Lambchop

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Lambchop
Lambchop 2009 in Germany
Lambchop 2009 in Germany
General information
origin Nashville , United States
Genre (s) Alternative country , indie rock , chamber pop , Americana
founding 1993
Website lambchop.net
Founding members
Kurt Wagner
Marc Trovillion
Bill Killbrew
Paul Niehaus
Scott C. Chase
Allen Lowery
Steve Goodhue
Deanna Varagona
Jonathan Marx
John Delworth

Lambchop (ger .: lamb chop ) is an American rock band from Nashville , Tennessee . The band is a collective of up to 18 people around the former parquet layer Kurt Wagner (* 1958), who writes both the lyrics and the music and shapes the sound of the band with his slightly smoky voice. Lambchop emerged in 1993 from the band Posterchild, which was founded in 1986 by former school friends Wagner, Jim Watkins (guitar) and Marc Trovillion (bass). The music is characterized by a certain minimalism, i. H. through economical instrumentation and calm, reserved handling, which fans like to call "gentle elegance". In Europe, Lambchop's records were released on the City Slang label.

With the release of their 2008 album OH (Ohio) , the group and their label took an unusual route: The CD, case and booklet, was included in the October issue of Rolling Stone magazine , the price of which was only slightly increased. However, the campaign also met with criticism: Two large retail chains took it as an opportunity to ban Lambchop albums from their shelves.

The critically acclaimed album Mr. M was heavily influenced by the suicide of Vic Chesnutts , who was Kurt Wagner's friend and mentor. Wagner painted the cover motif and the illustrations for the booklet during a musical break.

Since FLOTUS (For Love Often Turns Us Still) , Lambchop has come closer to electronic music , so in addition to synthesizers and drum computers , auto-tune are also used.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks [↑]: treated together with the previous entry;
[←]: placed in both charts
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK
1994 I hope you're sitting down - - - -
First published: February 17, 1995
1996 How I Quit Smoking - - - -
First published: January 30, 1996
1997 thriller - - - -
First published: April 7, 1997
1998 What Another Man Spills - - - -
First published: September 4, 1998
2000 Nixon - - - UK60 (1 week)
UK
First published: January 1, 2000
2002 Is a woman DE43 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - UK38 (2 weeks)
UK
First published: February 18, 2002
2004 Aw C'mon DE26 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT34 (5 weeks)
AT 		CH83 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK45 (2 weeks)
UK
First release: February 9, 2004
individually and as a box set with No You C'mon
No You C'mon[DE: ↑][AT: ↑][CH: ↑][UK: ↑]
First published: February 9, 2004
individually and as a box set with Aw C'mon
2006 Damaged DE39 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT60 (2 weeks)
AT 		- UK43 (1 week)
UK
First published: August 14, 2006
2008 OH (Ohio) - AT74 (2 weeks)
AT 		- UK100 (1 week)
UK
First published: October 6, 2008
2012 Mr. M DE23 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT25 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH34 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK42 (2 weeks)
UK
First published: February 21, 2012
2016 FLOTUS DE66 (1 week)
DE 		AT70 (1 week)
AT 		CH71 (1 week)
CH 		UK51 (1 week)
UK
First published: November 4, 2016
2019 This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You) DE55 (1 week)
DE 		AT64 (1 week)
AT 		CH54 (1 week)
CH 		-
First published: March 22, 2019

Compilations

  • 2001: Tools in the Dryer
  • 2006: The Decline of the Country and Western Civilization (1993–1999)
  • 2006: The Decline of Country and Western Civilization, Part 2: The Woodwind Years
  • 2010: Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
  • 2011: Turd Goes Back: Essential Tracks from Secret Secret Sourpuss & Big Tussie

More albums

  • 1996: Hank (EP)
  • 2000: The Queens Royal Trimma (live album)
  • 2001: Treasure Chest of the Enemy
  • 2002: Pet Sounds Sucks (live album)
  • 2003: Mono (live album)
  • 2004: Nashville Does Dallas
  • 2004: Boo Fucking Who? (Live album)
  • 2005: CoLab (collaboration with Hands Off Cuba )
  • 2006: Succulence (live album)
  • 2008: Rainer on My Parade (live album)
  • 2009: Live at XX Merge (live album)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK
2000 Up with People
Nixon 		UK66 (2 weeks)
UK
First published: May 12, 2000

Video albums

  • 2007: No Such Silence

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  1. ↑ Jason Ankeny: Lambchop biography on allmusic.com, accessed April 12, 2017
  2. ^ Article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung (accessed on October 5, 2008)
  3. ↑ Record review on culturmag.de (accessed on March 5, 2012)
  4. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK

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