Red House Painters (Bridge)

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Red House Painters
Studio album by Red House Painters
Released	October 18, 1993 October 19, 1993
Recorded	Summer 1992 - Spring 1993
Genre	Folk rock, sadcore
Length	45:01
Label	4AD
Producer	Mark Kozelek
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Red House Painters chronology
Red House Painters (1993) Red House Painters (1993) 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":

“

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?

”

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Remastered 3 Notes 4 See also

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Notes

• Images by 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)

[edit] See also

• List of musicians with multiple self-titled albums