Even If and Especially When

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{{Infobox album

| name = Even If and Especially When

| type = Album

| artist = Screaming Trees

| cover = EvenIfAndEspeciallyWhen.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 28, 1987

| recorded = 1986

| venue =

| studio = Velvetone Studio, Ellensburg, WA

| genre = Grunge, neo-psychedelia

| length = 36:24

| label = SST (132){{Cite web|url=https://www.sstsuperstore.com/product/SST132-CD.html|title=Screaming Trees - Even If & Especially When - CD|website=SST Superstore}}

| producer = Steve Fisk, Screaming Trees

| prev_title = Clairvoyance

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = Beat Happening/
Screaming Trees

| next_year = 1988

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/even-if-and-especially-when-mw0000651456|title=Even If and Especially When - Screaming Trees | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

|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=7 |page=317}}

|rev3 = MusicHound Rock

|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=989}}

|rev4 = Spin Alternative Record Guide

|rev4score = 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}}

}}

Even If and Especially When is the second studio album by the Seattle band Screaming Trees, released in 1987.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/screaming-trees-mn0000312353/biography|title=Screaming Trees | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fie47qSuTsoC&dq=Even+If+and+Especially+When+screaming+trees&pg=PA1993-IA11|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|date=December 31, 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781858284576|via=Google Books}} It was their first album released on SST.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wl0rlx7DoeIC&dq=Even+If+and+Especially+When+screaming+trees&pg=PA51|title=Rock and Roll Always Forgets: A Quarter Century of Music Criticism|first=Chuck|last=Eddy|date=August 10, 2011|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0822350101|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=http://thegreatrockbible.com/portfolio-item/screaming-trees-biography/|title=SCREAMING TREES biography|website=The Great Rock Bible}}

Critical reception

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called Even If and Especially When "the best of three strong albums for SST." Trouser Press wrote: "Dropping the baby fat (well, some of it) without compromising the trademark garagey roar, the band hit on a sound it would gradually refine on each successive release."{{cite web |title=Screaming Trees |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/screaming-trees/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=31 December 2020}}

Track listing

{{track listing

| title1 = Transfiguration

| length1 = 3:53

| title2 = Straight Out to Any Place

| length2 = 2:00

| title3 = World Painted

| length3 = 2:59

| title4 = Don't Look Down

| length4 = 2:53

| title5 = Girl Behind the Mask

| length5 = 2:33

| title6 = Flying

| length6 = 3:14

| title7 = Cold Rain

| length7 = 3:34

| title8 = Other Days and Different Planets

| length8 = 3:12

| title9 = The Pathway

| length9 = 3:25

| title10 = You Know Where It's At

| length10 = 2:29

| title11 = Back Together

| length11 = 2:08

| title12 = In the Forest

| length12 = 4:04

}}

Personnel

; Screaming Trees

; Additional personnel

  • Rod Doak – backing vocals on "Cold Rain"
  • Steve Fisk – producer
  • Diane Szukovathy – cover design

References

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Category:Screaming Trees albums

Category:1987 albums

Category:SST Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Steve Fisk

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