Cop and Speeder
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Cop and Speeder
| type = studio
| artist = Heatmiser
| cover = Cop and Speeder.jpg
| alt =
| released = 20 September 1994
| recorded = MusicCraft; City Lights; Whitehorse Studios
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Alternative rock, indie rock
| length = 43:38
| label = Frontier{{Cite web|url=https://frontierrecords-heatmiser.bandcamp.com/album/cop-speeder|title=Cop & Speeder, by Heatmiser|website=Heatmiser}}
| producer = Heatmiser
Thee Slayer Hippy{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/r_i_p_poison_idea_drummer_steve_thee_slayer_hippy_hanford|title=R.I.P. Poison Idea's Steve "Thee Slayer Hippy" Hanford|website=exclaim.ca}}
| prev_title = Yellow No. 5
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Mic City Sons
| next_year = 1996
}}
Cop and Speeder is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Heatmiser, released in 1994 by record label Frontier.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/heatmiser-mn0000670997/biography|title=Heatmiser | Biography & History|publisher=AllMusic}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EM87EQx_ZsEC&q=Cop+and+Speeder+heatmiser+1994&pg=PT55|title=Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing|first=Benjamin|last=Nugent|date=27 April 2009|publisher=Hachette Books|isbn=9780786738106}}
Reception
{{music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/cop-and-speeder-mw0000120237 |title=Cop and Speeder – Heatmiser
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=4 |page=215}}
|rev3 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=1037}}
}}
Like its predecessor, Cop and Speeder received generally mixed reviews from critics.
Trouser Press wrote, "Heatmiser attains a powerful sense of mood on Cop and Speeder [...] Thanks to improved songwriting, the album finds the band beginning to emerge from its flat monochrome tones."{{Cite web|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/heatmiser/|title=Heatmiser}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| title1 = Disappearing Ink
| writer1 = Neil Gust
| length1 = 2:25
| title2 = Bastard John
| writer2 = Elliott Smith
| length2 = 2:56
| title3 = Flame!
| writer3 = Smith
| length3 = 2:47
| title4 = Temper
| writer4 = Smith
| length4 = 3:32
| title5 = Why Did I Decide to Stay?
| writer5 = Gust
| length5 = 3:01
| title6 = Collect to NYC
| writer6 = Smith
| length6 = 2:54
| title7 = Hitting on the Waiter
| writer7 = Gust
| length7 = 1:54
| title8 = Busted Lip
| writer8 = Smith
| length8 = 3:50
| title9 = Antonio Carlos Jobim
| writer9 = Smith
| length9 = 3:10
| title10 = It's Not a Prop
| writer10 = Gust
| length10 = 3:36
| title11 = Something to Lose
| writer11 = Smith
| length11 = 4:10
| title12 = Sleeping Pill
| writer12 = Gust
| length12 = 3:07
| title13 = Trap Door
| writer13 = Gust
| length13 = 3:21
| title14 = Nightcap
| writer14 = Smith, Garrick Duckler
| length14 = 2:55
}}
Personnel
; Heatmiser
- Neil Gust – vocals, guitar, production, packaging, sleeve photography
- Tony Lash – drums, production, engineering, mixing, mastering
- Brandt Peterson – bass guitar
- Elliott Smith – vocals, guitar, production, sleeve photography
; Technical
- Bob Stark – additional engineering
- Peter Gries – additional engineering
- Kevin Nettleingham – additional engineering
- Steve "Thee Slayer Hippy" Hanford – co-production
- John Golden – mastering
- J.J. Gonson – sleeve photography
- Kelly O'Mara – sleeve photography
- Peter Hawkinson – technical assistance
References
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