Amusing the Amazing

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{{Infobox album

| name = Amusing the Amazing

| type = EP

| artist = Slo Burn

| cover = Amusing the Amazing.jpg

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| released = {{start date|1997|4|15}}

| recorded = September 5–9, 1996

| venue =

| studio = Sound City Studios in Van Nuys and Hollywood, California

| genre = {{hlist|Stoner rock|desert rock}}

| length = 15:48

| label = Malicious Vinyl

| producer = {{hlist|Chris Goss|Slo Burn}}

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| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = EP

| cover = SloBurnReissue.jpg

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| caption = Cover of vinyl reissue

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{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|last=McDonald|first=Steven|title=Amusing the Amazing – Slo Burn|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/amusing-the-amazing-mw0000980366|website=AllMusic|access-date=March 6, 2013}}

| rev2 = Chronicles of Chaos

| rev2score = 9/10{{cite web|url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=2-485|first=Adrian|last=Bromley|title=Slo Burn – Amusing the Amazing|website=Chronicles of Chaos|date=July 6, 1997|access-date=July 4, 2022}}

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Amusing the Amazing is an EP by the American stoner rock band Slo Burn. It was released on April 15, 1997.{{cite web|url=https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Slo_Burn/Amusing_the_Amazing/40927|title=Amusing the Amazing – Slo Burn|website=Encyclopaedia Metallum|date=March 21, 2004|author=menalica_monk|access-date=June 26, 2023}} The EP contains four songs, and sounds very much in the vein of Kyuss, of stoner rock fame, partly due to having been co-produced by Chris Goss, who also produced much of the music of Kyuss, and partly due to the presence of John Garcia, formerly of Kyuss, on vocals.

Track listing

{{Tracklist

| all_writing = Slo Burn

| title1 = The Prizefighter

| length1 = 2:16

| title2 = Muezli

| length2 = 5:12

| title3 = Pilot the Dune

| length3 = 3:28

| title4 = July

| length4 = 4:51

}}

Later unofficial releases of this EP had added tracks from their earlier five track demo. The quality of these extra tracks is inferior to the normal EP. These tracks are:

{{Tracklist|

| headline = Five track demo

| title5 = Wheel Fall

| length5 = 4:08

| title6 = Positiva

| length6 = 4:25

| title7 = Cactus Jumper

| length7 = 2:58

| title8 = Round Trip

| length8 = 2:29

| title9 = Snake Hips

| length9 = 3:49

}}

=Notes=

  • "Cactus Jumper" has since been re-recorded and was officially released on John Garcia's 2014 solo album as "All These Walls".

Personnel

Slo Burn

  • John Garcia – vocals
  • Chris Hale – guitars
  • Damon Garrison – bass
  • Brady Houghton – drums

Additional personnel

  • Martin Schmelzle – engineer
  • Ralph Cacciurri – assistant engineer
  • Greg Fiddlman – assistant engineer
  • Kevin Estrada – band photographer

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Category:1996 EPs

Category:Slo Burn albums