Comfort (Failure album)

Comfort is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Failure.[2] It was released in the United States on September 11, 1992,[3] and internationally in February 1993.[4] A version newly-remixed by Ken Andrews was released in 2020 as part of a box set containing Failure's first three albums.[5]

Comfort
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 11, 1992 (1992-09-11)
RecordedJune 1992
StudioPachyderm (Cannon Falls, Minnesota)
GenreAlternative metal[1]
Length37:21
LabelSlash
ProducerFailure, Steve Albini
Failure chronology
Comfort
(1992)
Magnified
(1994)
Singles from Comfort
  1. "Pro-Catastrophe"
    Released: 1991

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [6]
Chicago Tribune    [7]
Kerrang!     [8]
Orlando Sentinel     [9]
Select     [10]

Billboard wrote that "slow and medium-tempo songs mate drones to screeching guitar work that could make it with grunge-loving modern rockers."[11] Trouser Press gave the album a mixed review, writing that "like most premature debuts, Comfort captures Failure, a young trio, learning how to make cool sounds together without benefit of worthwhile songs or an established personality."[12]

The Chicago Tribune noted that "even when the guitars are turned up to 11, production and arrangements on Comfort have a rather polite surgical precision and clarity."[7] The Orlando Sentinel called Failure "an engrossing three-piece variant on the melody-meets-mayhem theme."[9]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Ken Andrews

No.TitleLength
1."Submission"3:23
2."Macaque"4:59
3."Something"2:53
4."Screen Man"6:15
5."Swallow"2:31
6."Muffled Snaps"3:55
7."Kindred"2:21
8."Pro-Catastrophe"3:09
9."Princess"1:21
10."Salt Wound"6:34
Total length:37:21

Personnel

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Failure

Technical

References

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  1. ^ Harvilla, Rob (November 4, 2013). "Exclusive: Failure Announce L.A. Reunion Show, Threaten More". Spin. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  2. ^ Chelin, Pamela (February 14, 2014). "Failure Shake Off 16 Years of Rust With Ease at L.A. Reunion Gig". Spin.
  3. ^ Anon. (September 9, 1992). "Season Ticket: Recordings". Detroit Free Press (Season Ticket). p. 8 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Morris, Chris (December 19, 1992). "Artist Developments" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 104, no. 51. p. 16 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  5. ^ a b Kreps, Daniel (December 16, 2019). "Failure Celebrate First Three Albums With Live Residencies, Box Set". Rolling Stone.
  6. ^ Jeffries, Vincent. "Comfort - Failure". AllMusic.
  7. ^ a b Rothschild, David (19 Nov 1992). "Rave recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
  8. ^ Mörat (March 20, 1993). "Rekordz". Kerrang!. No. 435. EMAP. p. 21.
  9. ^ a b Gettelman, Parry (4 Dec 1992). "Failure, Comfort". Orlando Sentinel. Calendar. p. 6.
  10. ^ Perry, Andrew (April 1993). "Failure: Comfort". Select. p. 74. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard. October 17, 1992. p. 57 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Robbins, Ira. "Failure". Trouser Press. Retrieved 1 August 2020.