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Get Here and Stay

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{{Infobox album

| name = Get Here and Stay

| type = studio

| artist = 764-HERO

| cover =Get Here and Stay.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 20, 1998

| recorded = June 1998 at Bob Lang Studios and Avast!
"Typo" March 1998 at The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Emo, indie rock, alternative rock

| length =

| label = Up Records

| producer = Phil Ek

| prev_title = Salt Sinks and Sugar Floats

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Weekends of Sound

| next_year = 2000

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Kaufman |first=Jason |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/get-here-and-stay-mw0000043561/ |title=Get Here and Stay - 764-HERO |publisher=AllMusic |date=1998-10-20 |accessdate=2014-03-26}}

|rev2 = Pitchfork

|rev2score = 7.8/10{{Cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com:80/record-reviews/s/seven-six-four-hero/get-here-and-stay.shtml|title=764-HERO: Get Here And Stay: Pitchfork Review|date=January 5, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010105100600/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com:80/record-reviews/s/seven-six-four-hero/get-here-and-stay.shtml|archive-date=2001-01-05}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Get Here and Stay is the second full-length album by the American indie rock band 764-HERO.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/764-hero-mn0000481823/biography|title=764-HERO Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/hero-worship-6421718|title=Hero Worship|first=Brendan Joel|last=Kelley|website=Phoenix New Times}} The album was released on Up Records in 1998.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/sensitive-strikes/Content?oid=10492|title=Sensitive Strikes|first=Kathleen|last=Wilson|website=The Stranger}}

Critical reception

Spin deemed the album "a cool glass of lo-fi."{{cite journal |last1=Clover |first1=Joshua |title=The Shredder |journal=Spin |date=Dec 1998 |volume=14 |issue=12 |page=179}} The Times Colonist called it "feedback-drenched guitar chords and some of the most pained, emotive vocals to come out of Seattle in years."{{cite news |last1=Devlin |first1=Mike |title=Seattle's 764-HERO brings its new sound to Victoria |work=Times Colonist |date=15 Jan 1999 |page=C3}}

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram listed the album as one of the best of 1998, considering it "modest, guitar-driven love songs."{{cite news |last1=Mayhew |first1=Malcolm |title=FROM 'PAIN' TO 'BANANA' - Reviewer's 10 best CDs of 1998 run wide gamut |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=December 30, 1998 |location=News |page=9}} The Seattle Times thought that "Polly Johnson's casual, understated drum playing should be studied by every rock drummer who equates 'loud' with 'good'."{{cite news |last1=Scanlon |first1=Tom |title=COMMON THREADS |work=The Seattle Times |date=May 20, 1999 |page=G15}}

Track listing

  1. "Loaded Painted Red"
  2. "History Lessons"
  3. "Ward's Country"
  4. "Calendar Pages"
  5. "Ottawa Dropout"
  6. "Watch the Silverware"
  7. "Get Alone"
  8. "Typo"
  9. "Stained Glass"
  10. "Coastline"

Personnel

  • John Atkins—vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Polly Johnson—drums, percussion
  • James Bertram—bass, guitar, keyboards

=Additional=

  • Ward Johnson—organ (9), piano (10)
  • Phil Ek—producer
  • Kip Beelman—recorded track 8
  • Jesse LeDoux—design

References

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External links

  • [http://www.discogs.com/764-Hero-Get-Here-And-Stay/release/763855 Get Here and Stay at Discogs]

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Category:1998 albums

Category:764-HERO albums

Category:Up Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Phil Ek

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