The Problem with Me is the second album by American indie rock band Seam.[7][8] It was released in 1993 through Touch and Go Records.[9]
| The Problem with Me | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 21, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
| Studio | Idful, Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, slowcore, emo | |||
| Length | 36:57 | |||
| Label | Touch and Go[1] | |||
| Producer | Brad Wood[2] | |||
| Seam chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Chicago Tribune | [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [5] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [6] |
Critical reception
editMagnet wrote: "Nine blissfully hypnotic songs circled [Sooyoung] Park's sadness and anger, building up tension and releasing it in a crash of restrained guitars and half-shouted vocals."[10] Spin called the album "completely enveloping—a soft swirl of mood music with echoes of loneliness and confusion."[11]
Legacy
editAndrew Earles, in Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981–1996, wrote that the album "would be hugely influential on the first wave of '90s emo bands and related practitioners of semi-popular indie rock" throughout the rest of the decade.[2]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Seam
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rafael" | 2:23 |
| 2. | "Bunch" | 3:26 |
| 3. | "Road to Madrid" | 5:59 |
| 4. | "Stage 2000" | 3:28 |
| 5. | "Sweet Pea" | 3:33 |
| 6. | "Dust and Turpentine" | 4:09 |
| 7. | "Something's Burning" | 4:07 |
| 8. | "The Wild Cat" | 5:24 |
| 9. | "Autopilot" | 4:28 |
Personnel
edit- Seam
- Lexi Mitchell – bass guitar
- Sooyoung Park – vocals, guitar
- Bob Rising – drums
- Craig White – guitar
- Production and additional personnel
- Bundy K. Brown – EBow on "Road to Madrid" and "Sweet Pea"
- John McEntire – drums on "Road to Madrid"
- Brad Wood – recording
References
edit- ^ "The Problem With Me | Seam | Touch and Go / Quarterstick Records". www.touchandgorecords.com.
- ^ a b Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981–1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9780760346488 – via Google Books.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "The Problem with Me – Seam". AllMusic. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ Rothschild, David (November 21, 1993). "The City That Rocks". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 323.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 991.
- ^ "Seam | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Buckley, Peter (January 1, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
- ^ Sheppard, Denise (2007). "Seam". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
- ^ "Lost Classics: Seam "The Problem With Me"". March 20, 2009.
- ^ "Heavy Rotation". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. November 1, 1993 – via Google Books.
External links
edit- The Problem with Me at Discogs (list of releases)