Red House Painters (Bridge)

Infobox Album | Name = Red House Painters
Type = Album
Artist = Red House Painters


Released = flagicon|UK October 18, 1993
flagicon|US October 19, 1993
Recorded = Summer 1992 - Spring 1993
Genre = Folk rock, sadcore
Length = 45:01
Label = 4AD
Producer = Mark Kozelek
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gz63troqkl5x link]
Last album = "Red House Painters"
(1993)
This album = "Red House Painters"
(1993)
Next album = "Shock Me EP"
(1994)

"Red House Painters" (also known as "Bridge" to distinguish it from the first eponymous album, also known as "Rollercoaster") is the third album by the group Red House Painters, released in autumn 1993 by 4AD. The album is made up of songs from the same recording sessions for "Rollercoaster".

At the beginning of the album opener "Evil," the listener can hear the faint laughter of Mark Kozelek and the barely-audible voice of a female playfully saying "No." The album includes two covers--a sunny version of "I Am a Rock" by Simon and Garfunkel; and Francis Scott Key's "The Star-Spangled Banner," which displays an off-beat dark humor. In the US, 4AD added the "Shock Me EP" as bonus tracks to this CD when the RHP catalog was reissued in 1999, to bring the total number of tracks to 12.

Mark Kozelek cleverly name-drops the band's name in the lyrics to "Uncle Joe":

Cquote
And I am not very well "read",
Does this say that I might lose my "house"?
And can you spare me of my "pain"?
And can you spare me of my "tears"?

Track listing

# "Evil" – 7:20
# "Bubble" – 5:31
# "I Am a Rock" – 5:32
# "Helicopter" – 5:22
# "New Jersey" – 4:24
# "Uncle Joe" – 5:58
# "Blindfold" – 8:26
# "The Star-Spangled Banner" – 2:28
# "Shock Me" (bonus track) - 4:49
# "Sundays and Holidays" (bonus track) - 3:00
# "Three-Legged Cat" (bonus track) - 1:41
# "Shock Me" (Acoustic) / (Untitled Instrumental) (bonus tracks) - 10:40

Remastered

Red House Painters' 4AD catalog was remastered and reissued on CD in the late 1990s:
* July 6, 1998
* November 2, 1999 (with 4 bonus tracks)

Notes

* Images by [http://www.simon-larbalestier.co.uk/ Simon Larbalestier] .
* 4AD release: CAD 3016 (vinyl), CAD 3016 CD (UK CD), GAD 3016 CD (US CD)
* Warner Bros. release: 9 45441-2 (US CD)

ee also

*List of musicians with multiple self-titled albums