Twelve Point Buck
{{Infobox album
| name = Twelve Point Buck
| type = Album
| artist = Killdozer
| cover = Killdozer - Twelve Point Buck.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1989
| recorded = {{Start date|1987}}–{{Start date|1989}} at Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Noise rock, post-hardcore{{cite book |last1=Earles |first1=Andrew |title=Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981–1996 |date=2014 |publisher=Voyageur Press |page=171}}
| length = 37:13
| label = Touch and Go
| producer = Steve Marker, Butch Vig
| prev_title = Little Baby Buntin'
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = For Ladies Only
| next_year = 1989
}}
Twelve Point Buck is the fourth album by Killdozer, released in 1989 through Touch and Go Records.{{cite magazine |first=David |last=Sprague |url=http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=killdozer |title=Killdozer |magazine=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=May 27, 2013}}{{cite journal |last1=Reynolds |first1=Simon |title=Albums: Killdozer |journal=Melody Maker |date=Nov 4, 1989 |volume=65 |issue=44 |page=39}}
Twelve Point Buck was reissued in 2013.{{cite news |title=Also Out Today |work=Courier Journal |date=23 Apr 2013 |page=D1}}
Reception and impact
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Ned |last=Raggett |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r10847|pure_url=yes}}|title=Twelve Point Buck |website=AllMusic |accessdate=May 27, 2013}}
}}
The Washington Post wrote that the "thump-and-grind is art music" and that "there's an integrity to its unrelentingly harsh rumble."{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Mark |title=Garden-Variety Nihilism |work=The Washington Post |date=24 Jan 1990 |page=C7}} The Wisconsin State Journal deemed the album "industrial dirge music at its best."{{cite news |last1=Kovalic |first1=John |title=Bands Rock Madison Style |work=Wisconsin State Journal |date=August 22, 1990 |department=Answer Book |page=36}}
After hearing the album, Sub Pop's Jonathan Poneman suggested that Nirvana record demos with Killdozer producer Butch Vig; after signing with DGC Records, Kurt Cobain asked Vig to produce Nevermind.{{cite news |last1=Levy |first1=Piet |title=New film shines spotlight on Madison's Smart Studios |work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |date=16 Apr 2016 |page=A5}} Cobain told Vig that he wanted Nevermind to sound "as heavy" as Twelve Point Buck.{{cite book |last1=Wall |first1=Mick |title=Foo Fighters: Learning to Fly |date=2017 |publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group |page=51}}
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = Killdozer
| title1 = New Pants and Shirt
| length1 = 3:36
| title2 = Space: 1999
| length2 = 2:56
| title3 = Lupus
| length3 = 3:09
| title4 = Richard
| length4 = 4:17
| title5 = Man Vs. Nature
| length5 = 3:15
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Gates of Heaven
| length1 = 4:38
| title2 = Pig Foot and Beer
| length2 = 2:54
| title3 = Seven Thunders
| length3 = 3:45
| title4 = Free Love in Amsterdam
| length4 = 4:42
| title5 = Ted Key Beefs
| length5 = 4:01
}}
Personnel
;Killdozer
- Michael Gerald – vocals, bass guitar, baritone horn
- Bill Hobson – guitar
- Dan Hobson – drums
;Production and additional personnel
- Frank l Anderson – accordion on "Free Love in Amsterdam"
- Bill Crawford – trumpet on "Lupus"
- Eric Olson – trumpet on "Lupus"
- Steve Marker – production, engineering
- Butch Vig – production
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col" | Chart (1989)
! scope="col" | Peak |
|---|
| UK Indie Chart{{cite book |first=Barry |last=Lazell |url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/k.htm |title=Indie Hits 1980–1989 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |date=1997 |accessdate=September 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607123113/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/k.htm |archivedate=June 7, 2011 }}
| style="text-align:center;"|16 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master |master=86816 |name=Twelve Point Buck}}
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Category:Killdozer (band) albums
Category:Touch and Go Records albums