Frosting on the Beater

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{{Infobox album

| name = Frosting on the Beater

| type = studio

| artist = The Posies

| cover = FrostingontheBeater.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 27, 1993

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = *Ironwood Studios, Seattle, Washington

• Sear Sound, New York City

| genre = {{Flatlist|

• Alternative rock
• power pop}}

| length = 48:39

| label = DGC

| producer = Don Fleming

| prev_title = Dear 23

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Amazing Disgrace

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Frosting on the Beater

| type = studio

| single1 = Dream All Day

| single1date = 1993

| single2 = Solar Sister

| single2date = 1993

| single3 = Flavor of the Month

| single3date = 1993

| single4 = Definite Door

| single4date = 1994

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/frosting-on-the-beater-mw0000095953|title=Frosting on the Beater – The Posies|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=August 18, 2018|last=Deming|first=Mark}}

| rev2 = Chicago Tribune

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/05/06/the-posiesfrosting-on-the-beater-dgc-starstarstaron/|title=The Posies: Frosting on the Beater (DGC)|work=Chicago Tribune|date=May 6, 1993|access-date=August 18, 2018|last=Caro|first=Mark}}

| rev3 = Los Angeles Times

| rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-09-ca-33071-story.html|title=Posies, 'Frosting on the Beater,' Geffen|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 9, 1993|access-date=August 18, 2018|last=Willman|first=Chris}}

| rev4 = Mojo

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|title=The Posies: Frosting on the Beater|magazine=Mojo|issue=298|date=September 2018|last=Chick|first=Stevie|page=102}}

| rev5 = NME

| rev5score = 6/10{{cite magazine|title=The Posies: Frosting on the Beater|magazine=NME|date=June 12, 1993|page=34}}

| rev6 = PopMatters

| rev6score = 9/10{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/posies-frosting-on-the-beater-2589772545.html|title=The Posies Redefined Themselves on 'Frosting on the Beater'|work=PopMatters|date=August 24, 2018|accessdate=June 23, 2020|last=King|first=Ian|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825115853/https://www.popmatters.com/posies-frosting-on-the-beater-2589772545.html|archivedate=August 25, 2018|url-status=dead}}

}}

Frosting on the Beater is the third album by American rock band The Posies, released in 1993.{{Cite book |last=Earles |first=Andrew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D_eKBAAAQBAJ&dq=Frosting+on+the+Beater+The+Posies&pg=PA245 |title=Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996 |date=2014-09-15 |publisher=Voyageur Press |isbn=978-1-62788-379-5 |language=en}} It featured a darker sound than the band's prior works, in part due to production duties being handled by Don Fleming. "Dream All Day", "Solar Sister" and "Definite Door" were released as singles, with the first two getting moderate airplay and the third being the band's only single to break the UK top 75. Frosting on the Beater was the last album original drummer Mike Musburger appeared on.

"Flavor of the Month" was a swipe at the many overnight-sensation grunge bands in The Posies' hometown of Seattle.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} "Coming Right Along" appeared on the soundtrack to the movie The Basketball Diaries (1995, Island Records). "Dream All Day" was later used as the title of the band's best-of compilation, released in 2000. The Posies later remade "Flavor of the Month" with brand-new lyrics as "Voyage of the Aquanauts" for the series Bill Nye the Science Guy.