Exploring the Axis
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{{Infobox album
| name = Exploring The Axis
| type = Album
| artist = Thin White Rope
| cover = Exploring The Axis.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1985
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia
| length = 49:55
| label = Frontier
| producer = Jeff Eyrich
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Moonhead
| next_year = 1987
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r20010|first=Nathan|last=Bush}}
|rev4 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide
|rev4score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=1140}}
|rev5 = OndaRock
|rev5score = 7/10{{Cite web|url=https://www.ondarock.it/rockedintorni/thinwhiterope.htm|title=Thin White Rope - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto}}
|rev6 = Select
|rev6score = {{rating|3|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}Select magazine, August 1990 issue, page 121
| noprose = yes
}}
Exploring The Axis is the first full-length album by Thin White Rope.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Guy Kyser except where noted
| title1 = Down in the Desert
| note1 = Becker/Kyser
| length1 = 3:26
| title2 = Disney Girl
| length2 = 4:49
| title3 = Soundtrack
| length3 = 4:49
| title4 = Lithium
| length4 = 3:05
| title5 = Dead Grammas on a Train
| length5 = 2:53
| title6 = The Three Song
| length6 = 3:33
| title7 = Eleven
| length7 = 2:24
| title8 = Atomic Imagery
| note8 = Kyser/Tesluk
| length8 = 3:47
| title9 = The Real West
| note9 = Kyser/Kunkel
| length9 = 3:49
| title10 = Exploring the Axis
| length10 = 5:26
| title11 = Macy's Window
| length11 = 3:45
| title12 = Rocket USA -live-
| note12 = Vega
| length12 = 5:53
| title13 = Roger's Tongue
| note13 = Kunkel
| length13 = 2:41
}}
The original vinyl version of the album contained tracks 1-10 (in the US), or tracks 1-7, 9, 10 & 13 (in the UK). Track 11 was a bonus track on the cassette version of Exploring The Axis and tracks 11 and 12 have also been released on the "Bottom Feeders" mini-album.
Personnel
- Guy Kyser – guitar, vocals
- Roger Kunkel – guitar, vocals
- Stephen Tesluk – bass, guitar, vocals
- Jozef Becker – drums
- Jeff Eyrich – producer
- Dennis Dragon – engineer
- Ross Garfield – drum technician
References
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Category:Frontier Records albums