "Minnesota's Fifty Greatest Hits", writing: "Am-Rep's leading lights corral their mondo-hate-scum-boogie into something like a pop song without diluting Shannon Selberg's stay-away-from-me scream or Thor Eisentrager and Kevin Rutmanis's guitar-bass katzenjammer."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Cows.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Hitting the Wall"2:41
2."John Henry"3:36
3."The Man"2:53
4."I'm Missing"3:56
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Can't Die"3:07
2."3-Way Lisa"2:59
3."Good Cop"2:38
4."Peacetika"4:16

Personnel

Adapted from the Peacetika liner notes.

Cows
Production and additional personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1991 Amphetamine Reptile LP ARR 18/145

References

  1. ↑ Thompson, Dave (June 19, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076.
  2. ↑ Jennings, Dave (May 4, 1991). "Peacetika by Cows". Melody Maker. Vol. 68, no. 18. p. 34.
  3. ↑ Old Gold 1989–1991 (booklet). Cows. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Amphetamine Reptile Records. 1996.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ Scott, Jane (September 20, 1991). "Moosic". Friday. The Plain Dealer. p. 28.
  5. ↑ Kennedy, Patrick. "Cows: Peacetika Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  6. ↑ Edgerton, Robin; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Cows". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  7. ↑ Hicks, Dylan (June 8, 2005). "Minnesota's Fifty Greatest Hits – The greatest Minnesota-made records of all time". City Pages.
  8. ↑ Peacetika (sleeve). Cows. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Amphetamine Reptile Records. 1991.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)