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