Must've been high

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Must've been high
Studio album by Supersuckers

Publication
(s)

1997

Label (s) Sub pop

Format (s)

LP , CD

Genre (s)

Country

Title (number)

13

running time

about 40 minutes

Must've Been High is the fourth album by the Supersuckers . It was published in 1997 and is essentially the genre of Country assigned. In addition, the album contains elements of folk and rock . Because of this musical mix and because the Supersuckers played mainly punk rock on the three previous albums , Must've Been High is also assigned to the sub-genre of cowpunk .

admission

The Supersuckers recorded Must've Been High at Ironwood Studios (Seattle, Washington, USA) with the following line-up: 

The Supersuckers were accompanied during the recordings for Must've Been High by the following sidemen or studio musicians : 

Obscured as “You Know Who” in the liner notes , the following can also be heard on the album: Willie Nelson .

Producer of Must've Been High was Randall Jamail; The sound engineer was Jon Dunleavy.

title

Must've Been High contains the following songs : 

  1. Must've Been High ( Spaghetti )
  2. Dead in the Water (Bolton)
  3. Barricade (spaghetti)
  4. Roamin '' round (spaghetti)
  5. Hungover Together (Bland)
  6. Non-Addictve Marijuana (Heathman)
  7. The Captain (spaghetti)
  8. Blow You Away (Spaghetti)
  9. Roadworm and Weary (Spaghetti)
  10. Hangin 'Out With Me (Spaghetti)
  11. Juicy Pureballs (spaghetti)
  12. One Cigarette Away (Spaghetti)
  13. Hangliders (spaghetti)

Publications

Was first published in Must've Been High in March 1997 by label Sub Pop as LP and CD . The CD version also contains a hidden track called Supersucker Drive-By Blues .

In addition, live and demo recordings of the songs from Must've Been High were released : 

  • Must've Been Live (Lunasound Recording, 2002)
  • Must've Been High Demos (Mid-Fi Recordings, 2009)

reception

The music website Sputnikmusic has the album with the highest possible rating 5.0 (“Classic”). The review there praised the “dry production” and the “furiously good studio musicians”, who would make Must've Been High sound more authentic than most contemporary country albums. The bottom line is: "A great album." 

Trivia

The song The Captain refers to a failed Supersuckers recording project with Captain Sensible from The Damned . Eddie Spaghetti described this fact in retrospect as "a warning against meeting your heroes."

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Supersuckers: Must've Been High (Liner Notes)
  2. ↑ a b www.discogs.com: Supersuckers (discography)
  3. ↑ a b www.allmusic.com: Must've Been High (review)
  4. ↑ a b www.sputnikmusic.com: Must've Been High (review)
  5. ↑ a b www.discogs.com: Must've Been High (release details)
  6. ↑ www.mtv.com: Supersuckers (concert review)