..:: audio-music dot info ::..


Main Page      The Desert Island      Copyright Notice
 Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz


Phish: Hoist

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Elektra Records
Released: 1994.05.29
Time:
 50:28
Category: Alternative Rock
Producer(s): Paul Fox
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.phish.com
Appears with: Trey Anastasio
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Julius (Anastasio/Marshall) - 4:42
[2] Down with Disease (Anastasio/Marshall) - 4:07
[3] If I Could (Anastasio) - 4:09
[4] Riker's Mailbox (Anastasio/Fishman/Gordon/McConnell) - 0:26
[5] Axilla [Part II] (Anastasio/Marshall) - 4:28
[6] Lifeboy (Anastasio/Marshall) - 6:54
[7] Sample in a Jar (Anastasio/Marshall) - 4:41
[8] Wolfman's Brother (Anastasio/Fishman/Gordon/Marshall/McConnell) - 4:28
[9] Scent of a Mule (Gordon) - 4:02
[10] Dog Faced Boy (Anastasio/Fishman/Marshall/McConnell) - 2:11
[11] Demand (Anastasio/Marshall) - 10:42

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Trey Anastasio - Guitars, Vocals
Page McConnell - Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Vocals
Mike Gordon - Bass Guitar, Vocals
Jon Fishman - Drums, Trombone, Vocals

Angela Brown - Background Vocals

Morgan Fichter - Violin on [6]
Alison Krauss - Additional Vocals on [3]
Rose Stone - Backing Vocals  on [1,2]
Jean Mcclain - Backing Vocals  on [1,2]
Jonathan Frakes - Trombone on [4]
Bela Fleck - Banjo on [1,6,9]

The Richard Greene Fourteen - Strings  on [3]

Rickey Grundy Chorale - Backing Vocals on [1]

Tower of Power Horn Section:
Greg Adams - Flugelhorn, Horn Arrangements on [1,8]
Emilio Castillo - Tenor Saxophone on [1,8]
David Mann - Alto Saxophone on [1,8]
Lee Thornburg - Trombone & Trumpet on [1,8]
Stephen "Doc" Kupka - Baritone Saxophone on [1,8]

Paul Fox - Producer
Ed Thacker - Engineer, Mixing, Recorder
Danny Alonso - Assistant Engineer
Matt Westfield  - Assistant Engineer
Stephen Marcussen  - Mastering
Paul Languedoc  - Technical Assistance
Paul Mitchell  - Technical Assistance

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


Recorded in October–November 1993, American Recording Co., Woodland Hills, California.


Hoist is the most concise Phish album to date, but that's not necessarily a compliment. Phish's strength is not songcraft or hooks, it's the band's love of free-form song structures and extended jams. When the group's sound is reduced to its core, as it is on Hoist, it isn't quite as compelling. Nevertheless, the album is an improvement on the dismal Rift and features several fine cuts.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide



Hoist (stylized as (Hoist)) is the fifth official studio album by the American rock band Phish, released on March 29, 1994, by Elektra Records. At the time of its release, Hoist was Phish's best selling album to date. The band suggested a few ideas for the album's title before finally settling on Hoist; one of the alternative suggestions was Hung Like a Horse. The band ruled this out, but decided to keep the visual joke intact for the album's cover. The horse is also a reference to "The Horse," the only song not visually depicted on the cover of Rift, the band's previous album. Hoist features guest appearances from Alison Krauss, Béla Fleck and a host of other musicians, as well as actor Jonathan Frakes on trombone. With its jazz, blues, soul and bluegrass influences, the album is marked by more stripped-down, straightforward songwriting and pop-friendly hooks, a somewhat new approach for Phish.

However, the album's final track, "Demand", segues into an extended instrumental excerpt from the April 21, 1993, live performance of the song "Split Open and Melt", followed by the first verse and refrain of the Hebrew song "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)." "Riker's Mailbox" is a brief interlude track on the album, and the only "song" on the album to have never been performed live by the band. Album producer Paul Fox lived next to Jonathan Frakes, whose mailbox is apparently uniquely decorated. Frakes, who played Commander Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation, sat in for a while during the Hoist sessions, giving his name to the track.

On June 26, 1994, the band performed the entire Hoist album (minus "Riker's Mailbox") verbatim as the second set of their live show in Charleston, West Virginia. This move was a subversion of Phish's usual improvisationally driven performances, and later inspired the band's tradition of donning a musical costume for Halloween. The band released a music video for "Down with Disease", directed by bass guitarist Mike Gordon. The album was certified gold by the RIAA August 19, 1996. In February 2009, this album became available as a download in FLAC and MP3 formats at LivePhish.com.

Wikipedia.org
 

 L y r i c s


Currently no Lyrics available!

 M P 3   S a m p l e s


Currently no Samples available!