Ask Questions Later
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{{Infobox album
| name = Ask Questions Later
| type = studio
| artist = Cop Shoot Cop
| cover = Cop Shoot Cop Ask Questions Later.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1993|3|30}}
| recorded = {{Start date|1992|11}}
| venue =
| studio = BC Studio, Brooklyn, NY
| genre = * Noise rock
| length = 50:11
| label = Big Cat/Interscope
| producer = Martin Bisi, Cop Shoot Cop
| prev_title = Suck City
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Release
| next_year = 1994
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Ned |last=Raggett |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000094496|pure_url=yes}}|title=Ask Questions Later |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=July 1, 2015}}
|rev2 = Entertainment Weekly
|rev2Score = B+{{cite magazine |first=Tom |last=Sinclair |url=https://ew.com/article/1993/07/09/ask-questions-later/ |title=Ask Questions Later |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=July 9, 1993 |page=50 |access-date=October 19, 2014}}
|rev3 = NME
|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |last=columnist |title=Cop Shoot Cop - Ask Questions Later |journal=NME |date=April 17, 1993 |page=29 }}
}}
Ask Questions Later is the third album by American noise rock group Cop Shoot Cop, released on March 30, 1993, by Big Cat and Interscope Records.{{cite web |first1=Art |last1=Black |first2=David |last2=Sprague |url=http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=cop_shoot_cop |title=Cop Shoot Cop |publisher=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=July 1, 2015}}
Track listing
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| all_lyrics = Tod Ashley
| title1 = Surprise, Surprise
| music1 = Jack Natz
| length1 = 4:58
| title2 = Room 429
| music2 = Ashley
| length2 = 5:08
| title3 = Nowhere
| music3 = Ashley
| length3 = 4:12
| title4 = Migration
| music4 = Phil Puleo
| length4 = 1:26
| title5 = Cut to the Chase
| music5 = Ashley
| length5 = 4:07
| title6 = $10 Bill
| music6 = Ashley
| length6 = 3:45
| title7 = Seattle
| music7 = Jim Coleman
| length7 = 1:38
| title8 = Furnace
| music8 = Natz
| length8 = 4:59
| title9 = Israeli Dig
| music9 = Coleman
| length9 = 2:11
| title10 = Cause and Effect
| music10 = Natz
| length10 = 3:15
| title11 = Got No Soul
| music11 = Ashley
| length11 = 5:16
| title12 = Everybody Loves You (When You're Dead)
| music12 = Ashley
| length12 = 2:34
| title13 = All the Clocks Are Broken
| music13 = Ashley
| length13 = 5:18
| title14 = [untitled]
| length14 = 2:12
}}
Accolades
Personnel
Adapted from the Ask Questions Later liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Ask Questions Later |title-link=Ask Questions Later |others=Cop Shoot Cop |year=1993 |type=booklet |publisher=Subvert Entertainment |location=New York City, New York}}
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;Cop Shoot Cop
- Tod Ashley – lead vocals, high-end bass guitar, guitar (2), cymbal (6), bass drum (6), snare drum (6), whistle (6), sampler (11), percussion (11), mixing (2-8, 10-13)
- Jim Coleman – sampler, piano (12), mixing (9)
- Jack Natz – low-end bass guitar, lead vocals (8, 10), backing vocals (6, 11), radio (1), snare drum (6)
- Phil Puleo – drums, percussion, bass drum (6), snare drum (6)
;Additional musicians
- April Chung – violin (5)
- Jim Colarusso – trumpet (6, 11)
- Killjoy – backing vocals (2)
- David Ouimet – trombone (6, 11), percussion (11)
- Joe Ben Plummer – saxophone (6, 11)
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;Production and additional personnel
- Martin Bisi – production, mixing (2-8, 10-13)
- Cop Shoot Cop – production
- Cheryl Dawn Dyer – cover art
- Roli Mosimann – mixing (1)
- Subvert Entertainment – design
- Howie Weinberg – mastering
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Release history
| class="wikitable"
! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |
| United Kingdom
|rowspan="2"| 1993 | Big Cat | ABB 45 |
| rowspan="2"| United States
| CD, CS | 92250 |
| 2014
| LP | 1879 |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master |master=43507 |name=Ask Questions Later |type=album}}
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Category:Big Cat Records albums