Refrigerator - How You Continue Dreaming (1994) [Communion Label, COMM36]

Refrigerator - How You Continue Dreaming (1994) [Communion Label, COMM36, LP/CD]

Refrigerator - How You Continue Dreaming (1994) [Shrimper, SHR53, Cassette]

What Does This Album Sound Like?

Insert, cassette:

Allen C - Vocal. Dennis C - GTR. Joel C - Drums. Chris J - Drums. Recorded by BOB DURKEE EXCEPT * recorded @ Dennis' House. Peter Hughes + Bob Durkee play GTRs on "Wash Out". All Songs C 1994 / Inland Music (BMI) you can reach us at the Shrimper PO Box. LP + CD Available on Communion.

Insert, CD:

ALLEN CALLACI - vocals. DENNIS CALLACI - guitar. JOEL CONNEL - drums (1,2,5,7,10,15,17). CHRIS JONES - drums (4,8,11,13,15,18,19). recorded in Sam Dimas Nov.93-july 94 by BOB DURKEE. BoB and PETER HUGHES play excess gtrs on "WASHOUT". cover layout by allen and dennis. all songs (BMI) 1994 Inland publishing. thank you for the time... refrigerator:PO BOX 1837, Upland CA 91785. starred songs recorded onto one track at rael studios..........

Notes on the above split of the drumming: Joel Connell plays drums on "Colton", "Speedway", "Wish And Need", "Glitter Jazz", "How You Continue Dreaming", "Suckdown", and "Hydrogen Suitcase:. Chris Jones plays drums on Bicycle", "Son House", "Party Hat", "Green And White Meet Blue", "Sorry State Line", "Washout", and "98 Pounds". There's an old article Franklin Bruno wrote that quotes Dennis on the amicable personnel change:

Dennis: "There was no plan for Joel to leave, he kind of got busy and lost interest at the same time. Also, we'd known Chris for so long." Chris adds, "I'd been away from the Empire at college for a few years, but I met everyone again at Dennis' bachelor party. After the wedding, I sat in on drums at a Satnam Puppets show, and Dennis asked me to fill in for Joel a few times after that."

This album is great as a full listen, and has some exceptional single tracks. "Wish And Need" is an all-time top 10 Refrigerator track for me. "Bicycle" is of course one of their strongest. "Colton" and "Old City Cool" are incredible bookends. Also of note is "Green and White Meet Blue", the longest* song on the album at 3 minutes 44 seconds, and one of the songs that really benefits from being recorded by Bob Durkee and given space. (I say this as a guy who loves the low-tech stuff and calls Lonesome Surprize a perfect album.) "Suckdown", which follows it, is also great stuff just for how hard it goes.

(*"Party Hat"'s track on the CD is 4 minutes and 2 seconds, but the actual "Party Hat" segment similar to its acoustic appearance on Bicycle is only the last 90 seconds or so. The first two and a half minutes are a long electric guitar instrumental, which sounds like a new recording of a song from the A-side of 1990 Paste cassette Drugstore.)

Lyric write-up for this album is a work in progress (yes, still).

TRACKLIST:
01. Colton
02. Speedway
03. Orange Blossom
04. Bicycle
05. Wish And Need
06. Insect
07. Glitter Jazz
08. Son House
09. Half Empty Shoes
10. How You Continue Dreaming
11. Party Hat
12. Ghetto Bed
13. Green And White Meet Blue
14. Suckdown
15. Sorry State Line
16. 727
17. Hydrogen Suitcase
18. Washout
19. 98 Pounds
20. Old City Cool

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