Buzz Factory
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{{Infobox album
| name = Buzz Factory
| type = Album
| artist = Screaming Trees
| cover = BuzzFactory.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 19, 1989
| recorded = December 1988
| venue =
| studio = Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, Washington
| genre = Psychedelic rock, garage rock
| length = 39:23
| label = SST (248){{Cite web|url=https://www.sstsuperstore.com/product/SST248-LP.html|title=Screaming Trees - Buzz Factory - LP|website=SST Superstore}}
| producer = Jack Endino
| prev_title = Invisible Lantern
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = Change Has Come
| next_year = 1989
}}
Buzz Factory is the fourth studio album by Seattle-based band Screaming Trees, released in the spring of 1989.{{Cite web|url=http://magnetmagazine.com/2019/04/19/screaming-trees-released-buzz-factory-30-years-ago-today/|title=Screaming Trees Released "Buzz Factory" 30 Years Ago Today|date=April 19, 2019}} It was their final record for SST Records before they moved on to their major label debut.{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=screaming_trees|title=TrouserPress.com :: Screaming Trees|website=www.trouserpress.com}} The LP was available on translucent purple vinyl. While touring to support the album, SST had informed that band multiple times that their album would shortly be released. However, this failed to materialize until the last day of the tour, after which they elected to leave SST.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z-44p7V2TrUC&dq=screaming+trees&pg=PA93|title=Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge|isbn=9780307464446|last1=Yarm|first1=Mark|date=March 2012}} Their next recording, the Change Has Come EP, was released in December 1989 on Sub Pop.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r17584|pure_url=yes}}|title=Buzz Factory - Screaming Trees|publisher=AllMusic}}
|rev2 = Chicago Tribune
|rev2score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{cite news |last1=Kot |first1=Greg |title=Recordings |work=Chicago Tribune |date=27 Apr 1989 |page=15A}}
| rev3 = Spin Alternative Record Guide
| rev3score = 6/10{{cite book|chapter=Screaming Trees|first=Michael|last=Azzerad |author-link=Michael Azzerad|title=Spin Alternative Record Guide|title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide|editor1-first=Eric|editor1-last=Weisbard|editor2-first=Craig|editor2-last=Marks|publisher=Vintage Books|year=1995|isbn=0-679-75574-8|pages=343-344}}
}}
The Chicago Tribune wrote that the band "takes psychedelic garage-rock into the '90s, cranking up the wah-wah peddle to stun volume and riding a torrent of percussion."
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_writing = Screaming Trees
| title1 = Where the Twain Shall Meet
| length1 = 3:29
| title2 = Windows
| length2 = 2:42
| title3 = Black Sun Morning
| length3 = 5:03
| title4 = Too Far Away
| length4 = 3:37
| title5 = Subtle Poison
| length5 = 3:53
| title6 = Yard Trip #7
| length6 = 2:24
| title7 = Flower Web
| length7 = 3:41
| title8 = Wish Bringer
| length8 = 3:06
| title9 = Revelation Revolution
| length9 = 2:43
| title10 = The Looking Glass Cracked
| length10 = 3:36
| title11 = End of the Universe
| length11 = 6:11
| total_length = 39:23
}}
Personnel
Screaming Trees
- Mark Lanegan – lead vocals
- Gary Lee Conner – guitar, backing vocals
- Van Conner – bass, backing vocals
- Mark Pickerel – drums
Additional
- Rod Doak – studio technician
- Dana Doak – studio technician
- Jack Endino – producer, backing vocals on 'Black Sun Morning'
- Jena Scott – cover design