Interiors (Brad album)

1997 studio album by Brad

Interiors

Studio album by

Brad

Released| June 24, 1997
Recorded| December 1996 – January 1997 at Studio Litho, Seattle, Washington
Genre| Alternative rock, grunge
Length| 44:56
Language| English
Label| Epic
Producer| Brad, Nick DiDia
Brad chronology
| Shame
(1993)  | Interiors
(1997)  | Welcome to Discovery Park
(2002)

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Singles from  Interiors

1. "The Day Brings"
Released: 1997
2. "Secret Girl"
Released: 1997

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Classic Rock| [2]
NME| (3/10)[3]
Pitchfork Media| (3.8/10)[4]
Rolling Stone| [5]

Interiors is the second studio album by the American rock band Brad. It was released on June 24, 1997, through Epic Records.

## Recording

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The album's recording sessions took place from December 1996 to January 1997 at Studio Litho in Seattle, Washington. Studio Litho is owned by guitarist Stone Gossard. The band worked with producer Nick DiDia. The album was mixed by DiDia and Brendan O'Brien. The album featured a more polished sound compared with the band's debut album, Shame.

## Release

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Interiors was met with poor sales, however the band saw its cult audience expand.[6] The lead single from Interiors, "The Day Brings", features Mike McCready from Pearl Jam on lead guitar. The album charted at number 30 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart.[5] A music video was made for the song "The Day Brings". Interiors was accompanied by a tour in the United States and Canada in 1997, as well as a small tour in Australia and New Zealand in 1998.

### Reception

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Interiors received mixed reviews from critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic awarded the album three stars. He wrote "Given its title, it perhaps shouldn't come as a surprise that Interiors is an introspective collection, but its tempered sound is somewhat of a shock when considering the grunge background of the entire band."[1] Erlewine compared the album's sound to 1970s soft rock, which contrasts Gossard's primary band Pearl Jam, whose sound is more reminiscent of 1970s hard rock.[1] Tom Moon of Rolling Stone said that "what's most notable about Interiors...is the pure pop focus of these nuanced compositions."

Other reviewers were more negative. James P. Wisdom of Pitchfork Media stated that "In any case, Interiors is 11 tracks of mildly retro-sound, with a few passable songs, the rest being simply crap," and compared them negatively to Crosby, Stills and Nash.[7] NME reviewer Jim Alexander criticized the album further, saying that "What they really want to do is transport you back to the stinking corpse of the '70s, via Shawn Smith's drawled screeching riffs, with the subtlety and grace of a geriatric diplodocus, and numerous funk-rock workouts that will be on eternal rotation on hell's version of MTV."[8]

## Track listing

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All tracks are written by Stone Gossard, Regan Hagar, Shawn Smith, and Jeremy Toback

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Secret Girl"| 3:13
2.| "The Day Brings"| 3:43
3.| "Lift"| 4:39
4.| "I Don't Know"| 3:39
5.| "Upon My Shoulders"| 4:37
6.| "Sweet Al George"| 4:03
7.| "Funeral Song"| 4:58
8.| "Circle & Line"| 3:42
9.| "Some Never Come Home"| 4:23
10.| "Candles"| 2:20
11.| "Those Three Words"| 5:39

Japanese bonus tracks

All tracks are written by Gossard, Hagar, Smith, and Toback

No.| Title| Length

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12.| "Seance"| 3:33
13.| "Heaven Help"| 4:18

## Personnel

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Brad

* Stone Gossard – guitars, painting
* Regan Hagar – drums, package design
* Shawn Smith – vocals, piano, organ
* Jeremy Toback – bass guitar

Additional musicians and production

* Matt Bayles – recording
* Brad – production
* Nick DiDia – production, recording, mixing
* Shelly Gossard – production coordination
* Bashiri Johnson – percussion
* Steve Marcusson – mastering
* Mike McCready – additional guitar on "The Day Brings"
* Lance Mercer, Fabienne Toback, Harry Wirth – photos
* Brendan O'Brien – mixing, additional keyboards on "I Don't Know", additional guitar on "Lift", "I Don't Know", and "Some Never Come Home"
* John Riegart, Tom Schick, Ryan Williams, Mike Wilson – assistance
* Wendy Sutter – cello on "Upon My Shoulders"

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## Charts

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Chart (1997)  | Peak
position

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Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[9] | 63
US Billboard Top Heatseekers[10] | 30

## References

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1. ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Brad - Interiors review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
2. ^ Hotten, Jon (January 2014). "Brad - Shame/Interiors". Classic Rock (192): 123.
3. ^ Alexander, Jim (5 July 1997). "Brad - Interiors". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
4. ^ Wisdom, James P. (31 December 1999). "Album review: Brad- Interiors". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
5. ^ a b Moon, Tom (28 July 1997). "Album reviews: Brad- Interiors". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
6. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas and Torreano, Bradley. "Brad". AllMusic. Retrieved on January 31, 2009.
7. ^ Wisdom, James P. (31 December 1999). "Album review: Brad- Interiors". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
8. ^ Alexander, Jim (5 July 1997). "Brad - Interiors". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
9. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 40.
10. ^ "Brad – Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 2007-11-13.

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* Shawn Smith
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* Regan Hagar
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Studio albums|

* Shame
* Interiors
* Welcome to Discovery Park
* Best Friends?
* United We Stand

Compilations|

* Brad vs Satchel

Related bands|

* Malfunkshun
* Green River
* Mother Love Bone
* Temple of the Dog
* Pearl Jam
* Satchel
* Pigeonhed

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