The Watchmen :: McLaren Furnace Room

Label: SUMO :: MCA
(Gold Record)
1992
Producer

1. Cracked (Lyrics: Joey Serlin, Music: The Watchmen) - 4:00
2. Run & Hide"= (Serlin)- 3:41
3. Try It Sometime (Serlin) - 4:25
4. Sleep (Lyrics: Danny Greaves, Music: The Watchmen) - 4:00
5.Must To Be Free (Serlin) - 4:42
6. Falling (Serlin) - 4:40
7. Mister (Serlin) - 3:49
8. Anything But That (Serlin) - 2:50
9. I'm Still Gone (Serlin) - 5:41
10. Soul Stealer (Serlin) - 4:56
11. Crazy Days (Serlin) - 4:40
12. Make You Go Down (Serlin) - 4:09

Personnel
Sammy Kohn - Drums
Pete Loewen - Bass & Vocals
Joey Serlin - Guitars & Vocals
Danny Greaves - Vocals & Mouth Organ
[edit]Additional personnel
Jason Sniderman - Mellotron on "Must To Be Free"
Lazyman lefty - Congas
Kroo-b - Piano
Chris Wardman - Dragon Noises
Production
Chris Wardman - Producer, Mixer
Earl Torno - Mixer, Engineer
Eric Apps - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
Mike Gurarie - Assistant Engineer
Recorded & Mixed at Winfield Sound, Toronto
Mastered by Howie Wienberg at Masterdisk, New York

Wikipedia:

McLarenFurnaceRoom Review
AMG (All Music Guide)

The first half of McLarenFurnaceRoom (referring to the McLaren Hotel in downtown Winnipeg) delivers heavily rhythmic, sinewy guitar-driven rock. Producer Chris Wardman pulls off a neat coup in working Danny Greaves' commanding lead vocals to the forefront of the mix without sacrificing any of the instrumental muscle. But the real revelation comes from the disc's second half, featuring several rock-solid pop tunes and some of guitarist Joey Serlin's most thoughtful lyrics. In particular, "Mister" and "Anything But That" marry great melodies to devastating stories of abuse and family breakdown. It's quite a risk burying songs this good so deep into the recording, but the strategy works in terms of building to a fever intensity for the raging closer "Make You Go Down." ~ Roch Parisien, All Music Guide

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