Album – Generic Flipper

Album – Generic Flipper
Studio album by Flipper
Released	March 30, 1982
Recorded	Oct 31, 1980-Aug 1981
Genre	Punk rock, noise rock
Length	40:15
Label	Subterranean Records Def American (1993 reissue) SPV Recordings (1993 German release) Water Records (2008 reissue) Domino Records (2009 UK & European release)
Producer	Flipper and Chris
Flipper chronology
Album – Generic Flipper (1982) Gone Fishin' (1984)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A[2]

Album – Generic Flipper is the debut album by the San Francisco band Flipper. In November 2007, Blender magazine ranked it #86 on their list of the 100 greatest "indie rock" albums of all time.^[3] It is also referred to as Album, Album: Generic, Generic Flipper, and just Generic. Generic Flipper was issued on CD for the first time by American Recordings (formerly Def American) in 1992 and later deleted. In 2008, the rights reverted to Flipper, and the album was reissued December 9, 2008 by Water Records. Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, who joined Flipper in 2006, contributed liner notes to the new reissue. Kurt Cobain listed it in his top 50 albums of all time.^[4][5]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Ever" (Loose)  – 2:56
2. "Life Is Cheap" (Loose)  – 3:55
3. "Shed No Tears" (Shatter)  – 4:26
4. "(I Saw You) Shine" (Shatter)  – 8:31

Side two

1. "The Way of the World" (Shatter)  – 4:23
2. "Life" (Shatter)  – 4:44
3. "Nothing" (Loose)  – 2:18
4. "Living for the Depression" (Ant/Loose)  – 1:23
5. "Sex Bomb" (Shatter)  – 7:48

Personnel

• Will Shatter – bass (1, 2, 5, 7, 8), lead vocals (3, 4, 6, 9), backup vocals (8)
• Bruce Loose – bass (3, 4, 6, 9), lead vocals (1, 2, 5, 7, 8), backup vocals (6), special effects and bass feedback (7)
• Ted Falconi – guitars
• Steve DePace – drums, snare (4, 9), tympani and extra percussion (7)
• Flipper – hand clapping (1), percussion (7)

Additional personnel

• Bobby – saxophone (9)
• Ward – saxophone (9)
• Curtis – percussion (7)
• Die Ant – percussion (7)
• Johnnie – percussion (7)
• "others" – percussion (7)

Production

• Chris: Producer
• Flipper: Producer

Covers

Melvins covered "Way of the World" on their compilation album Singles 1-12.

Unto Ashes covered "Way of the World" on their 2005 album Grave Blessings.^[6]

R.E.M. covered "Sex Bomb" on their 1994 fan club Christmas single.

Influence

Mike Keneally namechecked the album in his song "Beautiful", which appeared on the 2006 Mike Keneally Band album Guitar Therapy Live.

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
UK Indie Chart[7]	27

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r7453
2. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Feelies". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
3. "The 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever" — #90 to #81. Blender. 9 November 2007. Retrieved on 19 December 2008.
4. "Top 50 by Nirvana [MIXTAPE]". Retrieved 8 May 2013.
5. Cross, Gaar, Gendron, Martens, Yarm (2013). Nirvana: The Complete Illustrated History. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-7603-4521-4.
6. Grave Blessings 5/10 2008
7. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Retrieved September 5, 2014.