Painful | ||||
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Released | October 5, 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1993 | |||
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Length | 48:36 | |||
Label | Matador | |||
Producer | ||||
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Singles from Painful | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Chicago Tribune | [3] |
Christgau's Consumer Guide | A−[4] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[5] |
Mojo | [6] |
NME | 8/10[7] |
Pitchfork | 9.6/10[8] |
Q | [9] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [10] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10[11] |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Vocals | Length |
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1. | 'Big Day Coming' | Kaplan | 7:04 | |
2. | 'From a Motel 6' |
| 4:08 | |
3. | 'Double Dare' |
| Kaplan | 3:28 |
4. | 'Superstar-Watcher' | 1:42 | ||
5. | 'Nowhere Near' |
| Hubley | 6:01 |
6. | 'Sudden Organ' | Kaplan | 4:42 | |
7. | 'A Worrying Thing' |
| Kaplan | 2:53 |
8. | 'I Was the Fool Beside You for Too Long' | Kaplan | 5:04 | |
9. | 'The Whole of the Law' | 2:19 | ||
10. | 'Big Day Coming' |
| Kaplan | 4:14 |
11. | 'I Heard You Looking' | 7:01 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'Nowhere Near' (demo) | 7:14 |
2. | 'From A Motel 6' (live acoustic) | 3:44 |
3. | 'Tunnel Vision' (unreleased instrumental demo) | 1:43 |
4. | 'Sudden Organ' (demo) | 7:35 |
5. | 'Smart Window' (unreleased Painful session) | 3:16 |
6. | 'Big Day Coming' (live acoustic) | 3:10 |
7. | 'Slow Learner' (unreleased demo) | 6:38 |
8. | 'Double Dare' (demo) | 3:24 |
9. | 'A Worrying Thing' (demo) | 2:57 |
10. | 'I Heard You Looking' (live) | 9:17 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'Double Dare (Sominextraction)' (live, CBGB, 1/31/92) | 5:41 |
2. | 'What She Wants' (live, House Of Music, West Orange) | 2:54 |
3. | 'Ashes On The Ground' (live, SIR, 9/29/93)) | 5:14 |
4. | 'Nutricia' (recorded At Snack Time by Fred Brockman) | 5:04 |
5. | 'For Shame Of Doing Wrong (Slide Version)' (live, House Of Music, West Orange) | 4:37 |
6. | 'Superstar Watcher' (recorded At Snack Time by Fred Brockman) | 1:45 |
7. | 'Big Day Coming' (live, Reckless Records, 4/26/92) | 19:02 |
8. | 'I Was The Fool Beside You For Too Long' (live , SIR, 9/29/93) | 4:43 |
9. | 'Shaker' (live, The Batschkapp, Frankfurt, 1/3/94) | 3:07 |
10. | 'Artificial Heart' (live, Shank Hall, 5/11/93) | 2:39 |
11. | 'Whole Of The Law Loops' (Painful Sessions, Water Music & James Apartment 1992) | 2:45 |
12. | 'Nowhere Near' (live, Lounge Ax, Chicago 11/13/93) | 6:04 |
13. | 'Sleeping Pill' (excerpt From 'Ian Mackaye', Room Temperature, Brooklyn 2/20/93) | 2:12 |
14. | 'Big Day Coming' (live, SIR, 9/29/93) | 3:45 |
15. | 'Sudden Organ' (live, SIR, 9/29/93) | 7:04 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'Shaker' | |
2. | 'For Shame Of Doing Wrong' (8-Track Version - the CD single contained a differentversion which is on the download coupon) |