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fIREHOSE - If'n flac album
  • Performer fIREHOSE
  • Title If'n
  • Date of release 1987
  • Country US
  • Style Alternative Rock
  • Other formats MP4 AIFF XM AAC AUD ADX MP3
  • Genre Rock
  • Size MP3 1678 mb
  • Size FLAC 1837 mb
  • Rating: 4.4
  • Votes: 178

If'n is the second album by the American alternative rock band Firehose, released in 1987. The album name is a reference to the Bob Dylan song "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. The left side of the album cover has a picture of Hüsker Dü, Minutemen's former colleagues at SST Records.

Style: Alternative Rock. referencing If'n, LP, Album, SST 115. My copy also has a white label with an autograph on one side - I think it's actually a reproduction of an autograph Mike Watt got from John Fogerty - At very least, it appears to read "To Mike, keep on keepin' on - J(illegible) F(illegible)", and the thank yous on the back cover include "John Fogerty (see LP label)", so it'd. Reply Notify me Helpful.

SST CD 115. fIREHOSE. I'm wondering if all the other side labels were white, or if this is different than the others. Thanks! Reply See 6 replies Notify me Helpful.

Nom du groupe Firehose. Date de parution 1987. Labels SST. Style MusicalPunk-Rock. Membres possèdant cet album0. 2. Hear Me. 3. Honey, Please. 5. From One Cums One.

Whereas fIREHOSE's debut, 1986's Ragin', Full On, was issued quickly to get the new outfit off the ground (two of the three members were still reeling from the death of their previous band's frontman, the Minutemen's D. Boon), their sophomore effort, 1987's If'n, included more cohesive and focused songwriting. Touring together had obviously made tighter as a unit, and several of their best all-time compositions reside here

Whereas fIREHOSE's debut, 1986's Ragin', Full On, was issued quickly to get the new outfit off the ground (two of the three members were still reeling from the death of their previous band's frontman, the Minutemen's D. Although the debut incorporated other musical forms besides punk and hard rock (funk, jazz, et., If'n was the first fIREHOSE release to feature folk-style originals - such as Crawford's "In Memory of Elizabeth Cotton. Standouts include the album opening highway anthem "Sometimes," the groovy '50s feel of "Honey, Please," the laid-back "Backroads," and the irate rockers "Anger" and "For the Singer of .

Album · 1987 · 14 Songs. See All. "Flyin' the Flannel". lowFLOWs - The Columbia Anthology ('91-'93).

Consumer Guide Album. Firehose: If'n They sound more like a regular rock band and also more like the Minutemen, which isn't a contradiction because the Minutemen were evolving into a regular rock band when D. Boon died-one that resembled this fluidly funky outfit a lot more than the weird and wimpy hippies of the debut. This time Ed Crawford provides enough garage hooks to get by, meaning Mike Watt doesn't disappear amid the new guy's mannerisms.

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Sometimes
Lyrics By – Ed fROMOHIO
3:24
A2 Hear Me
Lyrics By – Mike Watt
2:37
A3 Honey, Please
Lyrics By – Mike WattPiano – Ethan James
2:20
A4 Backroads
Lyrics By – George Hurley
2:02
A5 From One Cums One
Lyrics By – Mike Watt
2:24
A6 Making The Freeway
Lyrics By – Mike Watt
2:07
A7 Anger
Lyrics By – Kira*
3:49
B1 For The Singer Of REM
Lyrics By – Mike Watt
3:17
B2 Operation Solitaire
Lyrics By – Dirk Vandenberg, John Rocknowski
2:37
B3 Windmilling
Lyrics By – George Hurley
2:17
B4 Me & You, Remembering
Lyrics By – Mike Watt
1:32
B5 In Memory Of Elizabeth Cotton
Lyrics By – Ed fROMOHIOVocals – Phranc
2:14
B6 Soon
Lyrics By – Ed fROMOHIO
3:11
B7 Thunder Child
Lyrics By – Mike Watt
4:33

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – SST Records
  • Published By – tHUNDERsPIELS
  • Published By – Pandemic Music
  • Recorded At – Radio Tokyo
  • Mixed At – Radio Tokyo
  • Mastered At – K Disc Mastering
  • Mastered At – Greg Lee Processing – L-29099
  • Mastered At – Greg Lee Processing – L-29099-X
  • Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-18764
  • Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-18765

Credits

  • Bass [Thunder Broom] – Mike Watt
  • Drums – George Hurley
  • Engineer – Ethan James
  • Engineer [Assisted By Sometimes Engineering] – Richard Andrews
  • Guitar, Vocals [Singing] – Ed fROMOHIO
  • Producer – Ethan James, Mike Watt
  • Producer [Helped] – Ed fROMOHIO
  • Vocals [Speaking Parts] – Mike Watt (tracks: A6, B2, B4, B6)

Notes

With Rainbo Records test pressing labels which may be filled out with info, or may be blank. Some copies have small black-and-white sheet with song titles, artist name, and album title pasted at top-left of generic white cover. With xeroxed insert.

Recorded and mixed during September and October of 1987 at Radio Tokyo in Venice, California.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A (Etched)): SST-115-A S-18764 YANK MAÑANA... L-29099
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B (Etched)): SST-115-B ...FROM THE NADA! L-29099-X S-18765
  • Matrix / Runout (Both Sides (Stamped)): kdisc

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
SST 115 fIREHOSE If'n ‎(LP, Album) SST Records SST 115 US 1987
SSTC 115 fIREHOSE If'n ‎(Cass, Album) SST Records SSTC 115 US 1987
SST CD 115 fIREHOSE If'n ‎(CD, Album) SST Records SST CD 115 US 1987
SST 115 fIREHOSE If'n ‎(LP, Album, RP, Blu) SST Records SST 115 US Unknown
SST CD 115 fIREHOSE If'n ‎(CD, Album) SST Records SST CD 115 US 1987